Andrew Cunningham, PhD

Andrew Cunningham has twenty-three years’ experience in the development and humanitarian sector, including fourteen years with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), ten years of which was in the field in a wide variety of contexts and geographical locations and four years in the Amsterdam MSF headquarters in the Humanitarian Affairs Department. Andrew’s specialty in his MSF work was in highly insecure contexts, such as Chechnya, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and Somalia. Since leaving MSF Andrew has completed his PhD in War Studies at King’s College London researching the relationship between states and international humanitarian organisations in the context of conflict. Andrew has served as a member of the Board of MSF International and is currently a board member of the International Humanitarian Studies Association. Andrew works as a consultant and trainer for various humanitarian organisations and is a Research Fellow at King’s College London in the War Studies department.