Gwenaelle Luc

Gwenaelle is a social anthropologist focused on the drivers of child undernutrition as a starting point to improve the relevance and effectiveness of multi-sectoral nutrition programs in a variety of contexts.  

She has 10 years of experience in the field, conducting applied nutrition qualitative and mixed-methods studies, as well as designing and evaluating evidence-based programs. She has worked extensively in Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Niger, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Senegal.  

Her specifics interests include: linkages between gender and undernutrition, community involvement in humanitarian activities, and improving tools used by humanitarian actors to analyze contexts and needs and monitor the impact of their nutrition sensitive activities. 

 Gwenaelle is based in Paris, France and is the Link NCA (Nutrition Causal Analysis) advisor for Action Against Hunger’s Research Department. Gwenaelle holds a master’s degree in coordination of humanitarian programs from the University of Lyon II, department of socio-anthropology.