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Isobel Duxfield

Communications and Membership Manager, SMC Platform & Regions Working Group Coordinator

Isobel joined POLIS in 2020.

As POLIS Membership Manager, she is involved in outreach and engagement with POLIS members as well as communications around Working Group activities, with a particular focus on POLIS’ Gender Perspectives in Urban Mobility group. She also leads the SMC Platform and Regions Working Group.

Isobel collaborates on various projects, such as ELTIS and SUM4All.

Isobel holds a B.A. in Geography and an MPhil in Gender Studies. She has previously worked in journalism and media in the UK.

You can contact her in English.

iduxfield@polisnetwork.eu

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