Risk, Disaster and Humanitarian Careers Discovery Evening 2026

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• About the event
• What to expect
• Exhibitors

About the event

UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction's (RDR) annual 'Careers Discovery Evening' is your chance to explore career and study paths in risk, disaster, business continuity, and humanitarian sectors. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, alumni and professionals across all levels will connect directly with organisations offering roles in these fields. Employers will showcase opportunities in their organisations and engage with students in a relaxed, one-to-one setting.

• Who can attend: Open to all UCL undergraduates and postgraduates, UCL staff and UCL RDR alumni.
• Cost: Attendance is free, but registration is required.
• Time: The event runs from 19:00 to 20:30. Drop in at any time to visit exhibitor stalls and speak with representatives.
• Tickets: If you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket to reduce waste. 

What to expect

Explore career opportunities and pathways by visiting stands from commercial organisations, international non-governmental organisations, public sector agencies, and academic institutions. Learn about job vacancies, volunteering roles, and internship programmes — many with global reach.

This year, we’ll also feature dedicated stalls about UCL RDR PhD studentships, Master’s courses and UCL Careers. Staff will offer expert guidance on further study and career development. Meet UCL RDR alumni and current PhD students, who will share insights into their career journeys and answer your questions.

Exhibitors

Jump to:

• Business continuity
• Charity / non‑profit
• Consultancy
• Emergency planning and response
• Humanitarian
• Insurance
• Local government
• Risk (including climate, modelling, advisory, analytics)
• UCL

Business continuity

Horizonscan

Horizonscan is a 100% employee-owned consultancy specialising in Business Continuity, Organisational Resilience, and Crisis Management. We partner with organisations across the UK, Europe, North America, and Asia to strengthen operational readiness and safeguard critical functions during disruption.

Our team blends frontline emergency services backgrounds with corporate risk, security, and continuity expertise. We deliver ISO-aligned, insight-driven solutions that help organisations anticipate emerging threats, enhance preparedness, and accelerate recovery.

We recruit for roles such as graduate consultant, resilience consultant and senior resilience consultant. Our consultants work across business continuity planning, crisis management, risk assessments, supply-chain resilience, crisis simulations, and organisational readiness programmes.

We hire both early-career and experienced professionals via LinkedIn and direct engagement. Candidates with interests in continuity, risk, systems thinking, crisis leadership, and organisational resilience are encouraged to connect with us. Adaptability, analytical capability, and stakeholder engagement skills are key success drivers in our environment. 

Charity and non-profit

Afghanistan & Central Asian Association

The ACAA is an award-winning charity based in Hounslow dedicated to the integration and empowerment of refugees and asylum seekers, with a heightened focus on the Afghan diaspora. Services includes English classes, women’s empowerment sessions, an advice clinic, education and employment guidance, a supplementary school for children, events and more.

We offer a wide array of volunteering roles for students and recent graduates, including the following:

• Political communications intern
• Legal affairs intern
• Social media intern
• Strategic development intern
• Supplementary school volunteer
• ESOL volunteer
• Events volunteer

WONDER Foundation

WONDER Foundation is a UK registered charity whose mission is to empower women, girls and their communities through access to quality education so that they can transform their lives and exit poverty for good. 

We currently work with charities in 23 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. All are run by women, for women, focusing on local educational projects that have meaningful, long-term impact on the lives of women and girls. 

Opportunities range from internships, part-time and casual positions to entry and graduate-level roles and experienced hire roles. We also offer volunteering opportunities, as well as research and employability bootcamp weeks, designed to build skills, confidence, and real-world experience while making a meaningful social impact.

Opportunities through volunteering, internships and direct application for part-time and permanent roles.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Faith Mwangi, Programmes and Operations Manager: Faith pursued her Bachelor’s of Arts degree at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and worked in the banking and financial industry first in Retail Banking and then in Digital Finance between 2014–2020. 
  
  Beneficiary of the Puay Tang Memorial Scholarship, Faith graduated with an MSc Sustainable Development from the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at University of Sussex Business School.  Her true passion lies in mentoring, philosophy and contributing towards the achievement of sustainable development goals especially reduced inequalities through enabling people achieve decent and secure livelihoods.
• Poppy Gill, Individual Giving Manager: Poppy has an MA in International Relations and has been working in the charity sector since 2021, in both fundraising and communications. Poppy is using her professional fundraising experience to contribute to WONDER’s work with women led projects, increasing the accessibility of education for women and girls around the world.

