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Managing two GCRF collective fund research programmes (total budget of £4million +) with partners across 9 countries on Protracted Displacement Economies (Myanmar, Ethiopia, Lebanon, DRC, Pakistan) and Inclusive Urban Infrastructure (Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh). School of Global Studies, Geography Department.

Providing professional support to research across the School of Global Studies: Grant Applications, Research Communications, Impact, Knowledge Exchange, Early stage researcher development, Research Centres

Nov 2021 - Jan 2022: Co-design and facilitate IDS-led consortium workshop to synthesise learning and plan final research outputsDec 2020 - Jan 2021: Improving an English Language impact case study for University of Sussex, interviewing key stakeholders, gathering evidence and revising all parts of the final studyApril - June 2020: part of the IMC Worldwide.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Managing the institutional process and guiding research and practice-based academics to develop narratives linking research to social, environmental and economic impact across 10 diverse disciplinary areas for the national Research Excellence Framework 2021 assessment. I advised the senior leadership team on strategic decisions in relation to the impact.

Greater Brighton And Hove Area

Developed IDS' first institutional strategy for engaging & investing in its global partners, including with it's alumni network. I operationalised the strategy by embedding change across the Institute, including in information management, contracting and formal relationship processes. I facilitated dialogues with key strategic partners to explore and.

Greater Brighton And Hove Area

Providing capacity support to develop and manage relationships across six thematic areas, with a focus on partner-led research uptake planning. I facilitated reflective learning on mobilising nutrition research for policy advocacy with civil soceity in Tanzania; supported the establishment of a policy-oriented network of think tanks and Civil Society.

Building the capacity of civil society & local government partners to utilise tools for integrating CCA, DRR and development for the Strengthening Climate Resilience programme and leading on case study research in 10 countries. Project managing the DFID Learning Hub for Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development, delivering events, producing event learning.

Philippines

Managing the Philippine element of an ESRC and Plan International funded IDS research project on child-centred disaster risk communication. Mentoring local researchers, leading community based participatory research with children, adults and local stakeholders, developing new creative methods and producing analytical field reports

Designed and delivered a multi sector engagement process for integrated planning as an action-research study into community based climate change adaptation for the ESPACE (European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events) partnership. Nominated for a Sustainable Communities Award.

Bedfordshire And Luton

Establishing local partnerships with landowners, local authorities, community associations and schools to develop and deliver practical environmental management programmes; community food projects; woodland warden training and local environmental education projects. As a trained member of a 'Consensus Building Network' I facilitated public, community and.

Ma, Environment Development And Policy, Merit

Thesis: Biodiversity as Social Ecology: Conservation through Socio-Cultural Institutions Supervisor: Professor James Fairhead

Bsc, Combined Science, 2:1

Areas of Study: Environmental Science, Concepts of Physics, Anthropology and Sociology