Education
University of Oxford, MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy (International Development, Queen Elizabeth House)
Colgate University, BA in Sociology & Anthropology, Minor in Economics

Languages
English, French, German

Sonia Hausen was a Research Assistant at the Fund for Peace during 2011. Since joining the Fund for Peace in 2011, she has worked in the Sustainable Development Sustainable Security (SDSS) Programme on issues pertaining to conflict-minerals, international standards and grievance mechanisms of the extractive industry, the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, the Human Rights & Business Roundtable (HRBRT), and other themes of Corporate Responsibility. She also works on a variety of conflict assessment projects, including the Country Profiles project, which provides insight into the Failed States Index (FSI) through published state profiles analyzing key events and general trends affecting the annual FSI scores.

Sonia received an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford; her dissertation explored the relationship between private military/security firms and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) & International organizations (IOs) working in conflict zones. Her research has also covered aspects of global governance, multilateralism, international diplomacy (including back-channel initiatives in complex peace processes), and the transnational involvement and influence of NGOs and IOs in peace-building. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, and with Honors from Colgate University.