#  Karin Heissler 

Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program

Child Protection Regional Adviser, West and Central Africa, UNICEF

 

 

 



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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.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Academic Year
    
     [Academic Year 2025-26](/academic-year/academic-year-2025-26)
- ## People
    
     [Fellows](/people/fellows)