Faculty
Alberto Minujin
Part-Time Faculty, International Affairs
Alberto
Minujin is a professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School, with a special focus on topics related
to social policy and children's rights. He serves as the Director of
the New School website equityforchildren.org, as
well as the International Summer Field Program (IFP) in Buenos Aires,
Argentina and an is active member of the Latin American Observatory
(OLA). Since 2003, Prof. Minujin has coordinated several international
conferences co-sponsored by GPIA and UNICEF. He is also a professor at
the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New
York, researching topics of children, human rights, poverty, and
monitoring, evaluation and social research methods.
In 2010 Minujin
was awarded the Bicentennial Medal from the Provincia de Buenos Aires of
Argentina on the occasion of Argentina’s 200th anniversary and in
recognition of his contributions to the fields of child rights and social
policy.
Prof.
Minujin provides consulting services on issues related to social
policy, design and development of projects for child well-being, and
statistical analysis and monitoring and evaluation. Until October, 2005,
he was Senior Program Officer, Policy Analysis at the Global Policy
Section in the Division of Policy and Planning of UNICEF Head Quarters
(New York), working on social policy, policies for child poverty
reduction and equity, budget analysis and human rights issues. Since
2006, he has provided consulting services to UNICEF Iran, Tanzania,
Egypt, Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina and New York and to the Government of
Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Prof.
Minujin is the editor and author of two books published by The New
School: "Social Protection Initiatives for Children, Women, and
Families: An Analysis of Recent Experiences" that focus in the
experiences around the world on cash and in-kind transfers to poor
families; and "Poverty and Children: Policies to Break the Vicious Cycle
(2006)", that discusses concepts, measurement and policies related to
children living in poverty. His previous two books, examining the
historical social changes and the impoverishment of the middle class in
Argentina and exploring future alternatives for Argentine society, have
become nonfiction best sellers. Prof. Minujin has published several
other books, numerous articles and papers.
Courses Taught
Evaluating Development Impact: Slums, Education and Micro-Credit
Social Policy in Latin America
