Ayesha Siddiqi is a lecturer in human geography at Royal Holloway University of London. Her research asks political questions around the state-citizen relationship in aftermath of natural hazard related disasters and climate change. She is particularly interested in understanding the ways that disasters and political conflict intersect and is currently leading a GCRF project on this topic in the Philippines. Ayesha has a background in environmental consulting and is also interested in financial and technological innovations in the climate change and disasters space. She has also taught on an American undergraduate program on climate change that travelled across the world from studying environmental impacts in different social and political contexts. Ayesha obtained a Ph.D. in war studies and geography from King's College London.