Consultancy

Moody’s

Moody’s is a global leader in financial intelligence and analytics, with over 115 years of expertise. The company helps organisations thrive through data-driven decision-making, providing insights across credit ratings, risk analysis, and financial intelligence.

Opportunities in catastrophe modelling, risk analytics, climate risk assessment, data science and customer success with a strong focus on financial decision making and risk management solutions.

Graduate programmes in customer success, model development and data science, along with summer internships in customer success. 

Visit our stand to meet:

• Idris Braham, Senior Consulting Associate
• Cherish Prickett, Senior Risk Consulting Associate
• Emma Jaggs, Graduate Programme Manager
• Vrinda Singhal, Model Development Graduate

Needhams 1834 Ltd

Leading resilience and risk consultancy established in 1996, providing bespoke solutions to blue-chip/FTSE500 companies worldwide. Their client portfolio includes sovereign wealth funds, banks, universities, and law firms. The firm specialises in comprehensive resilience consultancy, from planning through to crisis support.

Roles progress from research positions to client-facing consultancy work. Focus on business continuity planning, crisis management, and strategic risk advisory. Opportunities to develop own client portfolio over time.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Dr Chris Needham-Bennett, Managing Director: Founded Needhams in 1996 after diverse career including British Army (Paratrooper), Home Office security work, and corporate roles. Known for innovative training methods and expertise in business continuity and strategic risk management.

Emergency planning and response

COBR — Cabinet Office

The COBR Directorate in the Cabinet Office sits at the heart of the UK Government and is responsible for the coordination of resilience, civil contingencies planning and crisis management across the system.

Roles focus on resilience policy and strategy, crisis management, public communications, training and exercising, and emergency planning at a national level.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Lorna Riddle, Head of Public Risk and Preparedness Communications
• Natasha Grant, Deputy Director, Readiness and Response
• Catherine Hodgson, Head of Human and Animal Health Desk — Readiness and Response
• Catherine Bakhshi, Head of Doctrine, Standards and Legislation

Ealing Council

Serves London's fourth largest borough in West London, providing comprehensive services including housing, social care, emergency management, community resilience, city planning, humanitarian assistance, business development, homelessness prevention, faith coordination, highways management and climate change adaptation. The council offers impactful careers at the heart of London communities.

Roles span emergency management, community resilience, social care, climate adaptation, faith sector coordination, business development, and flood cat modelling. Local Authority graduate scheme offers rotational experience across services.

Two main routes: Local Authority Graduate scheme for broad exposure across services, or direct applications for specific roles via council website. Engagement with current staff recommended for networking opportunities.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Candice Oréal,  Emergency Management & Business Continuity Officer (UCL Risk, Disaster and Resilience 2023): Led Pan-London Benchmarking project for emergency planning capabilities. Background in Economics from King's College London.

Kenyon Emergency Services

Kenyon Emergency Services, founded in 1906, is the world’s oldest and most experienced crisis management and response organisation, with direct involvement in hundreds of incidents worldwide. At the forefront of crisis management and disaster response, Kenyon provides unrivalled, full-service capabilities to manage complex crises across the globe. Kenyon supports organisations and individuals through their most challenging moments, delivering comprehensive and compassionate care at every stage.

Kenyon offers diverse career paths through the Kenyon Responder Programme, supporting global disaster response. Opportunities include roles in accounting, administration, IT, logistics, mental health, forensic sciences, healthcare, and more. Ideal for early careers seeking meaningful, impactful work worldwide.

Opportunities available through Kenyon Responder Programme.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Shabita Sumaraj, Head of Humanitarian Services: Shabita has extensive first-hand experience of Emergency Response Planning, Business Continuity and Business Resilience. Shabita’s dedication to crisis response and love of aviation allows her to bridge both fields with unique skill and insight.
• Andreea Caragata, Operations Manager: Andreea is responsible for overseeing and coordinating Kenyon’s emergency response operations globally. With experience in deployments and managing incident response teams, to deliver rapid, compassionate, and effective support during disasters.

