"We need to listen to young people!"--Jessica Oddy

Jessica Oddy is a PhD researcher and tutor at the University of East London. She is also a Director and founder of EiE consulting, with a mission to support organizations, academic institutions and individuals to design and deliver equity and evidence-based programs and research.

Building upon over ten years of experience in the education and international development/humanitarian field, Jess' research, using mixed and digital participatory action research methods explores how colonial legacies and concepts of educability. Oddy specifically focuses on how these power dynamics, privilege, and concepts of race continue to influence the types of programs that are funded for children and youth in emergencies.