Delegation 2017/18

Arne Brunecker

Arne was born in 2003 and raised in Munich, where he discovered his interest in international politics and diplomacy by taking part in various activities dealing with said topics during his time in school. Accordingly, he started studying political and communication science at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in 2021, the same year he graduated from school. Ever since, he has deepened his interest in the mentioned areas and further developed special interests. In 2022, he started working as a student assistant at the Department of the History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe and later completed an internship at the North Macedonian thinktank Institute for Democracy particularly focussing on the European integration of the countries of the Western Balkans. Apart from that, he is a member of youmocracy, a student association aiming at bringing young people together in order to discuss pressing political and societal issues. Being a member of MUNAM’s 2023/24 delegation, Arne tries to further deepen his knowledge of international relations and organizations, improve his debating skills, and, most importantly, have fun.

Angelina Greiner

Angelina was born in Munich and grew up in a small town in the north of the city. As knowledge of foreign languages is central to cultural understanding, she started learning English already at a young age. This was very beneficial as she has travelled to various countries since her childhood. Getting to know so many mentalities and lifestyles had a great impact on her and sparked her interest in languages and international exchange.
During her time at school, Angelina developed a passion for international politics. Her enthusiasm for the United Nations was awakened in geography classes, and she was particularly inspired by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Parallel to the eleventh grade, Angelina studied philosophy for one semester at the Munich University of Philosophy focusing on the topic of “Power and Politics”. In addition, her seminar paper titled “China’s Influence on Angola’s Economy – Blessing or Curse?” was awarded a prize at the LMU. In her free time, Angelina also pursued her musical interests, playing the piano, singing as a soprano in the school choir and being a member of her school’s dance competition team for Youth trains for Olympia.
After graduating from high school, she immediately enrolled to study law because of her keen interest in public international law and her desire to work in this field later. Currently, she is working as a student assistant at the LMU. Human rights are a matter close to Angelina’s heart, which is why she is involved with Lawyers without Borders and is participating in this year’s Refugee Law Clinic Munich’s training programme to become a pro bono asylum law advisor.
Angelina is excited to be part of this year’s delegation and to expand her knowledge of diplomacy and the United Nations. She is especially looking forward to getting to know engaged young people, as well as debating current global issues.

Katharina Hattler

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Sofija Nikolic

Being born in Germany, but stemming from an international background, Sofija has always had quite an intuitive approach to different cultures and the intersections of those. Having family in Serbia and Montenegro, while simultaneously growing up first in Nuremberg and later in Munich made her recognize her curiosity for people of different nationalities, their countries and the relations between those countries. Throughout her school years this interest naturally evolved into an appreciation for languages and travelling, which fortunately helped her acquire profound knowledge of English and French, in addition to her mother tongues German and Serbo-Croatian.
After studying psychology at LMU for a year, Sofija discovered her interest in law and switched to law. It was then that she learned about MUNAM and applied in hopes of getting the MUN experience first-hand. As part of this year’s delegation project, Sofija looks forward to learning about current political topics and issues and improving her debating skills, all while getting to know people with similar interests and various backgrounds from all over the world.
In her free time Sofija enjoys doing ballet and swimming and likes to play the piano, as well as go skiing in the winter.

Lea Riesel

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Hannah Julia Trapp

Hannah was born in Halle and raised in Nuremberg. Growing up in a bilingual household with Chinese as her second language, she learned to embrace her mixed cultural heritage as an integral part of her identity from early on. Through several school exchanges to France, Turkey and China, Hannah was given the chance to appreciate various cultures, enabling her to observe how politics had an important role in shaping international relations. Voted as head student for her year at school, she gained experience on how to take responsibility for others, as well a as speak in front of an audience. All of these intercultural encounters inspired Hannah to become even more acquainted with diplomacy and international issues, and to enhance her rhetoric skills in writing and debating. After graduating top of her year in 2022, she is highly motivated to embark on her law studies at Ludwig-Maximilian-University and to partake in this year’s MUNAM Delegation. Apart from academic ventures, Hannah loves to explore her passion for music. Besides playing the piano, the flute and the violin and participating in musical competitions, she is also an enthusiastic concertgoer and enjoys listening to operas and musicals. Apart from music, Hannah is interested in deepening her language skills, enjoys playing board and card games with her friends and finds her occasional escape from reality in English literature.

Philipp Walckhoff

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Karl Zachary Corro

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Karl Zachary was born in Manila to Filipino and Chinese parents, found in the middle of two vastly different cultures. Due to the nature of his family’s work, he also grew up in Hong Kong as a toddler, and Los Angeles as a teenager. This ranged cultural upbringing exposed him from an early age to the similarities and differences of Asian and Western culture, and resulted in him speaking three languages simultaneously. He completed his primary and secondary education in the Philippines while cultivating interests in international politics, literature, psychology, and sports such as kung fu, boxing, baseball, and Chinese Dragon Dance.
After finishing high school, he was accepted to study Psychology in universities in Vancouver and New York, but could not afford the tuition fees. He was then forced to study Psychology in a university in his hometown. However, after the political and economic situation in the Philippines deteriorated with the election of dictator Rodrigo Duterte, he dropped out and moved to Germany to study Political Science, despite not speaking any German.
He learned German in Berlin and Heidelberg, and took Studienkolleg in Frankfurt in the beginning of the pandemic. He then studied for one semester in the Goethe University of Frankfurt, before transferring to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he studies Political Science and Communication. He focuses his studies on international relations, specifically the role of western discourse in international relations and how this affects the affairs of states in the global south. In addition, he has received the BESUD Scholarship funded by the German Foreign Ministry in 2022.
Karl enjoys analogue and digital photography, cooking, boxing, and baseball. His favourite author is Ernest Hemingway, and he likes to read the New Yorker. He is fluent in English, Tagalog, German, and a little Mandarin Chinese. He is also currently taking Spanish alongside his studies.

Faculty Advisor

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