Dr Aisha Hutchinson
Lecturer in Social Sciences, King's College London, United Kingdom
Email: aisha.hutchinson@kcl.ac.uk
Profile
Dr Aisha Hutchinson is an applied social scientist with significant practice, research and academic experience. Since completing her PhD on the coping strategies of young women in Mozambique in response to unintended pregnancies she has been involved in several pieces of research aiming to improve the lives of adolescent girls in contexts of humanitarian aid and social development. Most recently, a post-doctoral fellowship funded by the British Academy has enabled her to examine the impact of displacement on the social processes underpinning child marriage among Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. Theoretically Aisha is interested in expressions and negotiations of agency by girls and their families in difficult situations and the role of organisations in empowering and supporting communities in crisis using critical perspectives. Aisha's research has involved partnerships with a number of academic and third sector organisations in Mozambique, South Africa, Switzerland, Jordan, Lebanon and Australia.