Sophie is a communications professional with expertise in public affairs, media relations and event management.
Over the past ten years her experience has spanned the private and not-for-profit sectors, including working on major public facing campaigns at the housing charity Shelter and the Big Lottery Fund.
At IDS, her role has a particular focus on external events and policy engagement.
IDS Modern Slavery Briefing;
International enterprises, sex work, organised crime groups, and exploitative recruitment agencies have dominated the discussion on modern slavery in recent years. However, while this work is important, it is just the tip of the iceberg.
15 May 2018
The Prosperity Fund’s Better Health Programme in Mexico aims to improve health care in the country by promoting a more inclusive and evidence-based response to the growing challenge of prevention, treatment and management of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. It is...
19 February 2020
Today the UK Government is hosting the UK-Africa Investment Summit, which aims to promote the UK as a key investment partner for Africa and ‘create new lasting partnerships that will deliver more investment, jobs and growth.’ Researchers at IDS have been looking at the benefits and risks of...
20 January 2020
The actions of China’s ‘project of the century’, said to span 67 countries and be worth between eight and nine trillion dollars, will be critical to whether climate change goals and the SDG 2030 deadline – now just ten years away – are to be met. A new IDS Bulletin ‘The Belt and Road...
18 December 2019
Communities and civil society groups directly affected by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) must have a greater say on investment priorities. Countries in Africa and Asia should also be supported to manage and prioritise China’s investment to align with their own national SDG targets....
18 December 2019