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Lisa Peterson is a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam). She holds a MSc degree in International Development from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and a BSc degree in Journalism from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Lisa has rich professional experience working in the humanitarian sector with the United Nations, NGOs and donors, both at a global and country level.

Her research focuses on exploring the perceptions and practices of national NGOs working in complex crises and their ways of working in collaborating and coordinating with other national actors. She is interested in national NGOs’ views on humanitarian and development work and how they translate their work in and navigate across these different spheres. She ties her research to an interrogation of the localization agenda and how intention and policy meet implementation.

Education/Academic qualification

Bachelor, Journalism, Ohio University

International Development, Tulane University

External positions

Field Information Management Lead, Medecins Sans Frontieres

Sept 2022Mar 2024

Assessment & Analytics Advisor, United States Agency for International Development

Sept 2020Sept 2022

Data Literacy Lead, United Nations

Jan 2019Sept 2020

Feedback Handling Mechanism Advisor, Norwegian Refugee Council Syria

Oct 2017Jan 2018

Head of Information Management Unit, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Sept 2016Jun 2017

Child Protection Information Management Advisor, United Nations Children's Fund

Nov 2015Sept 2016

Data and System's Analyst Consultant, International Organization on Migration

Mar 2014Apr 2014

Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Nov 2013Oct 2014

Humanitarian Affairs Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Feb 2012Dec 2012

Head of Information Management Unit, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Sept 2011Feb 2012

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