Isabelle Vonèche Cardia

Isabelle Vonèche Cardia has a PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Paris X-Nanterre and a Master's Degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. An historian of the International Committee of the Red Cross, she published a book on the ICRC in Hungary in 1956. She also worked during five years for the ICRC and has consulted for the United Nations and international NGOs in Africa. . Her thesis on the relations between the ICRC and the Swiss Government (1938-1945) will be published in 2011.

Anna Louédec

Born in 1985, Anna Louédec worked in various NGOs in South Africa and Senegal in 2005 and 2007. A student at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) in Paris, she wants to specialize in development and humanitarian aid.

Véronique Moufflet

Véronique Moufflet holds a Masters degree in anthropology from the EHSS (Ecoles des hautes études en sciences sociales) in Paris. She works on AIDS prevention and humanitarian action in Africa South of the Sahara, and she did research on local NGOs in Dakar, Senegal, and Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

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Maria Gabrielsen

Graduated from Sciences Po Paris in 2005, Maria Gabrielsen, is currently working on the North-South conflict in Sudan as a part of her Research Master in Political Science of International Relations, still at the Institute of political Sciences (IEP) in Paris. Before coming to Paris, she studied sociology and development in Oslo and she now writes regularly for a norwegian weekly newspaper. During the fall semester 2004, she interned with an English-speaking newspaper in Cairo, Egypt.

 

Elisa Pylkkänen

Elisa Pylkkänen holds a Bachelor's degree in political science from McGill University in Montreal and is currently registered in the Cycle International d'Etudes Politiques at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) in Paris. She has worked with numerous international projects in Canada, namely at the Office of International Research of McGill University. Her academic interests include the role of NGOs as international political actors.

 

Denis Ehrsam

Denis Ehrsam was born in 1978. Between 1997 and 2001, he studied translation at Paris VII University before entering Sciences Po in September 2001. There, he studied issues linked to development, humanitarian aid and to the activities of international organizations; this knowledge was used during an internship at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, in Bangkok, between October 2002 and February 2003.

 

Elsa Bidron

Elsa Bidron, born in 1979, is currently in fourth year at Sciences po. She wrote a Masters' research paper about the relationship between US government agents and native communities.
During Summer 2002, she worked as a volunteer for Virlanie Foundation which provides a home and psychosocial care for streetchildren in Manila.

David Richardson

David Richardson was born in 1981 in Oxford, England. Since 1989 he has lived in France, and has become a French citizen. He entered the fourth year of the Sciences-Po Paris cursus after a degree in history. He’s interested in working one day in the field of humanitarian aid, hence his participation in this project.

 

Mariana Bastos Duarte

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1980, Mariana Duarte has lived in France since 1997. She went to American University (Washington, DC) as a 3rd-year Sciences Po exchange student in 2001/2002. In 2002, first in DC and then in Rio, she interned at CEJIL (Center for Justice and International Law), an NGO specialized in the interamerican human rights system. Her main academic focuses are international relations and development.

 

Franklin Exiga

Born in 1980, Franklin Exiga is currently a fourth year student at Sciences Po Paris. Before entering Sciences Po in 2002, he studied History and Geography at the University of Nanterre. He is interested in developing countries and the role of states, multilateral organizations and NGOs in development. Thanks to his participation in this project, he can better understand the stakes of humanitarian action.