Conciliation Resources is delighted to announce that Dr Eleanor O’Gorman has joined us as the Director of Policy and Practice.
 
Eleanor previously ran a private consulting practice on international conflict and development including issues of gender, peacebuilding and aid strategy. Her clients included the United Nations, the European Commission/ EEAS, the UK Government, and GIZ (Germany). Her field experience includes Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Zimbabwe. Eleanor previously served as a Senior Adviser with the United Nations in New York and Brussels. 
 
Eleanor continues to be a Senior Associate with the Centre for Gender Studies and Research Associate and the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of 2011 book titled Conflict and Development with Zed Books, London. 
 
Eleanor holds a BA (Hons) in Politics, Economics and French from University College Dublin, an MA in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent and a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge where her research focused on women and war with a particular interest in Zimbabwe. 
 
We look forward to benefitting from her expertise and welcome her to the team.
 

It is a great privilege to join Conciliation Resources. I look forward to working with such a dedicated and international team that has a leading track record in field-based peacebuilding work.

I hope to contribute to drawing out the learning from organisational experience in different situations to influence and inform on-going international peace processes and the field of peacebuilding in very real ways.

Dr Eleanor O’Gorman - Director of Policy and Practice