Helena Puig Larrauri is a peacebuilding and mediation professional with over a decade of experience advising and supporting UN agencies, multilateral organizations and NGOs working in conflict contexts and polarized environments. She currently works as Co-Founder and Strategy Lead at Build Up, a non-profit organisation that focuses on the intersection between peacebuilding and technology. At Build Up, she provides overall strategic and thought leadership, with a particular focus on the integration of participatory methodologies in peace processes and on the analysis of digital conflict drivers. She has written and spoken extensively on this subject matter.

Helena holds a Master’s in Public Policy (Economics) from Princeton University and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. She is also an Ashoka Fellow.