Erin McCandless is an Associate Professor in the School of Governance at Witwatersrand University in South Africa and a Research Associate with the German Development Institute (DIE). A widely published scholar and policy advisor, she has near three decades of experience working on and in conflict affected settings, broadly on issues of peacebuilding, statebuilding, development and resilience - and their intersections. Her current research is focused on forging resilient social contracts, and the role of social cohesion, in countries affected by conflict, fragility and fraught transition, building upon a multi-country research and policy dialogue project that she directed from 2015-2018. Professor McCandless is author of more than 100 publications, including three books and several influential, policy-shifting United Nations reports, and several policy- and program-shifting United Nations reports, including “Peace Dividends: the Contributions of Administrative and Social Services on Peacebuilding,” and “Second Generation DDR Practices in Peace Operations.” She is also co-founder and former Chief Editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.
Her research/publication and policy/practice areas of specialisation include:
Dr. McCandless has lived and worked in and on conflict and transitional settings for two decades, including ten years in Africa - Liberia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. She has professional experience in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Haiti, India, Israel, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan, Romania, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Over ten years’ experience working in conflict, transitional and post-conflict recovery contexts, seven in Africa – in Zimbabwe and Liberia.
Full CV of Dr. McCandless
elm_academic_cv_-_5.2021-_us.pdf
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Home page/profile picture are taken by Karen Eichstadt-Coy: kecphoto.com
Other pictures on this website by Erin McCandless
Her research/publication and policy/practice areas of specialisation include:
- Forging social contracts in conflict affected societies
- Inclusivity as a norm in peacebuilding
- Key policy processes affecting conflict affected countries: Agenda 2030; the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States
- Assessing and measuring progress in peacebuilding, statebuilding and resilience
- Context and conflict sensitivity
- Conflict analysis and prevention
- International community benchmarking and transition strategies
- Capacity-development, national ownership and hybrid political orders and systems
- National development strategies, sectoral approaches (i.e. social services, gender, security) and peacebuilding
- Peace, security and development links
- Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR)
- Natural resources and conflict/peacebuilding
- UN peace operations, integrated missions, aid coordination and strategic policy frameworks
- State-(civil)society-international actor roles and relationships
- Peacebuilding paradigms and research methods
- Peacebuilding DM&E
Dr. McCandless has lived and worked in and on conflict and transitional settings for two decades, including ten years in Africa - Liberia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. She has professional experience in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Haiti, India, Israel, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan, Romania, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Over ten years’ experience working in conflict, transitional and post-conflict recovery contexts, seven in Africa – in Zimbabwe and Liberia.
Full CV of Dr. McCandless
elm_academic_cv_-_5.2021-_us.pdf
Picture credits
Home page/profile picture are taken by Karen Eichstadt-Coy: kecphoto.com
Other pictures on this website by Erin McCandless