Experts
We have spokespeople and expert researchers available for interviews and comment on a wide range of topics relating to environment and development.
You can find details about the IIED experts who are available for comment below.
If you would like to interview anyone, please contact our media team in the first instance.
Principal researcher, Climate Change; team leader, public policy for climate resilient development
Areas of expertise: finance for climate resilience; innovation for climate resilience
Principal researcher, Human Settlements
Areas of expertise: urbanisation and climate resilience; financing for resilience; ‘disruptive’ resilience; big data and artificial intelligence
Senior researcher (climate governance and finance team), Climate Change
Areas of expertise: social protection; climate resilience; watershed and forest management; migration; modern slavery; gender and food security; loss and damage
Director of Communications
Areas of expertise: research communications; advocacy; strategic communications
Principal researcher (law and sustainable development), Natural Resources; team leader, legal tools
Areas of expertise: land governance; natural resources; foreign investment; human rights; international law; investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)
Principal researcher, Human Settlements
Areas of expertise: urban refugees; urban forced displacement; refugee and internally displaced people (IDP) wellbeing; urbanisation and humanitarian crises
Senior researcher, Shaping Sustainable Markets
Areas of expertise: food systems; smallholder farming; small-scale entrepreneurship; food markets and retail; consumption and nutrition; global value chains
Senior fellow, Climate Change; team leader, climate resilience, productivity and equity in the drylands
Areas of expertise: livelihoods of dryland areas; pastoralism; devolved climate finance; resilience planning; climate adaptation
Principal researcher, Climate Change; team leader, strengthening partnerships
Areas of expertise: gender inequality; social exclusion and climate justice; adaptation monitoring; evaluation and learning
Director, Shaping Sustainable Markets
Areas of expertise: trade and private sector; agricultural markets; responsible business
Principal researcher and leader (forests), Natural Resources
Areas of expertise: forest enterprises; forests and climate action; forest restoration
Director
Areas of expertise: social policy and climate resilience; pandemic impacts and inequality; green pandemic recovery in the global South; automation and inequality
Principal researcher and team leader, Shaping Sustainable Markets
Areas of expertise: small-scale fisheries; sustainable seafood markets; marine resource management; fisheries governance; coastal cultural heritage; small-scale fisheries seafood systems
Principal researcher and team leader (biodiversity), Natural Resources
Areas of expertise: biodiversity; conservation; illegal wildlife trade; trophy-hunting; community-based conservation; human rights
Head of global climate law policy and governance programme, Climate Change
Areas of expertise: climate diplomacy; UN climate negotiations; negotiation and conflict resolution; transparency
Senior researcher, Natural Resources
Areas of expertise: land tenure; mining; legal redress; legal empowerment; land-based investments; agriculture value chains; artisanal mining
Director, Climate Change
Areas of expertise: climate adaptation; climate finance; energy governance
Chief economist, Shaping Sustainable Markets
Areas of expertise: finnace; climate; environment; economics; debt; nature; development