Anoush Rima Tatevossian is a strategic communications advisor and consultant. She has held multiple roles including Director of UN Relations for the GSMA, a global association of the mobile technology industry, and Strategic Communications Officer for UN Global Pulse, an innovation initiative in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations.
She is interested in digital diplomacy, innovation in the public sector, the use of new media and technologies for development and humanitarian objectives, and multi-stakeholder partnerships as a means for large-scale social impact.
Anoush Rima holds a B.A. from the College of William & Mary and is a graduate of the USC Master of Public Diplomacy program. She was the first Editor-in-Chief of Public Diplomacy Magazine, launched in 2009.
Recent Publications:
'Big Data' for Development: What Is It, and Why You Should Care. (July 16, 2013) DevEx.
No Simple App for Public Diplomacy. (July/August 2010) PDiN Monitor Vol. 1(6), pp. 15.
"Can You Hear Me Now?" Access to ICT Networks as an Imperative for Participation in Global Civil Society. (2009) Winner of the CPD Prize for Best Student Paper in Public Diplomacy.
In The News:
UN Global Pulse with Anoush Rima Tatevossian, January 12, 2017, Women in Diplomacy Podcast.
Data Philanthropy - The Power of Big Data for the SDGs, September 23, 2016, UN Web TV.
Potential, Pitfalls of "Big Data" for Humanitarians, May 29, 2013, IRIN.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy Announces 2010-2012 CPD Research Fellows, September 17, 2010.