Lucy Earle

Lucy leads the institute’s research and policy engagement on urban crises and the interface between the environment and humanitarian action. She is especially interested in understanding how refugees and internally displaced people navigate urban systems to meet their basic needs. Lucy also has a background working on low-income housing, urban citizenship and the right to the city in the global South.

Her research and consultancy experience has mainly focused on Africa (Mozambique, Angola) and Latin America (Brazil, Peru). She is currently leading a £3m GCRF-funded project on protracted displacement, comparing the wellbeing and livelihoods of displaced people in camps with those in urban areas. This mixed methods research study is being undertaken in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Jordan and Kenya.