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Allison Anderson
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 614-460-9758
aa2861@columbia.edu
Biography:
Allison Anderson teaches "Critical Challenges and Opportunities in Education in Emergencies through to Recovery."
Allison Anderson is a Fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education, focusing on how quality education contributes to sustainable development, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. She is also a consultant for Unbound Philanthropy, supporting international education in emergencies grantmaking and representing the foundation within the International Education Funders’ Group.
As an international education consultant in 2010 and 2011, Ms. Anderson worked with UNESCO to develop their climate change education for sustainable development strategy; with Education for Change to evaluate Plan International’s child-centered disaster risk reduction programs around the world; and with the International Rescue Committee to analyze internal and donor trends in child and youth development and recommend changes to the organization’s Child and Youth Protection and Development Unit to increase program effectiveness.
From 2003-2010, Ms. Anderson worked with Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), a global network of over 4,000 members working in 138 countries around the world working to ensure all persons the right to quality and safe education in emergencies and post-crisis recovery. As the Director of INEE, Ms. Anderson provided strategic direction to a Steering Group made up of the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNHCR, the International Rescue Committee, the Save the Children Alliance and other international NGOs. She served as a technical expert on education within disaster preparedness, response and recovery to governments, policymakers and international and regional bodies, informing policy and coordinating stakeholders at the global and regional levels to strengthen institutional coordination and enhance global knowledge and capacity. Prior to serving as the INEE Director, Ms. Anderson served as the network’s Coordinator for Minimum Standards, leading a process to develop and implement the INEE Minimum Standards, the only global, inter-agency tool to enhance the quality of educational preparedness and response, increase safe access to relevant learning opportunities, and ensure humanitarian accountability in providing these services. From 1998-2003, Ms. Anderson worked with the Women's Refugee Commission, leading adolescent participatory research and advocacy with young people in Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Northern Uganda in order to inform global, regional and national policy and programming.
Ms. Anderson holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies / l'Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales in Geneva and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with an interdisciplinary concentration in International Relations from Yale University.
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Publications:
Anderson, A. and Laub, T. (November 2010). The implementation of the INEE Minimum Standards on the Thai/Burma border. Education, Aid, and Aid Agencies. Prof. Colin Brock, editor. University of Oxford.
Anderson, A. and Hodgkin, M. (November 2010). The Transformation of the Humanitarian Sector: Education in Emergencies and the IASC Education Cluster. The Education For All Global Monitoring Report (2011). Paris: UNESCO. Anderson, A., Hodgkin, M. et al. (forthcoming: September 2010). The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies: A Community of Practice, A Catalyst for Change. UNESCO, UNESCO IIEP.
Anderson, A. and Hoffmann, J. (2010). Minimum Standards, Maximum Results. Even in Chaos: Education in Emergencies. Dr. Kein Cahill, editor. Fordham University Press. Anderson, A. and Hodgkin, M. (2009). Education in Crisis through to Development: The Gender Implications. Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2009. Commonwealth Secretariat. Anderson, A. and Lowicki, J. (2000). Recognizing War Affected Adolescents: Frameworks for Action.
Development. London: The Society for International Development, Sage Publications. Anderson, A. (2009). Classrooms in Conflict, The World Policy Journal, Special Issue on Human Security. The World Policy Institute, Volume XXVI, No2. Anderson, A. (2007). INEE Minimum Standards: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Education Sector, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Journal, fall 2007. Anderson, A., Martone, G. et al. (2006). Standards Put to the Test: the Global Implementation of the INEE Minimum Standards. Humanitarian Practice Network, Special Network Paper. Oversees Development Institute, Number 57, December 2006.
Anderson, A. and Mendenhall, M. (2006). The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies. Forced Migration Review, Special issue on Education and Conflict: Research, Policy and Practice. Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, July 2006.
Anderson, A. and Brooks, D. (2005) Implementing Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies: Lessons from Aceh. Humanitarian Practice Network, Humanitarian Exchange, Oversees Development Institute, 2005.
Anderson, A. and Roberts, B. (2005). Education in Emergencies: Learning for a Peaceful Future, Forced Migration Review. Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, January 2005. Anderson, A. and Rognerud, E. (2004). Ensuring A Minimum: Education and Conflicts. Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Journal, Volume 16, Number 4, October-December 2004.
Anderson, A. (2004). Developing Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies. Humanitarian Practice Network, Humanitarian Exchange, Oversees Development Institute, 2004.
Anderson, A. (2003). Developing Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies. Monday Developments, Volume 21, Number 16, September 2003.
Anderson, A. and Openy, B. (2002). Young Ugandans Use Participation to Cope with the Aftermath of War. Child Rights Information Network Journal. Special issue on Young People's Participation. Number 16, October 2002.