Silvia Diazgranados is the senior researcher in education at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international organization that is the global leader in humanitarian aid and protection of human rights in contexts of emergency. Silvia leads IRC's global education research agenda in conflicted-affect countries, with a focus on identifying what works, for whom, at what cost and under what conditions, and developing valid and reliable measures to capture students' learning outcomes and the processes that promote them. Silvia is the author of several peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and technical reports that explore the effect of education interventions on children's academic and socio-emotional outcomes and the processes that support their development. Silvia holds a B.A. in psychology and philosophy from the University of Los Andes, Columbia, an M.A. in prevention science and practice as well as an Ed.D. in human development and education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA.