Lydia Tanner
The Research People is led by Dr Lydia Tanner, a researcher and strategic adviser with 15 years' experience across humanitarian, climate and conservation research.
Co-lead of the latest 2026 State of the Humanitarian System report
100+ research and evaluation studies for organisations including ICRC, UNHCR, UNICEF, ALNAP, WWF and GSMA.
Primary research on digital technology and displacement
Evaluations of >10 innovation funds, portfolios and programmes
Research with and led by local and national NGOs
DPhil in Information Engineering from the University of Oxford, with a background in computer science.