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Biography
Dr Bianca Fadel is a Research Fellow in Human Geography Policy and Development at the Centre for Global Development (CGD) of Northumbria University. Her PhD research analysed identity and belonging in local volunteering experiences during protracted crises, particularly in the case of Burundi, in East Africa. She is part of the Refugee Youth Volunteering Uganda (RYVU) research team and involved in policy-focused projects with volunteer organisations including VSO, Habitat for Humanity International and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. As a practitioner, she has previously worked as advisor for humanitarian diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brazil; and her experience also comprises the implementation of local youth engagement volunteering projects with the Brazilian Red Cross.
Research interests
Key areas of interest: Volunteering; Community Development; Humanitarian Action; Resilience; Participatory Methodologies; Global South; Decolonisation
Working languages: English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Education/Academic qualification
Geography, PhD, Local volunteering in protracted crises: a case study from Burundi, Northumbria University
Award Date: 27 Jan 2023
MA, Humanitarian Action, Université catholique de Louvain
Award Date: 1 Sept 2013
BA, International Relations, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Award Date: 10 Dec 2010
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Reconceptualising volunteering, crisis and precarity: the experiences of refugee youth in Uganda during COVID-19
Mills, S., Baillie Smith, M., Fadel, B. & Okech, M., 14 Sept 2025, In: Social & Cultural Geography. 26, 8, p. 871-894 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Refugee volunteering and responses to displacement in Uganda: navigating service-delivery, work and precarity
Baillie Smith, M., Fadel, B., Ahimbisibwe, F. & Turyamureeba, R., 14 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Humanitarian Affairs. 6, 1, p. 38-47 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital Transformation in Development Settings: Remote Volunteering and Digital Humanitarianism
Fadel, B. & Elert Soares, T., 12 Feb 2024, The Palgrave Handbook of Everyday Digital Life. Dunn, H. S., Ragnedda, M., Ruiu, M. L. & Robinson, L. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 397-414 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The reproduction of inequality through volunteering by young refugees in Uganda
Okech, M., Baillie Smith, M., Fadel, B. & Mills, S., 1 Aug 2024, In: Voluntas. 35, 4, p. 676-686 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The scale, forms and distribution of volunteering amongst refugee youth populations in Uganda
Fadel, B., Baillie Smith, M., Mills, S., Rogerson, D., Sahasranaman, A., Okech, M., Turyamureeba, R., Tukundane, C., Ahimbisibwe, F., Boyle, O. & Kanyandago, P., 1 Nov 2024, In: Population, Space and Place. 30, 8, 17 p., e2817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference
Boudewijn, I. (Participant), Kamanyi , E. (Participant), Jenkins, K. (Participant), Smith, M. (Participant), Fadel, B. (Participant), Okech, M. (Participant), Baniya , J. (Participant) & Gibby, P. (Participant)
31 Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Member of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Expert Group to support the Plan of Action for Integrating Volunteerism into the 2030 Agenda
Fadel, B. (Participant)
2019 → …Activity: Other
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Member of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)
Fadel, B. (Participant)
2019 → …Activity: Other
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Member of the Volunteering in Conflicts and Emergencies Initiative (ViCE)
Fadel, B. (Participant)
2018 → …Activity: Other