As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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.
New business partnerships for humanitarian assistance
The Global Agenda Council on Humanitarian Assistance of the World Economic Forum, of which Simon is Vice-Chair, has just published a series of short, signed papers on new business partnerships for humanitarian assistance. Find the set here, including Simon’s introductory piece, ‘Needed: A new engagement with disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness’. An earlier paper by the Council, proposing a new business model for humanitarian assistance, is available. You can see Simon presenting the findings of the Council at the World Economic Forum in 2010 .