Alberto graduated with a degree in Business from the University of Extremadura, Law at the Madrid University Charles III and holds a Master's in European Law and Economic Analysis from the College of Europe in Bruges. Before joining AIGHD, he worked for more than five...
Mark van Knegsel has a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering and worked for PNO Consultants for a number of years. As a consultant, he gained experience in grant writing and project management for all kinds of research projects in the field of Life Sciences and...
Diede Smith holds a Master of Science in International Development Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, both from the University of Amsterdam. Her topics of interest include intersections of inequality, North-South relations, international development, and Eastern Africa. Previously, she...
Sara has master’s degrees in both public health and social work. Her approach to public health is built on the social work framework of community empowerment and engagement. She has spent time as a qualitative researcher and a project manager focusing on issues such HIV/AIDS, social...
Natacha Berbers holds a BA in History and has a background in public policy and public administration. She previously worked as a project officer for a European civil society network in the field of drug use, harm reduction, and social inclusion. In addition, she has...
Nina Meels, MSc, Project Manager of the Amsterdam Centre for Global Child Health and of the CHAIN project. She has a background in both Global Health and Healthcare Innovation Management. In her role as a Project Manager she hopes to unify her curiosity for infectious...
Nina holds and MA degree in History of International Relations and has worked on European and global HIV civil society partnerships since 2012. Through fundraising, programme coordination and advocacy management she contributed to a structural community led response to the HIV epidemic at city, national...
Marloes Nijboer has a Master’s degree in International Development Studies (MSc). Before moving to AIGHD 6 years ago she worked for years in public health prevention and implementation projects in El Salvador and Guatemala. At AIGHD she is responsible for managing various large research projects...
Wiesje Zikkenheiner has a Master's degree in International Law (LLM) and Humanitarian Assistance (MA). After having worked as a lawyer, she worked for several years as an Associate Expert with the UN in Southern Africa. Her project management activities continued with a European NGO network based...
Gerton Rongen, MSc, is a researcher in the field of development and inequality. He has a background in economics and political science and has worked on many evaluations, such as the impact evaluation of a water and sanitation programme in the informal settlements of Durban,...