Vanessa Hughes is an Administrator Officer working mainly on projects associated with the 'Migration, the state and governance cluster' at COMPAS.
In 2007 Vanessa gained a degree BA (Hons.) from Durham University in Philosophy and Politics, writing her dissertation on the rule of law under the International Administration in Kosovo, which included extensive field work. In Summer 2006 she took a course in International Law with Pristine Summer University.
Prior to joining COMPAS, she worked as an English language trainer in Bremen. She has also spent some time travelling in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and South America.