Anna Locke is a Senior Research Associate in the Global Risks and Resilience Programme. She was previously Director of ODI’s Sustainable Environments and Societies Programme and Principal Research Fellow in ODI’s Climate and Sustainability Programme, working as an ODI staff member for nearly 11 years. She is Co-Director of Prindex, a global data initiative on tenure security working across 140 countries.

She has worked for 35 years in international development across more than 20 countries, 12 of which were based in Mozambique. She specialises in sustainable natural resource governance, climate change, and rural development and livelihoods. She is a respected specialist in land and property rights, and how they intersect with responsible agricultural investment, gender equality, violent conflict and environmental outcomes, particularly in areas under IPLC management.

Anna started her career as an ODI Fellow in Mozambique, followed by six years in a commodities research consultancy, a Senior Economist working on economic and policy analysis in sugar and ethanol. She returned to Mozambique as a Strategic Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture, helping establish an agricultural investment promotion centre, shape crop and private sector development policies, and attract high-quality, responsible investment.

She holds an MSc in Climate Change at University College London, an MSc in Agricultural Economics for Developing Countries from the University of East Anglia and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.