Audrey Watne

Researcher

Audrey Watne is a non-resident affiliated researcher for PREP based in the US. 

She began her work with PREP as the monitoring and evaluation specialist on the Community-based Peace Education program and Improving Social Cohesion program conducted by the NYU Center for Global Affairs and the University of Duhok’s Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies in 2016 and 2017.  She served as Institutional Learning Specialist for the Strengthening University Capacity in Peacebuilding in Duhok and Mosul program in 2017-18. 

From 2018-2020, Ms. Watne lived in Erbil, and worked as Iraq Country Coordinator for the Mennonite Central Committee, which involved supporting local partners who implement programs in agricultural livelihoods and development, urban livelihoods, peacebuilding, trauma recovery, and school rehabilitation. 

Ms. Watne holds an M.S. in Global Affairs and Peacebuilding from NYU’s School of Professional Studies. Her current research interests include power dynamics in international peacebuilding partnerships, measuring the effectiveness of peacebuilding programs, racial and gender justice in humanitarian aid, and decolonization. 

EMAIL: ALW5@NYU.EDU