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Lotta Anna Maria Kjellsdotter Westerberg (born 22 January 1979, in Södertälje, Stockholm County, Sweden) is a Swedish development and democracy consultant. She works at the headquarters of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Stockholm, where her work focuses on citizen participation and ICT4D.

She graduated from high school in 1998, and continued her university studies in the United States. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2002 and a Masters Degree in Development Studies from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 2004.

At SFA she was the top Political Science graduate and also received a scholarship to play for the Ladyjack soccer team, which competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. She won a Southland Conference Trophy in 1998 and was awarded Academic All-American honours in 2002.

She is currently completing a second Masters degree in Democracy from the University of Uppsala.

After finishing her studies in the United States, she moved to Latin American where she spent four years working with different human rights programmes in Ecuador and Colombia. She is fluent in Spanish.

Her interest in democratic transitions and ICTs has led her to make study visits to explore this theme in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iran. Her trip to Iran in May 2013 also included a visit to the less studied province of Sistan-Baluchistan.

She is the niece of Bengt Westerberg, a Swedish politician and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1983 to 1995, member of the Riksdag from 1984 to 1994 and Minister for Social Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister 1991 to 1994.