Moira Faul Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland

Welcoming Dr Moira Faul as new Executive Director of NORRAGMoira comes to us from her current post as Deputy Director of the Public-Private Partnership Center at the University of Geneva, and was also Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute (IHEID) in 2019. Originally from Zimbabwe, Moira brings substantial expertise in education and international cooperation, as well as in organizational development and management in the private and voluntary sectors in China, Spain, Switzerland… Show more Welcoming Dr Moira Faul as new Executive Director of NORRAGMoira comes to us from her current post as Deputy Director of the Public-Private Partnership Center at the University of Geneva, and was also Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute (IHEID) in 2019. Originally from Zimbabwe, Moira brings substantial expertise in education and international cooperation, as well as in organizational development and management in the private and voluntary sectors in China, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and a teaching qualification from the University of Oxford. Previously, she held a Visiting Research Fellowship at the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and successfully led a UK Research Councils-funded programme on knowledge exchange between research and policy at the University of Cambridge. Before embarking on her PhD, Moira was a senior manager in private sector adult education in Spain and China, then Head of Education and Youth Policy (UK) at Oxfam GB.She has published widely on education and international cooperation. In addition, she has produced many important studies for international organizations, including the Global Partnership for Education, the UK government, UNESCO, UNHCR, and ActionAid.Moira knows NORRAG very well and shares our vision and mission, having served as an active member of the NORRAG Executive Committee over the past three years. She has lived for several years in Geneva and therefore also knows International Geneva very well. Show less

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Genève

My research focuses on multi-stakeholder global partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world has committed itself to multi-stakeholder partnerships as critical to governing public goods and delivering public services. My research identifies a gap between discourses and practices of policy-making and relationship-building that may undermine the achievement of the social, economic and environmental goals of partnerships. 1. POWER: My research debunks the prevailing… Show more My research focuses on multi-stakeholder global partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world has committed itself to multi-stakeholder partnerships as critical to governing public goods and delivering public services. My research identifies a gap between discourses and practices of policy-making and relationship-building that may undermine the achievement of the social, economic and environmental goals of partnerships. 1. POWER: My research debunks the prevailing myth that governance through multi-stakeholder partnerships is inherently inclusive and power-free as claimed in formal partnership designs (and much of the literature). Instead, it describes the opposite situation in which “partners” informally depart from formal rules and relationships in ways that reinforce inequalities of power and affect policy and practice.Article: https://unige.academia.edu/MoiraFaul#ISA2018 Panel: https://wordpress5306.wordpress.com UN Research Seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kROW3cXOxvk2. PARTNERSHIPS AS SPACES BETWEEN FIELDS: Moving beyond conventional field theory, we theorise multi-stakeholder partnerships as ‘spaces between fields’ (Eyal, 2013), which are co-constructed by relations between heterogeneous stakeholders. Using network analysis, we bring this blurry, emergent space into focus by revealing the relational topography that structures these multi-stakeholder spaces.Extended Abstract: https://ppp.unige.ch/news/ppp-research-centre-cssi-2018 3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS: In response to widespread mechanistic and linear readings of international development interventions converting inputs directly into outcomes, my research examines partnerships as the complex systems they are, in order to move research, policymaking and practice to recognise that sustainable development outcomes and impacts are system outcomes.Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) Project: https://bit.ly/2OmecRW Show less

Geneva Area, Switzerland

I have successfully completed international consultancies for organisations in the academic, government, private and voluntary sectors, including for DfID, Arup International, UNESCO, and ActionAid.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

I am researching the concept and practices of ‘partnership’ in international development, particularly as it relates to SDG17. I am also part of the UKCDS education systems research community and have reviewed DfID's proposed education research strategy.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I led the ESRC-funded Policy Challenges initiative, which aimed to provide new perspectives on high-priority public policy issues identified by senior policy makers. The Programme enabled government policy makers and industry leaders to collaborate with academic experts aiming to provide senior decision makers in government with new perspectives on some of the key problems which they face.

Department Of Politics And International Studies; Judge Business School

Lectured graduate students:- Masters in Public Policy.- MPhil in International Relations and Politics.- Social Enterprise Incubator (Big Lottery-funded).

Cambridge, United Kingdom

When investigating 'partnership' in international development, many observers study the formal rules that include new development actors and assume the mitigation of existing power inequalities. This formalised view of cooperation, I contend, is misleading. More often than not, governments and bureaucrats informally depart from these formal rules and relationships, thereby contradicting their very purpose. Behind the formal rules and relationships of partnership lie a thick network of informal… Show more When investigating 'partnership' in international development, many observers study the formal rules that include new development actors and assume the mitigation of existing power inequalities. This formalised view of cooperation, I contend, is misleading. More often than not, governments and bureaucrats informally depart from these formal rules and relationships, thereby contradicting their very purpose. Behind the formal rules and relationships of partnership lie a thick network of informal governance relationships and practices that require investigation if we are to understand how partnership works, and prescribe effective policy and practice solutions. Show less

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Advised the Centre for Global Equality on impact assessment and networking strategies.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Teach learning, study and writing skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

- Member of Oxfam's UK Education and Youth Leadership Team- Led quality education advocacy and policy research in the UK.- Led the design and implementation of capacity development activities in policies for quality education with local and international partners (from Lisbon to Hong Kong).

- Led Oxfam's quality education advocacy and practice work in England, including strategy development, implementation and reporting.- Led the design and implementation of capacity development in practices for quality education.

Beijing City, China

Led the provision of high-quality technical assistance to improve quality education and learning in Pearson schools across China.

Madrid, Spain

Provided high-quality technical assistance to improve quality education and learning in Sylvan schools across Spain.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), International Relations

Activities and Societies: Founder of the University of Cambridge Academic Writing Groups

Msc, Research (Global Politics)

Awarded the Frankl Prize for outstanding scholarship.

Msc (Distinction), International Relations

Pgce, Education

Activities and Societies: Trinity College MCR Committee