As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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.
Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance - Davos 2010
Simon moderates a session on rethinking humanitarian assistance during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 2010.
As a result of natural disasters, over 350 million people worldwide are in need of immediate assistance each year. How can the private sector mobilize resources to enhance the international community's response to humanitarian crises?
Peter Bakker, Chief Executive Officer, TNT, Netherlands; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Transportation
Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General , United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York
Nicolas Mariscal Torroella, Chairman of the Board, Grupo Marhnos, Mexico
Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive, Oxfam GB, United Kingdom
Moderated by:
Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Humanitarian Assistance