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London, England, United Kingdom

● Evaluated submissions, sourced peer reviewers and maintained communication with authors surrounding the editorial process.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

● Using several open source investigation techniques and software, I reviewed footage of human rights abuses and war crimes on social media for use in Amnesty International investigations.● Trained to identify vicarious trauma caused by exposure to distressing visual material.● Represented the Cambridge University team at an Amnesty International conference in Mexico City (September 2022), where I discussed verification techniques and strategies with leaders in the field.● Participated in various projects, focusing on war crimes and hate speech during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, violence by soldiers against the elderly in Nagorno Karabakh, the brutalisation of protesters in Belarus, Russia and Iran, tear gas misuse in The Netherlands and Algeria, surveillance technologies in Palestine, refugee driftbacks in the Aegean Sea, and civilian casualties caused by airstrikes in Yemen.

Scholarship, Foreign Languages And Literatures, General

● Attended and successfully completed the 52nd Croatian Seminar for Foreign Slavists in Dubrovnik, August 2024, organised.

Master Of Arts - Ma, History

Grade: Distinction ● Specialised in the politics and history of the former Yugoslav countries, whilst also completing a language module.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, First (73)

● Graduated with a double first-class degree, placing 19th out of 190 students in an internationally competitive course. Recipient.

Gcses / A Levels

● GCSEs: Nine 9s and two 8s. ● A Levels: History A*, Religious Studies A*, German A*. Winner of the attainment prize in each subject.