Science, Environment and Development Group

Ms. Kristen Eddy
Center for International Development
at Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Office 503, Rubenstein Building
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Tel: (1) 617-495-8132
Fax: (1) 617-496-8753
Email: kristen_eddy@harvard.edu
Group affiliation: Manager of Collaboration Technologies

Kristen Eddy is Manager of Collaboration Technologies for the Science, Environment and Development Group and Manager of Web Communications and Publications for Harvard’s Center for International Development. She facilitates the use of collaborative technologies for physically distributed research teams. This involves synchronous technologies such as videoconferencing, web conferencing, and audio conferencing, and asynchronous technologies such as web sites, discussion forums, and listservs. She is Project Manager for an interactive video project that is using asynchronous video technology to bring voices of stakeholders from a small agricultural community in Northern Thailand into the classroom as part of an internationalization of the case method. She has worked on the Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development Project, the Sustainability Science Project, and the Global Environmental Assessment Project. Through her work with the Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability, she helped to create the Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainability, serving as Webmaster and Managing Editor. Previously she was Manager of Electronic Media Services for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She also worked with Harvard's Environmental Information Center and the University. She has a BA from Harvard in Environmental Science and Public Policy.