Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. My work focuses on child protection, particularly during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, gender, peacekeeping, and armed conflict. I have a diverse background of education and work experience in international development, resource and environmental management, and mechanical engineering, and have previously worked in research and civil society positions in Canada, the US, and Mongolia. Views shared here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
Role focused on research project management and implementation, including managing and leading design, data collection, and analysis on a four-year research project on gender and child protection in UN peacekeeping funded by SSHRC, co-editing Allons-y: Journal of Children, Peace and Security published by the Dallaire Institute, and co-editing a special issue of Civil Wars on early warning of the recruitment and use of children as soldiers. My PhD studies are conducted as part of this role.
Conducting research and writing in support of the Dallaire Initiative's projects and core mission on ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers globally. • Employed as a doctoral student in peace and development research in the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg, working on a SSHRC-funded project on gender, peacekeeping, and the use of child soldiers. • Conducting primary and secondary research and writing and editing publications • Editing the organization's annual journal Allons-y: Journal of Children, Peace and Security • Contributing to proposal development and writing • Managing volunteers, interns, and research assistants • Contributing to research and education program management
Conducting research and writing in support of the Dallaire Initiative's projects and core mission on ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers globally. • Preparing monthly briefs on relevant research around the world. • Managing and editing the biannual Allons-y student paper series published by the Dallaire Initiative. • Researching and writing academic publications based on the Dallaire Initiative's work. • Providing research input to other areas of the Dallaire Initiative's work in training and advocacy. • Conducting monitoring & evaluation of Dallaire Initiative programs.
Working for a Mongolian wildlife conservation NGO on research, administration, and project development. Accomplishments include: • Preparing extensive literature review and analysis to inform a planned conservation program in central Mongolia. Included issues of community based management, soil degradation, water source quality, and the state of wildlife in Mongolia. • Preparing extensive background document on a number of important mammal species in Mongolia, with information on distribution, taxonomy, reproduction, ecology, and conservation status. • Researching and analyzing relavent Mongolian laws on wildlife • Preparing a grant proposal • Editing progress reports for donors • Assisting in socioeconomic survey design
Conducting and marking labs, leading tutorials, and invigilating tests for Systems I, a third year mechanical engineering class on system modelling, control, and simulation.