Vanessa Hughes is a Research Officer at COMPAS, primarily working on projects in the Citizenship and Belonging, Urban Change and Settlement, and Welfare clusters.

She works on Undocumented Migrant Children in the UK project, assists Sarah Spencer in her work and supports Ben Gidley on integration and cohesion projects. At COMPAS she previously worked on the Migrant Care Worker projcet.

Vanessa gained a degree from Durham University in Philosophy and Politics. She also completed a Summer University course in International Relations and has previously been involved in community and charity projects, working with migrants and street children. She is currently studying for an MA in Migration Studies at the University of Sussex (part-time).