Calestous Juma's Page

Country:

United States and Kenya

What do you do?

Editor, Researcher

Organisation

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Fields of interest

science, agriculture, biodiversity, sustainable development, poverty reduction, biotechnology, engineering, policy

Email address

calestous_juma@harvard.edu

Website:

http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/global/

Languages

English, Swahili

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I am a Kenyan professor of the practice of international development at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and director of its project of science, technology and globalization. I am a former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and founding Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in Nairobi. I have previously worked as a science and environment journalist and I currently contribute a weekly column to the Nairobi-based Business Daily. I edit two peer-reviewed journals on innovation and biotechnology, moderate a Yahoo Group on Science and Innovation Policy (GOSIP) and maintain a "Comment is Free" blog with the Guardian newspaper. I belong to various academies involved in promoting science and technology literacy. These include the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering.