Hannah Abdullah

Hannah Abdullah is a senior fellow with the GMF Cities program, leading its work on sustainable urban development and local climate resilience. She heads GMF’s Transatlantic Forum for Nature and Environment (TAFNE) and the Ukraine Cities Partnership for Sustainable Local Recovery (UCP), initiatives that foster cooperation among local leaders, communities, businesses, and experts across Europe and North America.

Before joining GMF, she was a senior research fellow for the Global Cities Program of CIDOB–Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, where she led the program’s research and other activities on urban climate action in close collaboration with Barcelona City Council. She also served as a program officer for the New York office of the Goethe-Institut, Germany’s cultural agency.

Hannah Abdullah holds a master's degree and a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE). She has held research, teaching, and lecturing positions at LSE and at the University of Dresden, the University of Leipzig, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.