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Brian Lucas

Resource Centre Manager
International Development Department (IDD), University of Birmingham

Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 5037
Email: brian@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Coordinating the overall work of the resource centre
  • Strategic management and quality oversight
  • Administration, contracts, personnel, and financial management
  • Managing relations with clients
  • Producing rapid response research on a range of governance, conflict and social development issues for DFID, AusAID and other clients


Profile

Brian is a project manager specialising in knowledge management and information technology solutions for international development and environmental issues.  He has experience as a manager, communicator, and educator in the public, private, and NGO sectors.  Brian joined the Governance Resource Centre, the predecessor to the GSDRC, in 2004 and led the bid to form the current GSDRC, and in 2005 became the manager of the GSDRC.  Prior experience includes:

  • Manager, information services unit, and web developer, United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal (environmental information centre, Norway)
  • Web and database developer, CUSO / Fundación Acceso (capacity-building NGO, Costa Rica)
  • Director, manager, and workshop facilitator, The Global Change Game (environment and development education NGO, Canada)
  • Vice-president Publishing and web developer, Internet Solutions, Inc. (Internet service provider and web site publishing company, Canada)


Qualifications

  • MSc Management of Non-Governmental Organizations, London School of Economics
  • MSc, BSc Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada.


Areas of interest

  • Knowledge and information management
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Environment and sustainable development
  • E-Governance
  • Management of Non Governmental Organisations
  • Distance learning


Projects and publications

  • Management and administration of the GSDRC
  • Teaching Knowledge Management and E-governance, University of Birmingham
  • Teaching on Development Management programme, University of Agder, Norway


Emma Broadbent

Researcher
Social Development Direct, London

Tel: +44 (0)20 76545360
Email: emma@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Producing rapid response research on a range of governance, conflict and social development issues for DFID, AusAID and other clients
  • Writing and updating GSDRC topic guides


Profile

Emma joined the GSDRC in November 2009. Prior to this Emma worked as a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute and more recently as a consultant for a number of organisations, including Tiri and Plan Canada. She has worked with grassroots NGOs in Africa and also has considerable  field research experience in Ghana and Sierra Leone. Emma speaks Spanish and Fante, with a good working knowledge of Krio.


Qualifications

  • BA Social and Political Sciences/Theology and Religious Studies (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)
  • MA Conflict, Security and Development (Kings College London)
  • MA African Traditional Religion and Philosophy (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)


Areas of Interest

  • Conflict and political economy analysis
  • Post-conflict social relations
  • Community-driven development
  • The role of ‘traditional’ religion and culture in development


Publications

Broadbent, E., and Kamara, A., 2009, ‘’Grass of the Rich?’ Integrity and Post-war Reconstruction in the Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone’, Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Freetown/London

Jones, N., Moore, K. and Broadbent, E., 2008, ‘Painful Lessons: The Politics of  Preventing Sexual Violence and Bullying at School’, Overseas Development Institute, London

Jones, N., Moore, K. and Broadbent, E., 2008, ‘School Violence in OECD Countries’, Overseas Development Institute, London 


Huma Haider

Research Fellow
International Development Department (IDD), University of Birmingham

Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 8468
Email: huma@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Producing rapid response research on a range of governance, conflict and social development issues for DFID, AusAID and other clients
  • Writing and updating GSDRC topic guides


Profile

Huma joined the GSDRC in 2007.  She is a licensed attorney (New York State Bar) and worked previously in the Prosecution Support Section of the War Crimes Chamber, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  She has also researched into issues of refugee / IDP return, coexistence and reconciliation in Bosnia.

Prior to this, Huma was Director of Research and Publications at the Atlantic Council of Canada (a NGO focusing on NATO, security and development, and peacebuilding); and founding editor of The Transatlantic Quarterly (a journal focusing on the interplay of political, socioeconomic, legal, cultural and military components in the development of peace and security).


