Henrike Paepcke has worked as a consultant for small companies and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Germany since 1999. She is a Senior Fellow of the Düsseldorf Institute for Foreign and Security Policy (DIAS), Internat. Organizations and NGOs section, and has published on the U.N. Secretary-General, the US-UN relationship, and U.N. reform issues. Her current interests include: developing a concept for UN Studies; the UN, the "next UN generation" and the role of new technologies (web 2.0, social networks/software).