Erin C. Houlihan

Erin Colleen Houlihan is a Programme Officer with International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Programme. She advises on constitution-building in a range of contexts around the world, develops comparative knowledge products, and manages tools and databases related to both constitution-building processes and constitutional design. She has previously served in a variety of senior leadership and technical advising roles with country-based rule of law, human rights and good governance assistance programmes, primarily in conflict-affected states. She holds a Juris Doctor and an MA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an MA in Special Education from Loyola Marymount University.