Leigh Mayhew

Leigh Mayhew is a Research Officer with ODI, London, in the Global Risks and Resilience programme, and a fellow at The Centre on Armed Groups. His research focuses on armed group dynamics in the Sahel; illicit economies and development; smuggling networks and the intersection with armed conflict; radicalisation; and the security dimensions of climate change. Currently, Leigh’s work is focused on how communities engage armed actors to advance community self-protection. Leigh is part of the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme. He holds a Masters in Conflict, Security and Development from King’s College London.

Weblink to project “Community engagement, protection and peace” that relates to the HDP nexus, and publications:

https://odi.org/en/about/our-work/community-engagement-protection-and-peacebuilding/