Cecilia Cannon Email & Phone Number

Dr. Cecilia Cannon is the Managing Director and Senior Policy Analyst at PoliSync Centre for International Policy Engagement. She served as Academic Adviser to the United Nations for its 75th anniversary in 2020, and works in a consultancy capacity for other international organizations. She directed the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy-making between 2019 and 2021, and the Graduate Institute's Summer Programme on the United Nations and Global Challenges between 2013 and 2020. Cecilia is passionate about research uptake in policy circles, and served as a Director on the board of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) until 2023. Her research focuses on the role and influence of non-state actors in international policy processes; multi-stakeholder partnerships and migration policy. Cecilia frequently advises governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses and international organisations on their policy research, digital solutions, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation projects. She has created several multimedia projects to facilitate policy research uptake. She obtained a PhD in International Relations/Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

Listed skills include International Relations, Political Science, Research, International Development, and 18 others.