PrintAndrew Robertson
Senior Program Officer, Center for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding and Center for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding
Andrew Robertson is Senior Program Officer to both the Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding at the United States Institute of Peace and the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding.
Andrew manages the Roundtable for Technology, Science and Peacebuilding, a partnership between the Institute and the National Academy of Engineering to accelerate the adoption of science and technology against important peacebuilding issues. Also, through the IONA initiative, he is responsible for improving Institute capacity to design and deploy media interventions to stabilize conflict societies.
Prior to USIP, Andrew was director at the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), where he advised F1000 executives on best practices in management and innovation.
In CEB’s Research and Technology Executive Council (RTEC), Andrew led research programs providing best practices and benchmarking to CTOs and Engineering leaders at more than 300 corporations around the world. Focus areas included technology disruption, technology commercialization, collaborative innovation, R&D benchmarking, and technology marketing.
Before joining Corporate Executive Board, Andrew worked at FSI, Inc., a boutique strategy consulting company developing strategy for early stage technology, IT, and health care companies. Prior to that, he worked as a research engineer for Nissan Motor Company, designing highly parallel computer systems for AI and graphics processing applications.
Andrew holds a Ph.D. in the History of Science from Harvard University and an M.E. in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth College. Andrew can also be found on Twitter @AJRbrtsn, where his comments are purely personal and are not intended to represent the views of USIP.
Publications & Tools
Media in Fragile Environments: The USIP Intended-Outcomes Needs Assessment (IONA) Methodology
March 2011 | by Andrew Robertson, Eran Frankel, Emrys Schoemaker, and Sheldon Himelfarb
The IONA methodology helps a media assessment team understand the causes of conflict in a society, identify changes that could reduce that conflict, and create media interventions that help realize those changes.
Events
May 17, 2011
USIP Roundtable: Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding
At the inaugural meeting of the Roundtable, leaders in technology and peacebuilding from the corporate, government, university and NGO sectors convened to discuss potential topics for action by the Roundtable and develop a three year strategy for Roundtable operations.
Issue Areas: Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
Publications & Tools
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With the National Academy of Engineering, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on May 1 hosted a workshop with specialists in and out of government on “Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding.” |
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USIP’s Sheldon Himelfarb, director of USIP’s Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding, and Andrew Robertson, a senior program officer with the center, discuss the latest developments on technology, science and peacebuilding – and where the new field is going. Countries: Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Training
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Events
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December 12, 2011
The goal of this meeting was to determine the set of problems faced by peacebuilders in the field that the Roundtable will address over the coming year. The day’s four sessions considered potential targets identified by Roundtable members at its first meeting in May and in subsequent discussions. Each session included a brief overview of a problem and possible solution set by the Roundtable Secretariat staff. Issue Areas: Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
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May 17, 2011
This inaugural meeting of the Roundtable had two primary goals: 1) to review and approve the draft strategic plan and 2) to identify the first set of activities (and actors) that the Roundtable will undertake. Issue Areas: Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
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March 31, 2011
This planning workshop was conducted to elicit information from the Roundtable membership about the opportunities for and challenges to peacebuilding around the world. It used a structured problem-solving approach to help organize discussions, identify common interests, and consider ways in which technology, science, and engineering may play a role in advancing the cause of peace. Following the workshop, staff created a draft strategic plan for the Roundtable's inaugural meeting, held on May 17, 2011. Issue Areas: Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
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