Roos Willems
Diplomat
About
An economist and a cultural anthropologist by training, I acquired extensive professional experience in Belgium, Kenya, Benin, Tanzania, Switzerland, Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria, Niger and the United States over the past 30+ years working in the private sector, international humanitarian organizations, academic institutions and the Belgian diplomatic service.
Belgium
Brussels Metropolitan Area
Government Administration
Anthropology, Gender, Ethnography, Non-profits, Qualitative Research, Africa, Research Design, Sustainability, Social Sciences, International Development, Program Development, Program Management, Policy Analysis, Cultural Anthropology, Research, Quantitative Research, Program Evaluation, International Relations, Policy, NGOs
Experience
Diplomat
Embassy of Belgium in Senegal
Dakar, Senegal
Deputy Head of Mission
Embassy of Belgium in Niger
Niamey, Niger
Head, Political and Economic Section
Embassy of Belgium in Nigeria
Abuja Municipal, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Diplomat in training
Belgian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Senior Researcher
University of Antwerp
Managed large scale, long term, EU funded research projects with international partner institutions such as the University of Oxford and the International Institute for Peace Research Oslo and many others across Europe (Poland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, the UK and the Netherlands) and beyond (Turkey, Morocco, Senegal, Ukraine) (www.eumagine.org ; www.resl-eu.org)
Research Associate
KU Leuven
Resettlement of refugees and social networks, migration studies, development and culture, forced migration, economic anthropology (research, publishing, guest lectures, conference presentations, etc.)
Regional Representative Senegal/Gambia
Vredeseilanden
Dakar, Senegal
Programme Management (Linking Farmers to Markets), Institutional and Business Development, External Relations and Communication, Livelihood Strategies and Household Surveys, Human Resources and Financial Management,
Admin/Finance Officer Guinea Conakry
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Gueckedou, Guinea, West Africa
Working with refugee populations, financial management, human resources management
Admin/Finance Officer Cotonou Benin
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Cotonou, Benin
Working with refugee populations, financial and human resources management
Operations Officer Geneva Switzerland
International Organisation for Migration IOM
Geneva, Switzerland
Programme management migrants and refugees, people management and team coordination, liaising with international humanitarian bodies
Operations Officer Nairobi Kenya
International Organisation for Migration IOM
Nairobi, Kenya
Programme management migrants and refugees, team coordination, people management, liaising with diplomatic and international bodies
Education
University of Florida
Cultural Anthropology
Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies 1998, Graduate Certificate in African Studies 2003, Research Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships (1998-2003), Anthropological Ph.D. Field Research with Congolese, Burundi and Rwandan Refugees in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2001-2002)
KU Leuven
Economic Sciences
International and Development Economics, Thesis on Agricultural Sector in Nicaragua 1984
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