Lígia Teixeira is the founding Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact, part of the UK’s What Works Network. She founded the Centre in 2018 to bring rigorous evidence, creativity, and systems thinking to the mission of ending homelessness — helping governments and communities focus on what works.
She is a member of the UK Government’s Expert Group on Homelessness, a Non-Executive Director of the Robertson Trust, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Lígia also serves on the Assessor Council of the Economic and Social Research Council and holds an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics.
Before establishing the Centre, she led the evidence and impact programme at Crisis UK and held research roles at the Young Foundation, the Refugee Council, and the International Labour Organisation.