Nate Edwards is a Program Officer at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), where he collaborates with the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just, and Inclusive Societies team.
He primarily supports the Justice for All initiative, focusing on leveraging justice as a tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He oversees initiatives on justice, AI and emerging technology, people-centered climate justice, and justice for displaced populations. He also leads Pathfinders’ work on communications strategies for people-centered justice. Previously, he worked with CIC’s Humanitarian Crises program, supporting efforts related to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, migration and refugees, and financing for humanitarian and development projects. Nate also serves on the Board for the refugee-led education technology organization, Paper Airplanes.
Nate brings a background in US-based nonprofit management consulting to CIC alongside experience working on global and regional initiatives and specific projects in the United States, Brazil, Moldova, and Jordan. He holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Carleton College.