Louisa Barker Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Washington D.C.

I worked as an Urban Resilience Consultant for the Building Regulation for Resilience Program at the World Bank. The majority of my operational work focused on the Caribbean and East Africa, including Jamaica, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Zanzibar.

I worked as a Disaster Risk Management Consultant for the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).

London, England, United Kingdom

Head of Research at Lensational, a social enterprise which aims to empower women in developing countries economically and emotionally through equipping them with digital cameras and photography training. I lead an international team responsible for monitoring and evaluation of our global programmes, developing innovative photography training materials, and.

UCL

Undertook research for a UN-Habitat funded project on safe, smart and sustainable city policies. The output was a paper for the Habitat III United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.

London, United Kingdom

Led the development of a global mobility innovation index for the Dubai Road Transport Authority. This involved developing the index indicators, consulting with transport experts in the public and private sector and piloting the index in 5 cities. The index was later scaled up to 40 cities.

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

Conducted research as part of a market access campaign. This included writing literature reviews, developing case studies and conducting stakeholder mapping.

Master'S Degree, Urban Studies, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Ubele, Just Space

Bachelor’S Degree, Geography, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Founder and President of Durham UNICEF society

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