Heteronormativity in development – what does queer have to do with it?
Insight, 14 December 2022
Anna Carthy
Anna Carthy was a researcher in IIED's Climate Change research group until March 2023
Anna has a background in environmental change and management, with a research focus on equity in climate adaptation and resilience. She also has experience conducting research on social protection, anticipatory action, and intersectionality in the humanitarian sector.
Expertise
Climate change adaptation, resilience, equity.
Before IIED
Prior to joining IIED, Anna worked as a researcher/consultant at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, primarily focusing on anticipatory humanitarian action (forecast-based financing), shock-responsive social protection, and how intersectional elements of identity affect the experience of disasters, with a focus on gender.
She has experience working as evaluation consultant for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, and as partnerships analyst at the United Nations Office for Project Services. She has also worked for an environmental social enterprise and a corporate social responsibility foundation.
Education
- MSc in environmental change and management from University of Oxford
- Bachelor in commerce international (with French language) from University College Dublin
