Celia Davies
Director of International Programmes, Director of Ethics, Moonshot
2022
Celia Davies oversees Moonshot’s interventions and safeguarding programming, with specialisms in CVE and GBV interventions and conflict-affected regions. She has led the development of multi-platform online interventions programmes in South East Asia, the Western Balkans, and North America, pioneering new ways to reach at-risk individuals online and connect them with local services. This has involved building partnerships with local civil society and social enterprises, as well as government prevention bodies and law enforcement. In her capacity as Director of Ethics she leads Moonshot’s internal ethics review processes, overseeing the ethical processes that underpin our work. Celia brings broad experience of working with local groups in complex locations with security challenges, including close to a decade in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, working on human rights, media development and counter-disinformation initiatives.
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
