Working experience:
Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) Oslo, Norway
--Research Assistant 2006-present
Partners for Conflict Reduction (PCR) Boston, MA
--Co-Founder and Associate 2006-present
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Boston, MA
--PhD Research 2005-present
American Council on Africa (ACA) New York, NY
--Co-Founder and Member of the Board 2004-present
Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR), Columbia University New York, NY
--Conflict Prevention Fellow 2003-present
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda
--VRA Conflict Early Warning Consultant 2004-2005
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) The Gambia, New York
--VRA Conflict Early Warning Consultant 2004-2005
African Union (AU) Ethiopia
--VRA Conflict Early Warning Consultant 2004-2005
United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) New York, Ethiopia
--VRA Conflict Prevention Consultant 2004-2005
Swiss Peace Foundation (swisspeace)at the United Nations (SPF) New York, Washington DC
--United Nations Representative 2003-2005
Economists for Peace and Security (EPS) New York, Washington DC
--Senior Research Consultant 2002-2005
Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) Vienna, Austria
--Conflict Early Warning Consultant 2004-2005
Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development, Earth Institute New York, NY
--Research Assistant 2004
Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) Vienna, Austria
--Conflict Early Warning Consultant 2003-2004
Center for Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Earth Institute New York, NY
--Research Assistant 2003
United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Western Sahara, Kenya
--Field Research Consultant 2002-2003
Global Policy Forum at the United Nations (GPF) New York, NY
--Senior Research Associate on Security Council 2001-2002
Foreign Affairs Division, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Washington, DC
--Research Analyst 2000
Education:
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Boston, MA
--PhD in Law and Diplomacy – specializing in disaster and conflict early warning. 2005-present
Santa Fe Institute (SFI), Graduate Program on Complex Systems Santa Fe, NM
New England Complex Systems Institute, MIT Boston, MA
MA, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) New York, NY
BA (EAP), University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA
BA (Hons), University of York, School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy (PEP) York, UK
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