Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, PhD

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I am an Egyptian-British social scientist with over 20 years of experience in humanitarian and development policy, conflict, security and evidence uptake with a focus on Africa, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.

I am currently the Director of Impact and Change at the Start Network, a network of over 100 aid agencies across the world, working together to transform the global humanitarian system. Prior to that, I was the founding Director of NatCen International, the global social policy arm of the National Centre for Social Research, Britian’s largest independent social research organisation. Earlier in my career, I was a Senior Research Fellow in Politics and Governance at ODI Global and a Politics Fellow at Keble College, University of Oxford.

 I have served as an adviser and consultant to a wide range of international NGOs, multilateral and bilateral agencies and initiatives including UNDP, UNV, UNWomen, USIP, the Atlantic Council, Transparency International, Ford Foundation and others. 

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