Alexander Burian is an SSR Advisor in DCAF’s International Security Sector Advisory Team (DCAF/ISSAT). He supports DCAF/ISSAT’s members to conduct evaluations and assessments of SSR programmes and processes as well as documenting emerging lessons and trends from SSR policy and programming. Prior to joining DCAF/ISSAT, he has worked as a consultant in the field of monitoring and evaluation of external aid programmes for the European Commission, as a Governance Advisor at the European Union Delegation to the Kingdom of Lesotho, and as an advisor to the Slovenian Mission to the UN in New York. Alexander holds a MLitt in International Security Studies from the University of St Andrews and a B.Sc in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario.