Where lived experience becomes expertise

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An archive of lived expertise in global development.

Do you ever feel like an imposter?

The Imposters is a project highlighting the lived expertise of those working within— and often at the margins of—humanitarian and development spaces. Through personal storytelling and critical conversation, it challenges who is considered an “expert” and reclaims lived experience as legitimate knowledge.

Our mission is to expand how expertise is understood—and who gets to define it.

Through storytelling, scholarship, and community-building, the project expands whose knowledge is recognized — and who participates in shaping global policy.



Tune in April 1 2026!

Listen to conversations with our imposters to discover how lived experience is shaping global development in powerful ways.

Want to Join the Imposters?