Mark Wood is a program officer at Refugees International. He was formerly a research fellow at Carnegie Council working on the Model International Mobility Convention.
He is also a Master's degree candidate at Columbia University focusing on international security policy. Wood holds Bachelor's degrees from the University of Pretoria and Seton Hall University. He has done extensive research on peace and security efforts in Africa and the Middle East, focusing on the causes of violence and the role religion plays in peace efforts.
Prior to Columbia, Wood worked at an advocacy assistant for CARITAS Internationalis and served as a United Nations Youth Representative in 2019.
Featured Work
APR 10, 2026 • Report
Reflections from Uehiro-Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations Study Tour of Japan
Access this report from the Uehiro-Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations study tour, in which Carnegie Council fellows and staff reflect on their trip to Japan.
JUN 20, 2021 • Article
The World's Refugee System Needs to be Made Responsible
Today, we are faced with an unfair and ultimately unsustainable refugee system that simultaneously increases human suffering while placing the burden of hosting refugees on ...