London Resilience Unit (GLA) 

The London Resilience Unit is part of the Greater London Authority. We deliver and coordinate resilience services on behalf of the London Resilience Partnership and London Local Authorities.

Our vision is a London resilient to acute emergencies and chronic stresses; able to anticipate, respond to and recover from emergencies effectively and equitably through strong, diverse partnerships and continuous improvement.

A variety of policy and operational roles working predominantly behind the scenes to help London prepare for emergencies, bring organisations together during a crisis, share information and support clear communication with the public.

Search for jobs on the Greater London Authority Careers website. Follow us on our London Resilience LinkedIn page.

Entry-level roles (Resilience Support Officer and Resilience Officer), secondments, apprentice programmes, civil service fast stream placement, contingent worker opportunities.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Matt Hogan, Head of Partnerships: Matt leads the team in London Resilience Unit responsible for bringing 200 different organisations together to agree and implement a collective resilience strategy for the city. 2026 marks his twentieth year in resilience.
• Kashi Syal, Senior Project Officer: working on the Trailblazers programme, Kashi's role involves working with community partners, London borough officers, and London Resilience Unit colleagues. Kashi connects the dots between all these groups.

NHS England — London

NHS England - London oversees £15bn of healthcare services for 8.17 million Londoners, working through 38 trusts and five Integrated Care Boards. South East London ICB coordinates health services across six boroughs, while CNWL provides specialist community-based healthcare services across London, Milton Keynes, and Surrey.

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) roles from entry-level administrators to senior management. Typical teams include EPRR Officers, Managers, and Heads of Service, focusing on organisational resilience and emergency planning.

Entry through emergency planning degrees, experience in local authority/UKHSA emergency planning, or background in urgent care operations. Career progression from Support Officer to Senior Management roles.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Barry Emerson, Senior EPRR Manager: 20 years' NHS experience in emergency preparedness. Leads on cybersecurity resilience and IT infrastructure protection.

Humanitarian

British Red Cross

The British Red Cross is part of a global voluntary network responding to conflicts, natural disasters, and emergencies. It helps vulnerable people in the UK and abroad prepare for, withstand, and recover from emergencies in their own communities.

Entry level roles in International can include: Emergencies Officer, Response Officer, Programme Officer, Team Assistant, Policy Officer, Regional Officer. Fundraising roles can include Fundraising Officer or Assistant, Partnerships Officer or Assistant. Domestic roles can include Emergency and Crisis Response Officer, Refugee Support Officer and Caseworker.

British Red Cross has internships, shadowing and volunteer opportunities available via the website.

Visit our stand to meet:

• International Emergencies Support Officer: I started at British Red Cross in the Refugee Services, Restoring Family Links and Anti-trafficking team, as a Deployment Coordinator for volunteers in the service. I moved into the International Department six months later, due to my interest in international humanitarian emergency responses. I started in the Ukraine Crisis Cell, deploying our staff to the response. After this, I secured a permanent role as an, where my work extends across many regions and technical areas. I have recently completed a secondment to the Ukraine Impacted Countries team, where I broadened my experience in long term programming.

Start Network

Start Network is a global network of 134 NGOs working to revolutionise humanitarian action. Focuses on addressing systemic issues in humanitarian response through decentralised decision-making, rapid funding, and locally-led action. Operations span six continents, emphasising early intervention and community-led responses.

Roles across humanitarian programming, innovation, early financing, and network coordination. Opportunities focus on system change and local partnership development. Multiple positions currently open across different levels.

Direct applications through their vacancy page. Opportunities suitable for those with humanitarian, development, or relevant technical backgrounds. Experience in system change and innovation particularly valued.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Ella Gerry, Technical Partnerships Advisor (UCL Risk, Disaster and Resilience MSc 2022): working on technical partnerships to support Start Network's mission of transforming humanitarian action through locally-led responses.

The HALO Trust

For nearly 40 years, The HALO Trust has served those affected by conflict, clearing the weapons and explosives that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished.  We've worked in more than 40 countries and territories since 1988, from Kosovo to Colombia, Sri Lanka to Sudan.  We employ and train local people, empowering communities and transforming futures.

