Caroline Abu-Sada holds a political science and international relations PhD, and has held several positions in the field, notably in the Middle East, for Oxfam GB, the UNFAO, and MSF-Switzerland. Since 2010, she represents MSF at the steering committee of the Center for Studies and Research on Humanitarian Action in Geneva, an organization led by both the Graduate Institute and the University of Geneva, and coordinates the research unit of MSF. She is the author of "ONG palestiniennes et Construction �tatique, L'Exp�rience de Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC) dans les Territoires Occup�s Palestiniens, 1983-2005," as well as several articles, reports, and chapters on… humanitarian action, NGOs, and the Middle East.