Baumann ni a bi ni Schramberg, nibi ti o ti gba Abitur rẹ ni 1973 lati Gymnasium Schramberg. Lẹhinna o kẹkọọ awọn imọ-jinlẹ awujọ ati iṣakoso ni University of Konstanz, ti o ṣe amọja ni iṣakoso kariaye, ati ni 1975 kọ ẹkọ itan-akọọlẹ ni University of Bristol, ni United Kingdom. O gba oye rẹ ni iṣakoso ilu ni 1979 lati University of Konstanz o si tẹsiwaju lati gba dokita ni imọ-jinlẹ iṣelu ni 1992 lati Ile-ẹkọ giga Carleton ni Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Iyawo rẹ, Barbara Gibson, jẹ diplomat kanada kan. O ṣiṣẹ lati 2004 si 2008 gẹgẹbi aṣoju si Ajo fun Aabo ati Ifowosowopo ni Europe ni Vienna, ni 2015 gẹgẹbi Igbakeji Akowe-Gbogbogbo ati ni 2016 gẹgẹbi Akowe-Gbogbogbo ti ICM, Igbimọ Independent on Multilateralism (MICM) ni New York.
Yunifásítì Bristol