Sandra Ruckstuhl

Senior Researcher

Research team

Water, climate change and resilience > Climate policies, finance and processes

Areas of expertise

climate security climate risk disaster risk management humanitarian-development-peace nexus conflict and fragility displacement and migration governance social inclusion

Dr. Ruckstuhl worked in a series of roles as a Senior Social Inclusion and Governance Specialist for water sector programs at the World Bank, as a Technical Advisor on natural resources and conflict for inter-agency emergency response and development programs for the US government, and as a Program Manager for urban and sub-national SDG initiatives at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. She has over two decades of experience in organizational and program management, investment operations and policy impact analysis, and applied social research for development and humanitarian interventions. Dr. Ruckstuhl has worked in more than 25 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-saharan Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Balkans.

Recent Publications

Using climate financing wisely to address multiple crises.

Anticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approaches.

The multiple challenges from climate change, urbanization and forced displacement in Irbid Governorate, northwest Jordan.

Roundtable synthesis: setting a demand-driven research agenda for advancing Anticipatory Action and addressing Fragility, Conflict, and Migration dynamics.

Building resilience in fragile and conflict-affected agrifood systems through a water-energy-food nexus approach.

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