Lyndsay is a senior consultant with 25 years’ experience in international development working as a policy-maker, academic and consultant. Lyndsay has particular knowledge and expertise in conflict-affected countries and fragile states and on gender-based violence (GBV); gender equality and women and girl’s empowerment; women, peace and security; conflict prevention; reconciliation; identity-based violence, social exclusion; children and youth. She has also worked on several other policy areas including governance, security and justice, education, refugees and migration, international trade and policy coherence for development. Lyndsay is experienced in managing and conducting social research (qualitative, participatory and quantitative), linking research to policy and practice; practice-based learning; teaching, training design and facilitation; policy analysis; programme design - including human-centred design - and programming guidance; monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment; programme management; team leadership; and knowledge management. Lyndsay is co-founder and senior associate of the Prevention Collaborative and has previously held positions as Knowledge Manager for the Prevention Collaborative, Technical Team Leader for the DFID Violence against Women and Girls Helpdesk, a member of the core Management Team for the DFID Research and Innovation Fund ‘What Works to Prevent VAWG’ and Team Leader for La Pépinière, a programme to promote adolescent girls’ economic empowerment in DRC. Lyndsay also holds a part-time lectureship in Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex where she convenes a Master’s degree in Gender, Violence and Conflict.