Expertise
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through education; strengthening individual and system resilience to mitigate the impact of future hazards, including conflict; adolescent and youth protection, development and participation
Background
Current Positions
Ms. Anderson is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where she teaches a yearly course on Critical Challenges and Opportunities in Education in Emergencies through to Recovery.
Past PositionsFrom 2008-2010, Ms. Anderson was the director of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). In this post she provided strategic direction to the Steering Group of the INEE network: the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNHCR, Care, International Save the Children Alliance, International Rescue Committee, ChildFund International and to the broader network: more than 4,000 members in over 125 countries, including governments and donors at the global, regional and national levels to strengthen institutional coordination and enhance global knowledge and capacity.
From 2003-2007 she was the coordinator for Minimum Standards with INEE, facilitating the development and institutionalization of global standards for education in emergencies through to recovery.
From 1998-2003, Ms. Anderson was the senior coordinator for Children and Adolescents at the Women’s Refugee Commission, where she conducted field research in and produced reports with and on war-affected adolescents in Kosovo, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
AwardsJames Gordon Bennett Prize for most outstanding senior thesis in International Relations, 1995; Mellon Senior Fellowship and Richter Fellowship, 1994-1995; Yale University Political Science fellowship, 1994
Education
Master’s Degree in International Relations, Graduate Institute of International Studies / l'Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales, Geneva, Switzerland (1995-1997); Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Yale University (1991-1995)