Qualifications

Angela holds a PhD in Population Studies from the University of Southampton and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Pisa.

About

Angela Baschieri is a demographer and global public health and development leader working across population, health, climate and rights. At PHF Science, she supports organisational strategy development and leads the organisation’s climate-health portfolio, with a focus on climate resilience, public health and the wellbeing of communities in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific. Angela served as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Global Technical Lead on Climate Action and Regional Adviser on Population and Development for East and Southern Africa. In these roles, she built and led UNFPA’s first global climate portfolio across more than 150 country offices, represented the organisation across four consecutive COP negotiations, and supported 23 country offices to integrate demographic evidence into national planning, policy and climate financing. Angela’s career spans academia, donor governments, United Nations agencies and international development partnerships, with a focus on population dynamics, public health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, maternal and child health, gender equality and climate resilience. She has held senior roles with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UNICEF and the former UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), and has worked with organisations including WHO, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank across research, policy and leadership roles. Angela holds the full qualification of Professor of Demography within the Italian university system and is Honorary Associate Professor at LSHTM, Associate Editor at PLOS Global Public Health, a member of the Editorial Committee at Studies in Family Planning, and an adviser to the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization Human Reproduction Programme (HRP).

Publications