Qualifications

  • BA Political Science / Economics (McGill University)
  • LLB (University of Toronto)
  • MBA (University of Toronto)
  • LLM International Human Rights Law (London School of Economics)


Areas of interest

  • Transitional justice in the context of peacebuilding
  • Coexistence and reconciliation in divided societies
  • Identity and conflict dynamics
  • Role of refugees, IDPs and diaspora communities in conflict dynamics and peacebuilding
  • The Balkans, particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina


Projects and publications

GSDRC Topic Guides

Justice

Conflict (forthcoming)

Journal articles

Haider, H., 2009, '(Re)-Imagining Coexistence: Striving for Sustainable Return, Reintegration and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina', International Journal of Transitional Justice, 3(1), pp. 91-113

Haider, H. and Welch, T., 2008, ‘The Protection of Witnesses in Bosnian War Crimes Trials: A Fair Balance Between the Interests of the Victims and the Rights of the Accused?’, Denning Law Journal, 20, pp. 55-86

Haider, H., 2007, ‘Failed Social Renewal in Bosnia and Herzegovina’, The Script. London School of Economics 6(2). Also published in (2006) Columbia Political Review 6.; and (2006-07) New York University Journal of Global Affairs 2

Haider, H., 2005, ‘In the Dark: The Detention of Terror Suspects’, The Transatlantic Quarterly 1(3)

Books and book sections

Haider, H., forthcoming 2011, ‘Media and Transitional Justice’ in The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, eds. L. Stan and N. Nedelsky, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Haider, H., forthcoming 2011, ‘Re-writing History Textbooks’ in The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, eds. L. Stan and N. Nedelsky. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Iacobucci, E., Trebilcock M, and Haider, H., 2001, 'Economic Shocks: Defining a Role for Government', CD Howe Institute, Toronto

Edited works

Haider, H., 2004, 'NATO and EU Enlargement: New Security and Economic Opportunities', The Atlantic Council of Canada, Toronto 2004-2005

The Transatlantic Quarterly (TAQ), The Atlantic Council of Canada, Toronto

Conference papers

Haider, H., forthcoming 2010, 'Positive Interactions between Coexistence, Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding in Divided Societies', paper to be presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention: Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners’, 17-20 February, New Orleans

Haider, H., 2008, '”Let's Have a Coffee”: Rebuilding Coexistence and Achieving Sustainable Return and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina', paper presented at the International Peace Research Association Global Conference: Sustainable Futures – Enacting Peace for Development, 15-19 July, Leuven, Belgium

Other

Haider, H., 2009, ‘The Politicisation of Humanitarian Assistance: Return in Bosnia and Herzegovina’, Pulsdemokratije (The Pulse of Democracy), Open Society Fund, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Haider, H., 2009, ‘Security Sector Reform in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe’, Regional Topic Guide, The Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform, Birmingham, UK


Claire Mcloughlin

Research Fellow
International Development Department (IDD), University of Birmingham

Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 7592
Email: claire@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Producing rapid response research on a range of governance, conflict and social development issues for DFID AusAID and other clients
  • Writing and updating GSDRC topic guides


Profile

Claire joined the GSDRC in 2004. Prior to this she was a civil servant in the UK Home Office’s Migration Directorate. Her recent work and research has focused on non-state service providers, the relationship between service delivery and state-building, and policies and approaches to aid in fragile situations. 


Qualifications

  • MA International Relations and World Order, University of Leicester
  • BA History and Politics, University of Leicester


Areas of interest

  • Service delivery in fragile situations
  • Non-state service providers and relationships with the state
  • International policy and approaches to aid in fragile situations
  • Political economy analysis
  • Migration and development


Projects and publications

GSDRC Topic guides

Fragile States

Political Economy Analysis

Political Systems

Research papers

Batley, R., and Mcloughlin, C., 2009, ‘State Capacity and Non-state Service Provision in Fragile and Conflict-affected States’, Unpublished paper prepared for the UK Department for International Development

Teamey, K., and Mcloughlin, C., 2009, ‘Understanding the dynamics of relationships between government agencies and non-state providers of basic services: Key issues emerging from the literature’, Non-governmental Public Action (NGPA) Working Paper Series, London School of Economics, London


Zoe Scott

Research Fellow
International Development Department, University of Birmingham

Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 4965
Email: zoe@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Producing rapid response research on a range of governance, conflict and social development issues for DFID, AusAID and other clients
  • Writing and updating GSDRC topic guides


Profile

Zoe is an international development specialist with research and practitioner experience in aid policy, state fragility, political economy analysis, law in development and public finance.  She has over 8 years international development and public management experience and has worked as a GSDRC research fellow since 2003.  She has also worked in a consultancy capacity for UNDP, the European Commission, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office.

