Rachel Briggs
Director, Hostage UK
Rachel Briggs is Director of Hostage UK, a charity chaired by Terry Waite. It aims to provide support and practical help to the families of hostages and the hostages upon release, and also offers educational services to organisations sending employees to work in kidnap hot spots. For more information, see www.hostageuk.org Rachel runs Hostage UK part-time, and spends the rest of her time as a visiting fellow of UCL where she conducts research on radicalisation. She is also a freelance...
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Rachel Briggs is Director of Hostage UK, a charity chaired by Terry Waite. It aims to provide support and practical help to the families of hostages and the hostages upon release, and also offers educational services to organisations sending employees to work in kidnap hot spots. For more information, see www.hostageuk.org
Rachel runs Hostage UK part-time, and spends the rest of her time as a visiting fellow of UCL where she conducts research on radicalisation. She is also a freelance researcher, currently conducting research for organisations like the Barrow Cadbury Trust and the Glasshouse Forum. Her research focuses on security, radicalisation, identity, community cohesion and integration.
She is a member of the advisory board of the journal, Renewal, a member of the Advisory Council of Wilton Park, a board member of the FCO’s GOF Emerging Markets programme, a Council member of the Risk and Security Management Forum (RSMF) and a Visiting Lecturer at Cranfield University.
She was formerly Head of International Strategy and Head of the Identity Programme Demos (2003-8) and the Risk and Security Programme Manager at The Foreign Policy Centre (1999-2003).