Hannah Abdullah

Senior Program Officer and Fellow, GMF Cities
Brussels Office
GMF Cities
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My Areas of Expertise:
Cities and Regions Climate Change
Hannah Abdullah is a senior program officer and fellow with the GMF Cities program. She leads the program's work on sustainable urban development and climate justice to support transatlantic exchange and learning for achieving an inclusive green transition. She regularly speaks and publishes on the role of cities in climate and environmental governance.
 
 
Before joining GMF, Hannah was a senior research fellow for the Global Cities Program of the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), where she led the organization’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 institute, where she developed and managed programs on urbanization and architecture, among others.
 
Hannah holds a master's degree and a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE). She has worked in different research, lecturing, and teaching positions at the LSE, the University of Leipzig, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

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