Susan Nicolai
Senior Research Fellow – Head of Programme (acting)
Susan Nicolai is Senior Research Fellow in ODI's Growth, Poverty and Inequality Programme. She works with researchers across the institute to delve more deeply into questions around measurement, political economy and financing of development, and explore how lessons feed into post-2015 debates.
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Susan has previously worked with the UN SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, Save the Children, UNICEF and UNESCO. Her own policy work and research has focused on basic services – particularly education. She has worked in a number of countries around the globe, particularly fragile states and crisis affected countries.
Media coverage
- 25 October 2017, Devex19 May 2017, TIME Magazine
- 15 November 2016, The Guardian5 October 2016, The Guardian
- 14 June 2016, The Guardian18 March 2016, Thomson Reuters Foundation
- 25 September 2015, Devex25 September 2015, Geographical
- 22 September 2015, Public Finance International22 September 2015, BBC World News -
Latest tweets from @susan_nicolai
14 MayRT @MinnaElo: .@susan_nicolai:This year is crucial in linking #SDG4 and #EducationinEmergencies as #SDG4 is reviewed in the #HLPF raising a…- 14 MayRT @Katri_Suomi: This year is critical in linking #EiE and #SDG4 @susan_nicolai stresses. There is a need for coherence in policy and fundi…
- 14 MayPleased to be joining INEE’s Inclusive Education seminar today, involving exciting mix of global and Finnish educat… https://t.co/ahtZQhHTjl
- 24 AprRT @YasmineSherif1: A welcome step forward. Let’s make it 100% and follow the @eu_echo standard of 10% resource allocation for #EducationI…
- 24 AprRT @PrachiSrivas: Humbled by response. Shout-out to researchers cited (2/2): Laura Day Ashley @cl_mcloughlin @AslamMonazza Jakob Engel @J…
- 24 AprRT @PrachiSrivas: Remember @TheEconomist special report on private education? @fp2p asked me to write a response. Here it is! https://t.co…
- 18 AprRT @PEASchools: #CIES2019 - Fantastic q's being posed abt #secondaryed in SSA by @PaulineMRose @MastercardFdn @susan_nicolai: How can spend…
- 18 Apr@PaulineMRose @f1rabbani @ODIdev @MastercardFdn Teacher unions are an important piece of the puzzle on why reforms work or no.
- 16 AprRT @DavidArcherAA: At #CIES2019 Panel with @PaulineMRose on abolition of secondary school fees. We need to learn from abolition of primary…
- 15 AprDo join us if you’re here at #CIES2019. And if not, watch this space for a forthcoming publication on hum-dev coher… https://t.co/XrXpArsjTM
- 28 MarRT @GlobalEdCluster: .@YasmineSherif1: We must bring development and humanitarian actors together to strengthen joint #EiE response to meet…
- 28 MarYes, and they also highlight how #EdTech could be a key part of reducing inequality! It depends how we harness it.… https://t.co/KFFis7NaJa
- 27 MarPleased to be at the Global Education Cluster meeting this week to share some of @ODIdev’s on-going research on the… https://t.co/hSC25JEPEv
- 15 MarRT @abiehunt: Super busy #CSW63 week for @ODIdev! Final side event tomorrow on how #gigeconomy workers can access #socialprotection. We hav…
- 15 MarRT @ODIdev: 🗓️ Coming up today at 10am EDT/14:00 GMT | @FraBastagli is at #CSW63 to discuss the #gigeconomy and #socialprotection with Mini…
- 15 MarRT @UKFIET: Any plans for the weekend? #UKFIETconf abstract deadline on Moday 18th. Send us your ideas for quick-fire talks, presentations,…
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- 11 MarRT @UKFIET: Just one week to go to submit your abstracts for this September's #UKFIETconf! Deadline 18 March. Six interesting themes relati…
- 11 MarIn advance of the #SyriaConf2019 this week, some ideas from me and colleagues on how donors can better focus aid to… https://t.co/hq19YDxMWw
- 07 MarRT @davidwatson_m: Inequality is increasing at a frightening rate says @DACchairOECD Latest Development Cooperation Report from @OECDdev ta…
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