Dir of Crisis Mapping & Partnerships
Ushahidi
Patrick Meier is the Director of Crisis Mapping at Ushahidi and the co-founder of the International Network of Crisis Mappers. He is a recognized expert and thought leader on the intersection between new technologies, civil resistance, human rights and humanitarian response. Patrick has written extensively on these topics and has presented his work at numerous high-profile conferences worldwide. He is regularly interviewed by leading media groups including the New York Times, Washington Post and BBC. He has also appeared on CNN and Al Jazeera. Patrick was previously the co-director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning. He has consulted for many international organizations including the UN, OSCE and OECD on numerous crisis mapping and conflict early warning projects in Africa, Asia and Europe. He is completing his PhD at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and is currently a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Program on Liberation Technologies. Patrick has an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and is an alum of the Sante Fe Institute’s (SFI) Complex Systems Program. He blogs at iRevolution.net.