Rasha Shakra

Professional Experience

Lecturer

Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE), University of Geneva, Switzerland

Feb 2024 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Nov 2022 - Jan 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher

Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

Research Fellow

Agroscope, Switzerland & University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

April 2017 - April 2019

Coordinator - Head Office

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Syria

Jan 2008 - Aug 2012

Salamieh, Syria 2008 ©r.shakra

Current Engagements

Consultant for the Managing Exists from Armed Conflict project (MEAC)

https://unidir.org/programme/managing-exits-from-armed-conflict/

Jury member of the Celebrate Local Jane Jacobs Initiative (CLJJ)

celebrateyourlocaljanejacobs.org/home/

TKN volunteer with the Quality of Life Unit at the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)

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Previous Engagements

Member of the Postdoc Network in Agricultural, Climate and Environmental Economics (PoNACEE)

4euplus.eu/4EU-701.html

Resilience and Quantitative Evaluation Expert for GIST Research Ltd

Project "Formative Evaluation of the Strategic Shift in Syria - UNICEF"

Education

PhD in Development and Agriculture Economics

Geneva School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Sept 2015 - Jan 2022

Complementary Certificate in Geomatics

Geneva Institute of Environmental Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland

2020 - May 2021

Master in Standardization, Social Regulation and Sustainable Development

Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland

2012 - 2014

BSc Economics

Faculty of Economics, University of Aleppo, Syria

2000-2006

Languages

Arabic

English

French

Media

linkedin.com/in/rasha-shakra

https://twitter.com/RashaIShakra