Electoral Observation Missions

EU Mission to Yemen
Short Term International Elections Oberver
Aden, Yemen, September 2006
Served as a European Union short term elections observer for the Yemeni Presidential and Local elections, deployed in the former South Yemeni capital of Aden.

EU Mission to the West Bank and Gaza
Short Term International Elections Oberver
Nablus, West Bank, January 2006
Served as a European Union short term elections observer in the Palestinian Parliamentary Elections, deployed in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission to Uzbekistan
Long Term International Elections Observer
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, December 2004
Served as one of 12 OSCE long-term observers of the Uzbek Parliamentary Elections, deployed in Tashkent.

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe  Mission to Kosovo
International Elections' Supervisor
Kosovo, FRY, November 2001
Served as an International Elections' Supervisor, deployed in Vucitrn/Vushtri, a town in the divided municipality of Mitrovica.

 

Work for IOs or NGOs

World Bank
Consultant
Kabul, Afghanistan, Summer 2007
Served in a team of consultants working on a randomized evaluation of local governing councils in rural Afghanistan. Continuing to work on the project from Cambridge, MA.

Hellenic Rescue Team
Assistant to Head of Mission
Thessaloniki, Greece, Summer 2003
Worked on establishing relations with the US provisional authority in Iraq as a way to facilitate Hellenic Rescue Team's medical activities in the field.

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Assistant to Human Rights Officer
Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Summer 2002
Conducted field-research and wrote a 50-page report on the discrimination faced by returnee children in the realm of education in BiH's Canton 1 Municipalities.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Intern to the Head of Office
Belgrade, FRY, Summer 2001
Compiled a fact-sheet on the humanitarian situation in FR Yugoslavia that was used as part of OCHA's presentation at the FRY donor's conference in June 2001. Co-authored a Humanitarian Risk Analysis on the status of Roma and Roma Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Kosovo in FRY.

Press Office, Greek Embassy in FR of Yugoslavia
Research Assistant
Belgrade, FRY, Summer 2000
Conducted archival research and worked on a paper regarding the evolution of Greek-Yugoslav relations after the disintegration of Yugoslavia.

United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA), UN Secretariat
Intern Correspondent
New York, NY, Fall 1999
Worked with the Bosnian President of UNCA, and with the Greek Senior Correspondent at the UN. Covered UN Security Council Briefings and reported on press conferences regarding the Balkans and Eastern Europe held at the United Nations.

Estonian Ministry of Finance, Investment and Export Division
Investment Strategy and European Trade Integration
Tallinn, Estonia, Summer 1999
Prepared marketing material promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Estonia. Wrote Market Reports on EU countries and compiled a database with extensive information on Eastern European markets.