Emily Kasriel
Deep Listening - Senior Visiting Research FellowKing's College London
Biography
Emily Kasriel's book, "Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationship with Family, Friends & Foes," will be published by HarperCollins UK in May and US in June 2025. She has developed the Deep Listening approach, fuelled by empathy and curiosity, to foster understanding between people with vastly different perspectives. Emily has trained thousands of people in over 100 countries in Deep Listening, including in many societies with a high degree of tension. She has had a distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades, including roles as an award-winning journalist, editor, and media executive, reporting and editing across five continents. She developed the Deep Listening approach as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King's College Policy Institute in London, drawing on her experience as an accredited executive coach and workplace mediator. Previously, she has been a Visiting Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University and a Senior Advisor to the Skoll Foundation.
Expertise
Arresting DeforestationClean EnergyClean WaterEarly Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityHealthHealth DeliveryHuman RightsInternational JusticeLivelihoodsLiving ConditionsPeacePeace and Human RightsPost-Secondary EducationResponsible Supply ChainsSanitationSecondary EducationStandardsSustainable MarketsWater ManagementWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Regional Focus
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa
