Kristen McCollum

Kristen is a DPhil student at the Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS) and a Grand Union DTP Scholar with an Advanced Quantitative Methods award. Broadly, her interests include experimental and quasi-experimental research methods in high-displacement contexts, and her DPhil explores the role of social networks in supporting the well-being of displaced people in eastern DRC.  

Most recently, she worked for 6 years with the World Food Programme to coordinate a set of experimental impact evaluations to improve programming in conflict- and crisis-affected settings.  Previously, Kristen has conducted research with the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Oxfam, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). She holds an MSc in Impact Evaluation for International Development and a BA in Sociology with Mathematics.