Political scientist with extensive experience in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Director of Humanitarian Programmes at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Prior to joining ODI, led UNDP Sudan's Peace Building Unit, brokered and managed a high-profile post-conflict response in the Nuba Mountains and was a resource person and an observer at the IGAD Sudan peace process. She holds a PhD in Politics and has lectured at the University of Dar es Salaam. Has written extensively on Sudan and South Sudan and is a recognised public speaker and media commentator on Sudan, South Sudan and humanitarian issues. Managing Editor of Disasters Journal and Vice-Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Risk and Resilience of the World Economic Forum. She is also the Chair of the Board of IRIN News, a Trustee of SOS Sahel and serves on a range of advisory boards, including the Refugees Studies Centre and the UN Association of the UK.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is expanding at an exponential rate. Global internet traffic has grown from 100 gigabytes a day in 1992 to more than 45,000 a second in 2017 – trans...
Globalization has helped lift millions out of poverty and improved living standards across the world, including in some of the poorest regions and states. But it has also deepened inequal...
Les crises humanitaires sont de plus en plus fréquentes et complexes. Elles durent plus longtemps et touchent plus de gens. L'appel humanitaire mondial pour 2017 a atteint le chiffre reco...
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Despite a decade of system-wide reforms, the humanitarian sector is still falling short in the world’s most enduring crises.
The plight of refugees captured the world’s attention last year as over a million arrived in Europe, fleeing conflict and violence in Syria, Iraq and beyond. Reactions from European count...
