Hannah Nyingilanyeofori Brown
Nigeria
2016-2017
University of Massachusetts, Boston, PhD in Conflict Resolution, Global Governance and Human Security
Nyingilanyeofori Hannah Brown is a first year PhD student in the Global Governance and Human Security Program of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She obtained her two MA degrees in Sustainable International Development and Coexistence and Conflict from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. She has over eight years experience in monitoring and evaluation, gender mainstreaming, research and crisis management and has worked with various development agencies, including United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Her recent projects include her work in 2014 with Corporación para el desarrollo sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina (CORALINA) in Colombia and Brandeis University to build negotiation, relationship and coalition building skills of indigenous people in San Andrés, Santa Catalina and Old Providence communities in Colombia. She also worked for UNDP Nigeria in 2014 and 2015 as a consultant for inter-agency collaboration for crisis management and peace building.
Her research interests include collaborative peacebuilding, corporate social responsibility and sustainable governance, crisis management, religious and inter-ethnic coexistence.