Education
Max Glaser holds a Masters degree in International
Relations from the
University of Amsterdam,
Faculty of Political Sciences (1988). Main courses:
International Relations, Middle Eastern Affairs,
Development Economics and International Public Law.
He graduated with a thesis on the ‘The utilization of
Foreign Aid as Tool of Foreign Policy – US foreign aid to
Egypt’ while doing research in Cairo with the collaboration
of the
University of Cairo.
Between 2002 -2003 he completed a research fellowship at
the
Carr
Center for Human Rights Policy
at the
Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
publishing
a research on
‘Negotiated
Access, Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Nonstate
Actors’.
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic
Countries work experience
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil,
Colombia, Congo (DRC), Congo-Brazaville, Egypt,
El-Salvador, Ethiopia, Indonesia (Aceh), Ingushetia,
Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand,
Kenya, Myanmar, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Work experience
Max Glaser has been working in humanitarian relief for over
fifteen years. From 1992 to 2002 he worked for the medical
humanitarian relief agency
Médecins Sans Frontières - Holland
(MSF) in over 20 countries in various functions, amongst
other as Emergency Desk Manager, Head of Mission. From 1999
to 2002 he was Head of the Context & Evaluation
Department.
For MSF he performed country specific context analysis and
security assessments. He developed a specific method for
context analysis for humanitarian purposes. He provided
training in context analysis and security management and
developed the curriculum for these themes. He also
formulated the protocols for crisis management (abduction)
and trained the crisis management team and involved in
crisis response.
He was deployed as Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer
(SHAO) for
UN OCHA
in West Darfur between June 2004 to January 2005