Dr Ligia Teixeira

Head of Research and Evaluation

Crisis

Dr Ligia Teixeira is Head of Research and Evaluation at Crisis. She chose the voluntary sector over academia having been awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics in 2007; she joined Crisis in March 2008 following earlier stints at the Young Foundation and the Refugee Council.

Lígia has also worked in research roles for Professor David Held, founder of Polity Press, for sociologist Professor Helmut Anheier, who founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society, as well as for the International Labour Organisation.