Rowshan Hannan

Postgraduate Student

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 39105
Email address: eerh@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 9.157k

2008-2011: International Development Consultant

Roles in the Department for International Development (DFID) included-

Humanitarian Adviser

Disaster Resilience Adviser

Research work with the UK co-operative movement included:

Mutual and co-operative microinsurance

A DFID Practice paper on co-operatives and poverty reduction

Financial needs of co-operatives

Islam and co-operatives

Education and livelihoods in Haiti

2006-2008: Disaster Risk Reduction Adviser, DFID

2004-2006: Operations Adviser, DFID

2003: Research Assistant, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

2001-2003: Food Policy Officer, Consumers International

1999-2001: Researcher, BRAC, Dhaka

2000: Senior Researcher (part-time) International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka

1998-1999: Environment and Health Researcher, United Nations Environment and Development Committee (UNED-UK)

MSc Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries, London School of Economics and Political Science

BA English and Spanish, University of Southampton

Reducing poverty through co-operative enterprises

Dr Anne Tallontire and Dr Gordon Crawford (POLIS) and Dr Linda Shaw (UK Co-operative College)

1st October 2011