Lisa Horner

Research and Policy, Global Partners & Associates

Lisa Horner leads on Research and Policy at Global Partners & Associates, a social purpose company based in London that works on human rights, democracy and governance issues.  Lisa's particular interests lie in human rights, communications and democracy from an international development perspective. She is currently coordinating the Freedom of Expression Project: a major international research and advocacy project which is examining the impact that digital communications are having on human rights. Funded by the Ford Foundation, the project is now into its third year, producing original research and convening expert workshops in the UK, Argentina, Kenya and Indonesia.  The project has worked with a range of civil society organisations to develop a policy model for building communications environments that support human rights, and is currently working to apply the approach in national and international contexts through multi-stakeholder collaboration.  For more information about the project, please see http://www.freedomofexpression.org.uk.

Prior to working with Global Partners, Lisa worked for the international development organisation Oxfam where she led on a number of initiatives to raise awareness about development issues such as fair trade and the Millennium Development Goals. She also contributed background research for Oxfam's 2008 Poverty Report, From Poverty to Power.  Lisa holds a MSc degree in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a BA degree in Geography from Oxford University.