Prior to joining the GSDRC Zoe was a public finance specialist for PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  She has also worked in Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe as an AIDS lecturer and for an international development advocacy group based in the UK.


Qualifications

  • Law in Development LL.M, University of Warwick
  • Various qualifications in public financial management, CIPFA.


Areas of interests

  • Governance in developing countries
  • Aid policy
  • Statebuilding and state fragility
  • Political economy analysis


Projects and publications

  • Project to investigate Southern perspectives on technical cooperation for the European Commission.
  • Support to DFID Rwanda and DFID Uganda with their Country Governance Assessments.

GSDRC Topic guides

Justice

Service delivery

Political Systems

Research papers

Scott, Z. and Van de Walle, S., 2009, ‘The Role of Public Services in State and Nation-building’, presented at the IIAS Conference on ‘The History and Future of Nationbuilding’, July, Helsinki

Scott, Z., 2009, ‘Decentralisation, Local Development and Social Cohesion: An Analytical Review’, report to the European Commission

Jackson, P. and Scott, Z., 2007, ‘Local Government in Post-Conflict Contexts’, literature review and report to UNDP and the Oslo Governance Centre

Scott, Z., 2007, ‘Literature Review on State-building’, report to the Fragile States Team and the Effective States Team in DFID, UK

Marquette, H. and Scott, Z., 2005, ‘Getting to Grips with Politics: Political Analysis at the World Bank and DFID’, IDD Seminar Series, University of Birmingham

Journal articles

Scott, Z., 2007, ‘The Changing Face of Drivers of Change’, Public Administration and Development, volume 27 


Andy McDevitt

Information and Research Officer
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Brighton

Tel: +44 (0) 1273 915804
Email: andrew@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Managing the GSDRC website
  • Strategic management support
  • Producing rapid response research on a range of governance, conflict and social development issues for DFID, AusAID and other clients
  • Producing the email bulletin and GSDRC gateway guides


Profile

Andy has worked for the GSDRC since 2006 at both the University of Birmingham and the Institute of Development Studies. Before joining the GSDRC, he worked as coordinator of Friends of the Earth Scotland's global communities project. Having previously spent more than six years living and working in Europe and Latin America, Andy is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French.


Qualifications

  • MSc Environment and Development, University of Edinburgh
  • MA Hispanic Studies, University of Glasgow


Areas of interest

  • Knowledge management
  • Monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment
  • Climate change, disaster management and disaster risk reduction
  • Natural resource management
  • Latin America


Projects and publications

  • Stocktake for DFID Key sheets on the implications of climate change for development programming
  • Synthesis of Institute of Development Studies (IDS) contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Nairobi Work Programme
  • Synthesis of lessons learned from the DFID-funded Mobilising Knowledge for Development (MK4D) programme
  • Rwanda Governance Assessment Core Data Collection and Drafting for DFID
  • MSc Module Tutor: Critical Approaches to Development, IDD, University of Birmingham


Sarah O’Connor

Information Officer (part-time)
International Development Department (IDD), University of Birmingham

Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 3911
Email: sarah@gsdrc.org


GSDRC Responsibilities

  • Managing the production of document summaries for the online library and topic guides
  • Monitoring new publications and managing relationships with other organisations to ensure capture of the best materials in GSDRC topic areas
  • Marketing GSDRC services and publications


Profile

Sarah has over eight years’ experience in international development, largely in knowledge management roles. Before joining the GSDRC in 2008, she was an editor and web manager for an international NGO and also worked in the publishing sector (Oxford University Press and Learning Media). 


Katie Allen

Commissioned Services Manager
Coffey International Development, Reading

Tel: 0118 956 6066
Email: consultants@gsdrc.org


GSDRC responsibilities

Katie is the main contact for requests for consultants, desk-based research taking over two days, tailored training, and study tours. She is responsible for co-ordinating searches for consultants, contracting and ensuring the quality of deliverables.

 

 

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