Information on the Field Officer course is on the HALO Trust careers page.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Julie Utting, Chief of Staff, Indo-Pacific (UCL Risk, Disaster and Resilience MSc 2021)
• Michael Nevard, Head of Transformation
• Ronnie Hale, Transformation Support Officer

Insurance

AXA

AXA EssentiALL is the inclusive insurance business unit of AXA. We exist to address the significant protection gap impacting low and middle income households globally, adapting insurance solutions across business lines to fit the needs of emerging customers.

Technical roles in insurance (actuarial, underwriting), risk analytics and modelling, business development, account management, and corporate functions including finance and HR.

Entry via student internships, early-stage career roles (Project Manager, Analyst), and graduate programmes specific to different business areas.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Wendy Smith, Agriculture and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Lead, (UCL Risk, Disaster and Resilience 2019): Developmental insurance expert leading agriculture and public-private partnerships at AXA EssentiALL. Manages climate and agriculture insurance schemes across 14 emerging markets. Previously at Global Parametrics.

Hiscox

Hiscox are a leading specialist insurer underwriting a range of commercial and personal lines risks. 

Visit our stand to meet:

• Panay Koulovasilopoulos, Head of Climate and Resilience

Lockton Re

Lockton Re is a perpetually private, family-owned and operated business, officially relaunched in 2019. We are a global Reinsurance broker, with over 400 associates across the worldwide. Our mission is to deliver exceptional service to our clients, provide a culture that empowers our people to think and work creatively, while leveraging technology to optimise decision making. We service a range of products from aviation, casualty, cyber, specialty, marine & energy, property and more.

Career opportunities within Lockton Re can be found here on the Lockon early careers website, including positions available within Catastrophe Modelling and Analytics.

Lockton Re offer multiple opportunities and routes into the industry. Including an apprenticeship programme, internship programme and graduate programme. Role-specific positions are advertised through our company website.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Amelia Kelley, Catastrophe Modeller: Amelia has seven years of industry experience across both syndicates and broking houses. She works on global accounts across multiple lines of business, combining technical expertise with a strong understanding of market dynamics and client needs.
• Grace Waller, Catastrophe Modeller: with five years of industry experience, Grace began her career at a Lloyd’s Syndicate before joining Lockton Re in 2024, where she works across all lines of business, demonstrating strong technical capability and market insight.

Local government

Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme

Impact is the Local Government Association’s (LGA) flagship graduate programme, formerly known as NGDP. The programme is dedicated to developing future local government leaders with an aim to fast-track candidates straight into leadership roles. This prestigious two-year programme places graduates in councils nationwide, combining hands-on experience with a fully funded Level 7 leadership qualification from the Chartered Management Institute. Participants earn competitive salaries while delivering critical projects that impact local communities.

Wide-ranging placements across public health, social care, housing, education, HR, communications, digital services, insurance, finance, environment and sustainability, and corporate services. All roles focus on project management and leadership development.

Two-year graduate programme combining practical placements with a fully funded CMI leadership qualification. Applications are open to graduates from all disciplines who demonstrate passion for public service and community impact.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Libby Kay, National Management Trainee (UCL Global Humanitarian Studies BSc 2024): working in Housing Project Management at Croydon Council and leading the implementation of the 2025 Renters' Rights Act. Libby has worked across Adult Social Care and Health Improvement and Corporate Transformation, contributing to regulatory inspections, strategy development, multi-million-pound transformation programmes, and work exploring the use of AI in local government. Her work focuses on partnership development, organisational change, and improving public services, all with a strong focus on project management.

Risk

International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI)

Founded in 2019, the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) brings together a global coalition of change agents from across the engineering, investment, city, and philanthropic communities committed to bold action to solve the systemic problems that exist at the intersection of climate change, ecosystem degradation, ageing infrastructure, and underinvestment. 

It is the global movement for engineering action on infrastructure sustainability, resilience, and climate change, placing engineers at the forefront of climate action and harnessing their ability to provide solutions when demand is urgent.

We are a small but growing organisation and will potentially have early careers opportunities in 2026/27.

