Anna Orrnert, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Founding Member

Educational Degrees
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland M.Phil (2003)
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusettes B.A.(1997)

Professional Licenses
ADR Group accredited civil and commercial mediator (2007)
Mediation UK certified community mediator (2004)

Professorship or University Appointments

• Research Fellow, International Development Department, University of Birmingham, UK, (2005 – present)

Language Fluency: English, Swedish

Language Proficiency: Spanish

Conflict Resolution In-Country Experience

Training/Teaching

• Czech Republic – Designed and taught weekend and summer camp activity programs for refugee children at Straz pod Ralskem asylum holding centre (2001-2002)

Mediation

• London, United Kingdom - Community mediator, Camden Mediation Service
  
• Birmingham, United Kingdom - Workplace mediator, University of Birmingham Mediation Panel

Research

• United Kingdom
  • Over 30 restricted access rapid response research papers for the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) on governance, conflict and social development issues (2005-2007)
  • Research on theoretical frameworks for faith-based conflict transformation for DFID-funded Religions and Development Research Program (currently in progress)
  • Research and development of on-line guide to 'Gender and Security Sector Reform' for Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (currently in progress)

International Cultural Experience

Professional: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Thailand, United States of America

Other: Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden

Service Areas Significant Experience

• Conciliation, facilitation & mediation education
  
• Consultation and training in conflict mitigation or prevention

Publications

• Elites and Institutions: Literature review, International Development Department, University of Birmingham, commissioned research for DFID (November 2006) (with Tom Hewitt)
  
• Missing pieces: an overview of the institutional puzzle, Public Administration and Development, Vol. 26, No. 5 (November 2006)
  
• The heart (and soul?) of international development: the role of faith in global poverty reduction, Public Administration and Development, Vol. 26, No. 2 (May 2006)
  

Last Revised on 4/16/2008