Claudia Meier is a research associate with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. Her research interests include humanitarian assistance, peace-building, state-building and development cooperation. Claudia manages the Emerging Donors project, for which she published a case study on India's approach to humanitarian assistance. Before this project, she was a team member of the IASC Cluster Approach Evaluation Phase II and worked on the IASC's GenCap project and Raising the Bar, a research and dialogue project on disaster relief and preparedness.

Before joining GPPi, Claudia was the assistant to the project planning coordinator with InWEnt's ASA Program. During her studies, she interned with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and volunteered with the Geneva Red Cross. She was also the Swiss United Nations youth delegate for two years. As a member of the Swiss delegation to the UN Commission for Social Development, she brought forward the claims of young people.

Claudia holds a master's in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Languages: German, French, English, Italian