Dr Mary Hunter
Mary Hunter is the Senior Researcher at Equi.
Mary has previously worked for several think tanks. Most recently, she was Director of Research at the Policy Research Institute for South Asia (PRISA), with a focus on UK-South Asia relations. Prior to that, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research (CSCR) in Pakistan researching cultural relations between the UK and Pakistan.
Mary completed her PhD at the University of St Andrews in 2024, where she wrote a thesis on the impact of Islamisation policies on religious minorities in Pakistan. She also holds a Master of Theology degree from the same university. Mary has presented her academic research at guest lectures and academic conferences in the UK, the US and Pakistan, including at Harvard University and the University of Leeds.