Mandy Koenraads has completed a postgraduate MSc (Research) in International Development Studies (with a specialization in Peacebuilding and Education) at the University of Amsterdam. Prior to her Master’s degree in research, she completed an undergraduate BSc (Honours) in Public Administration from the University of Leiden. Throughout her academic career, she followed an exchange programme in South Africa and has conducted independent research in Sri Lanka. After working in the field of education for 2.5 years, her role as the coordinator of the Scriptiewerkplaats Den Haag Zuid-West is to develop this crossover initiative between research, policy, and practice. Mandy is based at University Leiden, Campus the Hague, FGGA in close collaboration with ISS the Hague.
