Pauline Rose became Director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report in August 2011. Prior to taking up this post, she was Senior Policy Analyst with the GMR team for three years, leading the research on the themes of governance, marginalization and conflict.

Before joining the GMR, Pauline was Reader in international education and development at the University of Sussex. She has worked closely with international aid donors and non-governmental organisations, providing evidence-based policy advice for the past 20 years on a wide range of issues aimed at fulfilling commitments to Education for All. She has worked on large collaborative research programs with teams in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia. Pauline has authored numerous publications on issues that examine educational policy and practice, including in relation to inequality,financing and governance, democratization, and the role of international aid