Céline Monnier is the Associate Director for Prevention and Peacebuilding at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), on the Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Protracted Crises program.
She specializes in policy advice for violence prevention, including the prevention of violent crime, extremism, and conflict. Prior to joining CIC, she advised international organizations and national and local governments on effective violence prevention strategies and worked in humanitarian affairs.
Her professional background spans non-governmental organizations, diplomacy, and the United Nations (UN), most notably with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). She has worked in North and Latin America, including Canada, the United States, Colombia, and Mexico. She has also conducted research and led projects in Central America, Tunisia, the Gambia, Nigeria, CDI (in partnership with ECOWAS), Timor Leste, and Ecuador.
She holds a master’s degree in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Her thesis focused on the “Legal Involvement of Non-State Armed Groups in the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons.”