Andrew J. Cunningham

Andrew Cunningham has twenty-three years’ experience in the humanitarian field, beginning with working in the Rwandan refugee camps in Tanzania between 1994-1996, followed by fourteen years with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), ten years of which was in the field in a wide variety of contexts and geographical locations. Later he moved to the Amsterdam MSF headquarters to work in the Humanitarian Affairs Department where he collaborated on various projects related to the translation of humanitarian principles into viable humanitarian interventions. Andrew’s specialty in his MSF work was in highly insecure contexts, such as Chechnya, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and Somalia. Since leaving MSF Andrew has completed his PhD in War Studies at King’s College London, researching the relationship between States and international humanitarian organisations in the context of conflict. Andrew also has a BA in History from Keene State College, an MS in Applied Linguistics from Georgia State University, and an MSPH (Environmental Health Sciences) from Tulane School of Public Health. Andrew works as a consultant and trainer for various humanitarian organisations and is a member of the Board of MSF International. He is a Research Fellow at King’s College London in the War Studies department.