Lucy Earle Principal researcher, Human Settlements
Lucy Earle’s work focuses on the intersections of urbanisation, urban poverty and humanitarian crises, in particular forced displacement into and within urban areas.
Full biography Lucy leads the institute’s research and policy engagement on urban crises. 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, South Africa, Angola) and Latin America (Brazil, Argentina).
Expertise Humanitarian crises in urban areas, urban forced displacement, low-income housing, urban social movements, participatory governance.
Before IIED Prior to joining IIED, Lucy was an urban advisor at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and was seconded to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support a joint learning and advocacy programme on improving humanitarian response to urban crises.
Education
PhD in development studies from the LSE Postdoctoral fellowship at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town Current work Promoting understanding of refugee and displaced people’s wellbeing and self-reliance, through comparative research in urban areas and camps.
Interviews
IIED expert interviews: Lucy Earle
