Vanessa Wyeth

Research Fellow, Peacebuilding and Statebuilding | wyeth@ipinst.org

Vanessa Wyeth joined IPI in February 2004, working on postconflict statebuilding and peacebuilding. She co-edited IPI's recent volume Building States to Build Peace. Vanessa arrived at IPI after spending a year in Kosovo working with the UN Population Fund, having previously consulted for UNFPA in New York. She spent several months with the Centre for Conflict Management in Butare, Rwanda, where she was a researcher on the gacaca tribunals.

Vanessa has also spent several years as an economic consultant in the private sector. She holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University, with a concentration in human rights and conflict resolution and a regional focus on Africa. She holds a BA in international relations from Boston University. She has traveled to over 65 countries, and has lived in Niger, Rwanda, and Kosovo.

Selected Publications

• Adam C. Smith and Vanessa Wyeth, rapporteurs, "Security Council Istanbul Retreat: At the Crossroads of Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding," New York: International Peace Institute, September 2010.
• Charles T. Call with Vanessa Wyeth, eds., Building States to Build Peace (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2008).
• Amy Scott and Vanessa Wyeth, "Putting Decisions into Practice: How Will the UN Peacebuilding Commission Fulfil its Mandate?" (Wilton Park Conference Report, April 2006).
• Kirsti Samuels and Vanessa Wyeth, "State-building and Constitutional Design after Conflict," New York: International Peace Academy, 2006.  (IPI Policy Report, 2006).