Larissa Meier

Global Solutions Hub on Internal Displacement

Larissa Meier is a Senior External Relations Adviser with the Global Solutions Hub on Internal Displacement. Based in New York, she leads UN Member State engagement, policy advisory, and high-level events, advancing global dialogue and political support for nationally led solutions to internal displacement.

She drives the Hub’s advocacy and engagement strategy across key intergovernmental processes and platforms. She supports the Global Solutions Champions Group and its annual convenor, serves as focal point vis-à-vis the Co-Chairs of the Group of Friends on Solutions to Internal Displacement, and engages with Permanent Missions to strengthen political commitment to solutions.

With more than 15 years of experience across the United Nations, international development cooperation and public administration, Larissa’s expertise spans strategic policy, government engagement, programme management, organization development and stakeholder coordination. She has advised senior leadership and built partnerships across governments, UN entities and diplomatic missions.

Prior to joining the Hub, Larissa worked with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, helping anchor solutions in intergovernmental processes and shift the global discourse towards a development and peacebuilding challenge.

She previously held several positions with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, including Chief of Staff for Regional Cooperation in the Middle East and Deputy Head of Cooperation in Ethiopia. She also served as Head of Staff at a Swiss NGO and supported the development of the City of Zurich’s social integration strategy.

Larissa holds a Master of Science in International Development and Management from Lund University in Sweden and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Law from the University of Zurich in Switzerland.