Areas of Expertise:
- The CSS Model
- Research and Evaluation
- Facilitation, coaching and mentoring
- Education and learning
- Policy and implementation advice
Rachel is professor of Peace Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK, and an internationally recognised researcher working on Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping/Protection and the way we recognise the lives and voices of those affected by violence and crisis. She has worked with community partners in Southeast Asia and East Africa to explore how civilians protect one another from violence, increase their capacity and agency to act, the voices of survivors in influencing policy and how a nonviolent feminist analysis generates creative approaches in the midst of complex challenges.
Rachel’s expertise includes research and analysis, creative, arts- and technology-based qualitative methods, research ethics, evaluation, and design and delivery of university and school courses and workshops.
Rachel has provided expertise to the UN and a German Parliament sub-committee and is always interested in new and exciting projects and methods.