Anne Brinkman
ISS and Bureau Ensemble
| Location | Netherlands |
| Gender and Title | Female, Dr. |
| brinkman@iss.nl | |
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| Bio | Anne-Marie Brinkman studied Public Administration and Law (University of Amsterdam - 1991). She is a practitioner in (inter)national development and change, a lawyer and organisational scientist by training. Her work is shaped in practice in connection to people’s daily experiences, grounded in theory and informed by (innovative) empirical efforts. She is a leader and advisor with a proven track record in MENA, East & Central Africa, and The Netherlands. Experienced in the design and implementation of innovative strategies and programmes in humanitarian development, aid and governance. Anne-Marie enables people and organisations to excel in their performance and cooperate with the aim to advance human development, including in conflict settings. She is an experienced knowledge, political and policy analyst offering sound assessment resulting in tailor-made strategic planning and implementation. In one of her recent assignments as a practitioner, she designs and coordinates an EU-funded programme in Libya on Libyan-led dialogue and action and is involved in an innovative talent development programme for a Dutch enterprise. Between January 2022 and January 2025 Anne combined her work with pursuing her PhD degree at the ISS in The Hague. Her research aims to develop insights into alternative human development efforts with a focus on the use of different perspectives to advance civic logic in conflict-affected societies. Her main interests are human development (ethics), cooperation, and human capacity. In these domains, she develops, examines and implements interventions that contribute to sustainable development. She seeks to enable people to excel individually and allow different perspectives to feature in their collective actions. Her work is interdisciplinary, focused on bridging knowledge and practice, pushing frontiers in thought and action and connecting people and communities. |