Dr Frédérique Guérin is the Deputy Director for Strategic Programmes at the GSPI. She oversees the knowledge and learning activities of the GSPI, as well as the strategic development of programmes. Prior to joining the GSPI, she held diverse positions spanning the boundaries of knowledge and policy advice. She worked as a programme manager in the mediation and policy support unit of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue for 4 years, supporting private diplomacy initiatives with evidence- and practice-based insights. She launched and ran the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform for 3 years, bringing together researchers, practitioners and policy actors to advance the understanding and practice of peace processes. She coordinated the scientific secretariat of a peace initiative in Tajikistan for four years and also worked as a consultant on developing evidence-based teaching curriculum in the field of peace education. She holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Lyon, and a Masters Degree and a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
The page was updated in November 2024
