Samia Faisal is a young Energy Socioeconomic analyst and researcher in the development and human rights field from Sudan. Now, she is doing a master’s degree in Economics and policy of Energy and the Environment at University College London (UCL).  Samia obtained her B.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering in 2016; after graduation, she served at the Sudan Atomic Energy Commission (SAEC) for two years. Since 2017, Samia has been working as a Development Officer at the Sudanese Women in Science Organization (SWSO), where she is advocating the participation of Sudanese females by raising public awareness about women’s rights, building women’s leadership capacity, and strengthening women’s economic development. In 2020, she joined the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency as a part of the Arab Program for Sustainable Energy Youth, where she worked under the Arab League flagship in Cairo, Egypt to support its members in developing their energy transition strategies. Ms. Faisal is an alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship 2021, where she studied Public Management at the University of California Davis (UC Davis). Samia also served as a communication governance consultant for the Sudanese transitional government in 2021, where she supported governors’ communication offices with their strategies and development.  

Participant in: March 2023 Fellowship: Climate Change, Gender, and Conflict