Professor Larissa Fast
Principal Investigator
Professor Larissa Fast
Principal Investigator
Larissa is the Principal Investigator of the RIAH project. She is Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at The University of Manchester. She is a scholar and practitioner with over two decades of experience at the intersection of research, policy, and practice related to humanitarianism, conflict, and peacebuilding. Her research examines the causes of and responses to violence against conflict interveners, such as aid workers and peacebuilders, the role of data and technology in humanitarian settings, and ways to make intervention more effective, ethical, and responsive to local needs and context.