Marcella Vigneri

I am a quantitative, development economist, with over 15 years experience in policy relevant, data driven, research. After completing my doctorate in Economics from Oxford University, where I was affiliated to the Centre for the Study of African Economies, I spent seven years working for a range of international organisations (the World Bank/FAO, the Overseas Development Institute, Oxfam GB, the International Cocoa Initiative, and a 9-year research collaboration with Ghana Strategy Support Programme of the International Food Policy Research Institute) applying my research skills to policy relevant problems.

In September 2017, I decided to return to academia and join LSHTM, first as a research fellow for CEDIL (Centre of Excellence for Impact Development and Learning), an FCDO/UKAID funded research consortium on innovative methods in impact evaluation and evidence synthesis. I then joined the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Disease working with the Environmental Health Group, then - in 2023- I moved to the Department of Global Health Development (GHD) working on an ESRC grant which I co-lead researching the casual pathways from violent societies to violence against children. I now work part time in the faculty of Public Health Policy on a WMO/WHO funded project - the Global Heat Health Information Network - conducting a network analysis in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Eastern Mediterranean region mapping stakeholders active on heat and health.

Since 2024, I work full-time as senior economist at Save the Children UK, where I sit in the Global Outcomes department leading on evaluation research, evidence generation and economic analysis of the group's portfolio.