ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

Team list and contact details

We are interdisciplinary team with backgrounds in anthropology, political science, history and development studies. By combining our skills and backgrounds we can offer high-quality research and policy advisory services to support analysis, advocacy and public policy formulation that seeks to target social exclusion and poverty alleviation. We also work with an extensive network of professionals engaged in childhood and gender analysis and policy research.

To find out more about a team member, click on their name below.

 

Hanna Alder

Hanna Alder Programme Officer/Research Officer

Caroline Harper

Caroline Harper Head of Programme

Rebecca Holmes

Rebecca Holmes Research Fellow

Nicola Jones

Nicola Jones Research Fellow

  • Nicola has a PhD in Political Science and is a Research Fellow in the Social Development Programme at ODI. She also heads a programme of research on knowledge, policy and power, and coordinates the institute's gender theme. She has a particular interest in social and poverty reduction policies, and their impact on gender and generational relations, and thus works closely with the ODI Social Protection Programme.

Paola Pereznieto

Paola Pereznieto Research Fellow

Fiona Samuels

Fiona Samuels Research Fellow

  • Fiona is a social anthropologist with over 15 years experience crossing the fields of public health and rural development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She currently focuses on the linkages between health and HIV and AIDS, poverty, risk and vulnerability with a particular interest on livelihoods, food security, migration and access to services.

David Walker

David Walker Research Officer/Programme Officer