About me
Dr Lígia Teixeira is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact , part of the UK Government’s What Works Network. She works with governments and cities to rethink how homelessness is understood and addressed – using data, evidence, and experimentation to drive better outcomes. Her work advances a new approach to “what works” in complex systems, combining rigorous evaluation with a systems lens. Without this, services can improve in isolation while outcomes at population level continue to worsen. Bridging academia, policy, and practice, Lígia has led the design of the UK’s first homelessness prevention framework and the government’s first systems-wide evaluation and test-and-learn programme in England. She supports leaders to embed evidence and systems thinking into decision-making, shifting the focus from managing crisis to preventing it. She works across all levels of government, alongside funders and system leaders, to ensure decisions are driven by impact rather than intention – to help shift effort upstream and turn ambition into measurable results.