ICSI will be advertising Summer 2026 internship positions shortly, which would be an excellent way to get to know our organisation. 

Visit our stand to meet:

• Katie Momber, Senior Programme Manager: Katie is responsible for the coordination and delivery of projects and activities in ICSI's portfolio.

  Prior to joining ICSI full-time in July 2024, Katie held a dual role of Climate Community Manager at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Programme Manager at ICSI. Katie worked in ICE’s Engineering Knowledge team for over 4 years, managing projects and networks of experts under the sustainability theme.

  Her experience of working on sustainable and resilient infrastructure knowledge production at both ICE and ICSI has nurtured a keen interest in how collaboration across the value chain can promote infrastructure that delivers additional societal and environmental benefits. Katie’s previous professional experience has been in the UK Charity Sector, and prior to this she completed an MSc at UCL on Environment, Politics and Society, and also has a Human Geography BA.

JBA Risk Management 

Known as The Flood People, our flood maps, catastrophe models and analytics are used by some of the world’s largest insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, property companies and governments. We’re experts in translating complex, scientific data into useful information, using sophisticated hydraulic approaches and models to provide cutting-edge flood risk intelligence.

Please see the careers page on the JBA Website for any open positions. If no positions are open then you can send in your CV for future consideration.

JBA take on graduates with degrees related to hydrology, disaster risk management, environmental sciences, statistics and more.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Gwyneth Rivers, Catastrophe Risk Analyst: specialising in flood modelling, Gwyneth works on a variety of projects, including risk profiling for the (re)insurance sector, international development, and climate change impact assessments. Prior to joining JBA Risk Management, Gwyneth pursued a PhD in palaeo-glaciology.
• Conor O’Gorman, Catastrophe Risk Analyst: specialising in flood risk modelling, Conor's work focuses on portfolio analysis for the insurance and reinsurance sectors, as well as international development and global resilience projects that quantify the impacts of extreme flooding on communities and infrastructure.

Met Office

The Met Office is the UK’s national weather service, combining meteorology and climate science with advanced technology to provide insights for safety, business operations, and environmental resilience.

Positions in meteorology, climate science, AI modelling, engineering, and stakeholder engagement.

Entry through industrial placements and graduate meteorologist training scheme.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Tamara Janes, Science Lead within the International area of the Met Office: Tamara joined in 2011 following her MSc in Canada, where she focused on regional climate modelling over South Asia. Much of her career has centred on international development projects across seasonal and climate timescales, with a strong emphasis on translating science into actionable guidance. 
  
  She has led transdisciplinary research with community members and stakeholders, and supported capacity‑building across science and user communities in Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Thailand, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. She completed a two‑year secondment with FCDO as a climate science adviser, supporting humanitarian response and preparedness. She is now an IPCC Lead Author on the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.

Verisk Catastrophe and Risk Solutions 

Global leader in risk analytics with more than 50 years' experience, transforming uncertainty into precision through data-driven insights. Specialises in catastrophe modelling and industry-focused solutions, particularly serving the insurance sector. Certified as a Great Place to Work® across multiple countries.

Diverse roles across client services, consulting, research, business development, and technical teams. Focus areas include catastrophe modelling, climate resilience, ESG strategy, and risk analytics.

Verisk have graduate positions at all levels, one-year sandwich internships, and industry transfers welcome. Backgrounds sought in Earth Sciences, Business, IT, and Mathematics. Strong emphasis on aptitude and interest in risk analytics.

UCL

UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction

The UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) is a world-leading centre for research and education in disaster science, risk management, and humanitarian response. As part of UCL, London’s leading multidisciplinary university, RDR brings together expertise from across disciplines to address global challenges in disaster risk, emergency planning, and resilience-building.

Alumni have gone on to become insurance risk analysts, teachers, UN workers, local resilience officers, and academic researchers. Our strong industry connections enable diverse career paths in public, private, and non-profit sectors.

Courses

Master's

• Risk, Disaster and Resilience MSc: A multi-disciplinary Master's course that equips you with an academic underpinning to your career relating to disaster risk reduction.
• Risk and Disaster Science MSc: In this science-led course, you will learn how to assess and quantify risk, reduce disaster risks and manage emergencies.

