Biography

Marc DuBois ’81Marc DuBois is an independent humanitarian analyst and consultant based in London, and a Senior Fellow in SOAS Department of Development Studies. His work often explores the ‘big picture’ – the culture, architecture and politics of humanitarian action, and their relationship to its ethical principles and operations. Publications/articles include The New Humanitarian Basics, The Ebola Response in West Africa: Exposing the politics and culture of international aid and Humanitarian Action: The need to scale back, not up.

Prior to consulting, Marc spent 15 years at Médecins sans Frontières, working primarily in policy, advocacy and humanitarian affairs, before becoming the Executive Director of MSF-UK/IE (2008-14). The early years of this trajectory saw Marc combat housing discrimination as a Skadden Fellow based in New Orleans and raising chickens as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso. He holds a JD and an MA (development studies), and a BA from Yale. Marc blogs regularly and can be found on Twitter.

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