Alexandra Blackwell
Co-Investigator, SPARC Implementation Study
Alexandra Blackwell is a Co-Investigator on the SPARC Implementation Study. She is a doctoral researcher in Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on implementation of family-based programmes in conflict and humanitarian settings and methodological approaches to assess implementation and estimate impact to strengthen evidence on effective humanitarian interventions. Alexandra has over eight years of experience conducting research on violence prevention and family wellbeing. She specialises in evaluative studies in conflict and humanitarian settings and has conducted research in emergencies in Afghanistan, Syria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan, among other countries. Prior to her PhD, Alexandra was a Research Coordinator for Violence Prevention and Response with the International Rescue Committee. Before the IRC, Alexandra was part of the research team at the Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University, conducting quantitative and qualitative research examining the prevalence and impact of violence against women and girls across the world.
