Anna Schwarz has been Head of Programme - Global Transformation at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union in Brussels since 2019.

Before joining the Foundation's office in Brussels, Anna worked as an accredited parliamentary assistant in the European Parliament in Brussels and as an officer for the German Federal Voluntary Service at 'Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste' in Berlin. During her studies she worked as a research assistant at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.

Anna holds a bachelor degree in European Studies from Osnabrück University and a master degree in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies from the Goethe University Frankfurt.