As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated. I now work mainly on climate issues, especially in Brighton and Hove, and new work can be found on the website of Climate:Change, our independent think-tank on socially inclusive action in the City: www.climatechangebh.org.uk.
Meanwhile, however, this website has over 850 entries, mostly representing my work on international development from 2010-2025. Among much else, there are over 50 book reviews, more than 20 papers and training cases on bridging research and policy and on managing think-tanks, nearly 100 articles on climate change, and many papers on other topics, including aid, food security and nutrition, and the future of international development. See ‘Topics and Themes’ for more details. I can be reached at sm@simonmaxwell.net.
Europe: the world awaits
Europe: the world awaits, Europe's World, Oct 2009 (also publiched in DagensIndustri) with Pierre Schori, Dirk Messner and Paul Engel
What can the world expect of Europe in 2010? An inward-looking assemblage of nation states, focused on domestic problems rather than the international stage? Or an outward-facing and united community, working globally for the common good?
National politics will shape the answers to these questions in Europe’s 27 Member States. ‘More Europe’ is not always the answer to all our problems, but on a particular set of global issues, ‘a bit more Europe’ is necessary................. (see link in title for full article)