Amara Bains

Amara is a futures-focussed humanitarian and development practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience. Currently, her efforts are directed to utilising an understanding of complex adaptive systems, in particular the emerging field of anthro-complexity, as well as a development as freedom and feminist lens to reflect on the state of aid and development. She is undertaking a PhD on community participation in artificial intelligence for social good with respect to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Amara joined the IARAN fellowship to benefit from the collective intelligence of the fellowship as she investigates the implications of the fourth industrial revolution on humanitarian aid and development, the localisation agenda and decolonisation of aid.