Dr Ingrid Macdonald // The United Nations in the age of global insecurity: Reflections from the field

RMIT Social Equity Research Centre (Local-Global research theme) and EIP Social Change (Migration, Mobility and Security Research Network) invite you to a public lecture presented by Dr Ingrid Macdonald, 'The United Nations in the age of global insecurity: Reflections from the field'.

Dr Ingrid Macdonald is the UN Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prior to assuming this position in April 2020, Dr Macdonald worked at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as Deputy Director for Operations and Advocacy overseeing the Asia Pacific region. At OCHA, she was also head of the Ukraine office and a Director with the Peer-2-Peer Support Project supporting Humanitarian Coordinators and country teams strengthen their collective delivery of humanitarian response. Before joining the United Nations, she served in leadership positions with international non-profits, the private sector and government for 19 years. She worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council as Representative in Geneva and held positions in Afghanistan, Norway and Pakistan. She also worked with Oxfam in Australia, Sudan and throughout the Asia Pacific region; served as Deputy Director with the New Zealand Defence Force; and worked as a management consultant in Australia.

Dr Macdonald has a PhD in History from the Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, a graduate diploma in International Law from the University of Melbourne and a bachelor’s degree in Law and Geography from the University of Auckland. She is the author of the book Humanitarian Action and Counter Terrorism in the Muslim World (2017).

This lecture will be in-person and online 12:15–1:00 and will be followed by a light lunch.