
Laura Pénot
Programme Officer
Laura Pénot joined EPD in January 2023 as a Grants Officer for the WYDE Civic Engagement project. She now coordinates the Digitalise Youth project promoting the use of digital tools to support youth activist and fighting against disinformation and other digital threats in the Sahel region. Before joining EPD, she worked in the humanitarian sector as a Project Development Officer in Afghanistan (Kabul) and Central African Republic (Bangui). Laura has experience within the EU institutions as a Schuman trainee at the European Parliament and as an OPSYS Support Officer for the Commission. She holds a Master’s degree in Peace Studies from the Paris-Dauphine University. Her topics of interest include conflict transformation, gender, environment, decolonialism and human rights