Mariam Dawoud is a Program Manager with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based at IFPRI-Cairo. She has actively coordinated and managed core projects, including Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity (EIBC), among others within the Egypt Strategy Support Program. She is responsible for managing the implementation of IFPRI projects in Egypt by liaising between internal and external cross-country stakeholders.
Before joining IFPRI, Mariam worked as a Project Manager with the office of Sponsored Programs, Center of Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability, and the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She has led many dynamic applied research projects in sustainability in the contexts of development, education, governance, food security, gender equality, social protection, and resource management, as well climate change and climate security across Egypt. Her project management background and work include heritage and climate adaptation, climate change, environmental sustainability, urban agriculture, food security, water sanitation, and education. She holds a master’s degree in heritage conservation and site management from Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany.
