Lila Ovington

Lila is a Research Assistant in the Centre for Evaluation. She holds an undergraduate degree in International Relations from King’s College London and a Master’s in Human Rights and Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her postgraduate thesis comparatively examined the causes of the 1981 and 2011 riots in England and governmental responses to the rioting.

She worked as a Research Assistant alongside her Master’s and conducted a mixed-methods study on social class, part-time employment, and career prospects amongst students. This included semi-structured interviewing and qualitative analysis, as well as survey design and reporting. Lila is currently specialising in qualitative methods and contributing to the Centre’s theory-based research. She has a particular interest in urban unrest, social and economic rights, and systems change evaluations.