Hi, I’m Rushaa Louise Hamid

I’m a socio-political researcher and occasional culture writer who enjoys trialling new methods to teach and communicate research.

Currently I’m the Research Manager at Toynbee Hall, leading on Toynbee Hall’s co-production/Participatory Action Research approach and developing their research strand since 2021. In short my work involves guiding people from marginalised groups to co-design research from the very start in order to study and create solutions for problems inside their communities.

What I’m currently up to:

• Working with Disability Rights UK on a co-produced project on young Disabled people in temporary accomodation as part of Trust for London’s Better Temporary Accommodation for Londoners programme.

• Starting a new participatory action research project for Toynbee Hall focused on investigating the future impact of changes to the health element of Universal Credit.

• Developing a researcher platform for budding participatory enthusiasts.

• Updating my website to reshape my blog into a digital garden.

Last Update: November 2025