Dr. Michelle Godwin

Biography

Michelle Godwin is the Research Manager at the Australian National University and administrator for the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW). With over a decade of experience at the United Nations, she has worked in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and Australia, contributing significantly to the field of forced migration and trafficking. From 2015 to 2020, she served on the director’s team at UNICEF’s global research office in Florence, Italy. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she played an active role in the Global Education Cluster in Geneva, guiding interagency groups across 25 countries in emergency situations. Furthermore, she has collaborated with Aboriginal community teams for Red Cross and has developed insights related to children affected by armed conflict in Asia and participatory community development. Michelle's scholarly work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and books, among them 'Global Responsibility to Protect', 'Child Indicators Research', and 'Development Policy Review'. She brings her academic background in Human Geography and interdisciplinary interests, emphasizing ethics and indigenous rights in evidence-based contexts, to her roles in academia and international consulting.

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