Loes Loning is an applied social anthropologist with over 12 years of experience in development and humanitarian contexts. She specializes in qualitative and ethnographic research, with particular expertise in sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), displacement, and the intergenerational impacts of violence.

Loes designs and leads qualitative research and learning processes, from in-depth fieldwork and participatory approaches to evidence synthesis and the development of practical recommendations. She is particularly interested in research that makes visible experiences and forms of knowledge that can be overlooked by conventional research and monitoring frameworks. Her approach creates space for people whose lives are most directly affected to shape how their experiences are understood and represented.