Doctoral

• Risk and Disaster Reduction MPhil/PhD: Reducing the impact of disasters and humanitarian crises globally presents a huge challenge that requires coordinated and collaborative action. This course is designed for people who wish to improve humanity's understanding of risk and to overcome the scientific, engineering, technical, social, health and political barriers to increasing resilience to disasters.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Bayes Ahmed, Associate Professor in Risk and Disaster Science: His research interests include disaster risk reduction (DRR), conflict and migration, climate change adaptation, community vulnerability assessment, climate mobility and geospatial data science. He works at the intersection of conflict and disaster, with a commitment to improving the living standards of displaced and stateless populations. He is particularly passionate about working with at‑risk communities and developing applied policy guidance to reduce the impacts of disasters. His teaching covers multi‑hazard risk mapping, statistics in the social sciences, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, research methods (both quantitative and qualitative), and vulnerability assessment. He leads the UCL–IDMC Disaster Displacement Research Hub.
• Philip Cunliffe, Associate Professor in International Relations: His academic expertise focuses on questions of sovereignty, international order, military intervention and liberal international conflict management. He also has research interests in critical social theory and International Relations theory. He completed his doctorate in War Studies at King’s College London, where his thesis examined developing countries’ personnel contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations between 1997 and 2007. In 2008 he was appointed to provide reports on Western Balkan politics for the Economist Intelligence Unit, and he became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014. He has undertaken a wide range of roles within the academic community. From 2006 to 2010 he was one of the founding editors of the Routledge Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, and from 2014 to 2020 he served as Editor‑in‑Chief of the Routledge journal International Peacekeeping. In 2018 he helped establish the ‘Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding’ working group of the British International Studies Association. He appears frequently in broadcast and print media, and is a co‑host of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast.
• Roberto Gentile, Associate Professor in Crisis and Catastrophe Risk Modelling: His research focuses on advancing catastrophe risk modelling through the development and application of statistical and probabilistic tools. His work emphasises improvements in physical vulnerability models, multi‑hazard vulnerability, time‑dependent seismic fragility, lifecycle loss assessments, the integration of hazard insurance with structural retrofit, and optimal retrofit design under humanitarian constraints, particularly in developing countries. With a background as an earthquake structural engineer, he is also committed to advancing the seismic assessment and design of buildings and infrastructure, with a particular focus on concrete buildings and bridges. He is especially interested in direct loss‑based seismic design methodologies that aim for structures to achieve a defined earthquake loss performance under relevant seismic hazards, rather than simply remain within prescribed limits.
• Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health: Ilan’s research focuses on disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response, and climate adaptation. His career path has included development work, a PhD in disaster studies, and research roles in academia and international organisations. He has remained in academia despite offers from the UN and private sector.

UCL Centre for Humanitarianism and Social Inclusion

The UCL Centre for Humanitarianism and Social Inclusion, based in the UCL Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was established in 2022 to address some of the most pressing challenges faced by people affected by humanitarian crises, marginalisation, and social exclusion. The centre brings together interdisciplinary expertise to drive research, policy, and practice in humanitarian response and social justice.

The specialist Humanitarian Policy and Practice MSc provides training for careers in humanitarian response, international development, the United Nations, civil service, and programme management. Graduates of the programme pursue careers in policy-making, advocacy, operational leadership, and research, contributing to effective and ethical humanitarian interventions worldwide.

Visit our stand to meet:

• Maria Kett, Professor of Humanitarianism and Social Inclusion: Maria is a leading expert in health, human rights, education, climate change, and poverty alleviation, with extensive experience in humanitarian response and international development. She has conducted research across Africa and Asia, leading multiple projects on disability inclusion, social justice, and development policy. Maria initially trained as a nurse, before transitioning into anthropology, with a focus on health, wellbeing, and humanitarianism. She has worked extensively across disciplines within UCL and is a co-founder of the UCL Global Disability Innovation Hub.

UCL Careers

UCL Careers' team of experienced career professionals are dedicated to supporting all current UCL students, researchers (staff and students), and recent graduates to help you find the right path to ensure success in your future career.

Visit us to meet:

• Lee Pike, Careers Consultant
• Nikki Baxter, Senior Employer Engagement and Internships Officer