Karin Heissler
Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program
Child Protection Regional Adviser, West and Central Africa, UNICEF
61 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Karin Heissler holds a PhD in international development from the University of Oxford and is UNICEF’s regional adviser for child protection in West and Central Africa, where she leads strategy and partnerships across twenty-four countries. She specializes in applied, policy-oriented research.
Research Interests: Child protection; transitions to adulthood; mobility and migration; informal economies and urbanization; agency; international development; and public policy.