Sara Batmanglich is a Senior Fragility, Conflict and Violence Specialist at the World Bank where she guides the Bank’s FCV assessments and other analytics. Sara joined the Bank from the OECD, where she was a Peace and Conflict Advisor in the Crises and Fragility Unit, leading on the flagship States of Fragility report as well as the policy research portfolio for the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF).

Before joining the OECD, she was an independent consultant who did both field and policy research on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, youth, and various forms of violence. Sara has also worked for International Alert, a UK-based peacebuilding NGO, where she was Head of their Crime, Violence, and Instability programme, which undertook research on drivers of transnational organized crime, violent extremism and urban violence and identified opportunities for peacebuilding approaches to address these.

Previously, Sara worked for International Peace Institute (IPI) and NYU’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC) where she liaised closely with the UN system and focused on multilateral approaches to peace and security, including operational and structural prevention, peacekeeping, and special political missions. She began her career with Vice Media Group, where she supported the initial expansion of the company into new markets. Sara holds a master’s degree in History of International Relations from London School of Economics.