{"id":31096,"date":"2021-09-01T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=31096"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:01","slug":"alum-maximilian-kallenbach","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-maximilian-kallenbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximilian Kallenbach"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29082\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Maximilian Kallenbach, A Carleton University Political Science and University of Lucerne Alumni\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Bild-KALMA-800x800-1-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"maximilian-kallenbachadvisor-at-the-swiss-federal-department-of-foreign-affairs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maximilian Kallenbach<br>\nAdvisor at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dual MA in Political Science (Carleton University and the University of Lucerne, Switzerland), 2021<br>\n<\/strong><strong> Focus: Political Economy and International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I graduated from Carleton University in 2020 and joined the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs right after graduation. Luckily, I could extend my stay in Canada a little longer since my first posting was at the Embassy of Switzerland in Ottawa. After ending my one-year fellowship, I was transferred to our Consulate in Munich in early 2022, representing Swiss interests now in Bavaria. I deal with everything concerning Swiss-Bavarian relations in my job, such as analyzing educational programs, strengthening economic collaboration or discussing infrastructure and energy issues. I love working in diplomacy, and my tasks literally change every day, which makes my job very interesting (and challenging!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next to my diplomatic work, I continue to volunteer with the Rotary Club Ottawa as their Social Media Manager. I am happy to keep the \u2018Canada-channel\u2019 alive through my volunteer work and stay in touch with my friends on the other side of the pond.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Since the very start of my studies, I have focused on international affairs, and the huge variety of courses at Carleton definitely helped me thrive and succeed at the Department of Foreign Affairs and previously at the U.N. in New York. Diplomacy is all about thinking outside the box, which needs to be learned. I learned that at Carleton, next to many other things. The school and the program also give you enough room to \u2018declare\u2019 a specialty.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Maximilian","cu_people_last_name":"Kallenbach","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,100],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-31096","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-ma"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34144,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31096\/revisions\/34144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=31096"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=31096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}