Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns, MA, Ed.D is the Senior Education Researcher at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and leads IRC’s global education research agenda. At the IRC, Silvia manages a portfolio of research projects in 15 countries that aim to identify what works to improve access and learning outcomes for children in emergency settings, for whom, at what cost and under what conditions, and on developing valid and reliable tools to measure these outcomes. Silvia holds an Ed.D in Human Development and Education and a MA in Prevention Science and Practice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA; and BA degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Los Andes, Colombia.