Susanne Olberg studierte Jura, Kulturwissenschaften (B.A.) und Japanologie (M.A.) in Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder), Marburg und Tokio. Im Anschluss an ihr Referendariat am Landgericht Marburg – mit Stationen in Frankfurt a.M. und Peking – arbeitete sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Im Rahmen ihrer Promotion verbrachte sie Forschungsaufenthalte am Institute of State and Law, Hanoi, Thammasat University, Bangkok, und International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Anschließend trat sie in den höheren Dienst des Auswärtigen Amtes ein.
Susanne Olberg studied law, cultural sciences and Japanese studies in Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder), Marburg and Tokyo. During her legal clerkship at the Marburg Regional Court, she worked at an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main and for the GIZ in Beijing. Following to her Second State Examination in law (bar exam), she worked as a research assistant at the Humboldt-University Berlin and was a visiting fellow at the Institute of State and Law in Hanoi, at the Thammasat University in Bangkok, and the International Islamic University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. After finishing her PhD thesis she joined the German Federal Foreign Office.
