Anne Zetsche studied History and North American Studies at the Free University Berlin, Germany and University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. During that time she also worked as research assistant at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and as teaching assistant at the John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University Berlin. She received her doctoral degree in History from Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Anne has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University Berlin. Currently, she works as a freelance author, researcher, consultant and civic education trainer.