Elliot Rooney

Elliot is a researcher and project manager. 

As project manager, he has extensive experience managing research into governance, justice and conflict, and public financial management. Elliot has historically delivered complex project pathways involving multiple geographies and work packages and including substantial external engagement and convening components. From 2019-2021, he was Project Manager for ODI's Lessons for Peace: Afghanistan project, which used research and convening activities to try to encourage evidence-informed donor policymaking in supporting governance and peace building in Afghanistan.

As a researcher, his work focuses on the political economy of water service delivery, including donor relations, and particularly the role of water users as infrastructure. He is completing a PhD in urban water governance. His work has been published in Q1 journals such as Geoforum and Water Alternatives. 

Elliot is fluent in French and Spanish and has basic proficiency in written and spoken Amharic.