Hansa is a Rhodes Scholar, specializing in using satellite data to monitor environmental risks and inform climate policy. In 2025, she worked with the COP30 Presidency in Brazil and High-Level Champion team on creating the five-year COP30 action agenda – supporting the delivery of key COP30 initiatives including the USD 1 Billion Land Tenure Pledge for Indigenous Groups, the USD 5.5 billion Tropical Forest Finance Facility, and the USD 80 million Mangrove Catalytic Facility.

Hansa has worked extensively with international space agencies including NASA and the European Space Agency, on using satellite data to improve conservation efforts and forecast compound climate events. She has consulted on climate resilience, working with the Climate Lead at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Hansa serves as a scientific and governance advisor for Common Space - the world’s first humanitarian satellite constellation.

At the age of 23, Hansa started her own research group at the University of Oxford - the Oxford Marine Protection Project, with the Leverhulme Center for Nature Recovery, working at the intersection of marine and national security. She is leading the work to create one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the world, covering 1.4 million hectares in the Coral Triangle – also known as the heart of marine biodiversity.