Fiona McConnell is associate professor in human geography at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on stateless communities and how their voices can be heard on the world stage, including the challenges faced by diplomats advocating at the United Nations as well as the political structures and practices of the Tibetan government-in-exile. She was recently awarded the Back Award by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the development of public policy.
