Dr. Heike Löschmann is Director of the Cambodia Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF). She joined the Foundation’s work in Cambodia in the aftermath of the UNTAC-sponsored elections, helping establish its initial programme in the country. This early work focused on supporting the reconstruction of traditional forms of civil society, including the re-establishment of the Buddhist Institute and initiatives involving Buddhist monks and nuns.

She subsequently served as Founding Director of HBF’s regional programmes in Thailand and Myanmar, Head of the International Politics Department at the Foundation’s headquarters in Berlin, and Director of HBF’s Tunisia office. She returned to Cambodia in January 2025 to lead the Foundation’s work in the country.

She holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin, specialising in the re-establishment of the Buddhist Sangha in Cambodia after 1979.