Biography

Kari Lipschutz is a TAMNEAC Early Stage Research Fellow, focusing her research on the correlation between natural resource management regimes and conflict. Her MA thesis at University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) explores Afghanistan’s recent mineral law and policy reform process in light of a larger international discourse on the tension between foreign direct investment policy and social and environmental policy with respect to extractive industries. Her four years practicing journalism in multiple media formats gives Kari the ability to express complex ideas in a variety of ways for a variety of audiences. Further, her work at World Politics Review and research as a Master’s student at SOAS have given her a solid background in understanding the interaction between national implementation of policy and international agenda-setting.