Hannah brings a very varied background to her research, having worked as a teacher in several countries, gained experience in public relations and lobbying, and practised as a lawyer. Throughout these diverse experiences, she has maintained her passion for humanitarianism through extensive volunteering, with a particular focus on refugees. She has led an English language teaching project and acted as a volunteer coordinator in Turkey, helped devise a lobbying strategy for a small NGO campaigning on immigration detention in the UK, and has done helpline and befriending roles.
She is currently developing this passion into her main focus through further studies and research. Alongside her involvement with the IARAN, she is a research fellow at Diplo Foundation, having begun her current research focus on community organising and its potential for the aid sector while studying the organisation’s diploma in humanitarian diplomacy. She plans to begin a PhD in 2022.
Hannah joined the IARAN because she shares its vision of an equitable and connected humanitarian ecosystem, and she wants to join the other fellows in sharing and developing practical ideas for achieving it.
