Alexander Gaus is a research associate with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His research and consulting work focuses on humanitarian assistance, development cooperation and monitoring and evaluation. He is currently responsible for a study on European development approaches to food security, commissioned by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Before this, he managed the 2010-2011 research project Uniting on Food Assistance - Promoting Evidence-Based Transatlantic Dialogue and Convergence. He also supports GPPi’s monitoring and evaluation projects.

Prior to GPPi, he worked for the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Botswana on a security, peace and governance project. During his university studies, Alexander also did internships with Adelphi Research in Berlin and the Global Policy Forum Europe in Bonn.

Alexander holds a master's in political science from the University of Freiburg with a focus on international relations. He also received a Diplôme d’Administration et Politique Internationale from the Université Pierre Mèndes France in Grenoble, where he spent the academic year 2005-2006. In the fall of 2009, he was awarded a research scholarship from University of Oxford. He is currently pursuing a postgraduate diploma in public management at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Languages: German, English, French