We are a global interdisciplinary team of feminist researchers and practitioners with a wide range of skills and experience. We are storytellers at heart, we love what we do, and we do it with passion.

Lily brings expertise at the nexus between gender, climate, and social protection, including gender and shock responsive social protection, social norm change, and climate justice, mitigation, and adaptation.  She has consulted for clients such as UNICEF and collaborated on research with the German Corporation for International Cooperation and the Institute of Development Studies. She is committed to tackling social justice issues by transcending disciplinary boundaries and bridging academia and development practice. Lily holds a BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht and a MSc in Environment, Politics and Society from University College London.

Maria Klara is an interdisciplinary researcher specialized in the political economy of development, social policy, and women's empowerment through gender-transformative action. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from the United Nations University’s Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, and an MA in Governance and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Her work bridges academic research and development practice and has been published in leading journals such as Social Policy and Administration and the European Journal of Development Research.

Lucía’s research focuses on the nexus of gender and technology, applying feminist and decolonial approaches to data, artificial intelligence and innovation mainly in the Global South. She formally served as Country Director of Ladysmith’s “Cosas de Mujeres” project. Lucía provides strategic and technical advising on gender and inclusion across a host of projects including Canada’s International Development Research Centre’s Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa. Lucía is a Chevening Scholar and holds an MA in Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural Studies at Justus Liebig University Giessen. 

Rima is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on poverty and development, social protection and gender with nearly a decade of experience. She holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the American University of Beirut. She has led and supported research projects focused mainly on the Middle East and North Africa region, commissioned by international organizations namely UN Women, ILO, UNHCR, UNIDO, among others. Her experience includes developing and conducting mixed-methods research approaches and she strives through her work to advocate for action towards social justice. Her work can be found in the Journal of Development Economics, Social Indicators Research and World Development.

Norma is a Mexican advocate for human rights and holds a BA in International Relations and a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs from the University of British Columbia, with a specialization in public policy and gender justice. She has conducted research on key development issues such as gender data, care systems, and child marriage and has supported engagements with UNICEF Latin America, UNICEF Dominican Republic, and UN Women. Norma also brings direct experience with civil society organizations, including Equis Justice for Women, where she worked in the fundraising area.

Eleonora’s research focuses on the intersections between gender, technology, and digitization. She brings cross-sectoral experience through work with NGOs like Doctors Without Borders and tech start-ups like VIOLA, a feminist app focused on addressing gender-based violence. She is passionate about leveraging principles of data feminism to analyze tech policies, digitization trends, and address algorithmic biases in order to advance social justice and gender equality. Eleonora holds a MA in International Affairs, with a focus on International Security, from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a BA in International Studies and European Institutions from the University of Milan.

Kiran is a gender and armed conflict analyst with nearly a decade of experience. She has led and supported research projects across the globe and enjoys developing interdisciplinary and multi-methods approaches to address gendered violence and inequalities in war and conflict. Her work can be found in Theory & Society, Violence Against Women, Third World Quarterly, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Oxford University Press, among others.

Julia leads our Women, Peace and Security+ Portfolio, to which she brings her in-depth knowledge about gender and conflict, authoritarian backlash, feminist mobilization, violence against women, and gender and peacebuilding. She is the author of High-Risk Feminism in Colombia, an award-winning book documenting the experiences of grassroots women’s organizations that united to demand gender justice during and in the aftermath of Colombia’s armed conflict. Julia is a Wallenberg Academy Fellow at the Swedish Defence University. She earned her PhD in Sociology from Oxford, and is a former Commonwealth Scholar, SSHRC Doctoral Fellow , and Marie Curie Global Research Fellow.