John Soussan

John Soussan was a Senior Research Fellow and worked for SEI from 2004 until 2012.

John’s work focused on research capacity building, research proposal development and quality control of research publications. In his research, his work focuses on the people-resource-policy relationships in developing countries, with in particular a focus on Asia.

A geographer by training, John has extensive experience in the management of inter-disciplinary approaches in different aspects of sustainable development and has a track record of major projects funded by a range of organisations, including bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, UN agencies and environmental NGOs.

He has made a significant contribution to sustainable development policy formulation at both national level and for international agencies in fields such as water management, coastal zone development and the mainstreaming of environmental issues into national development policies.

John has worked in over 50 countries and has expertise in a range of environment and development issues including water resources, energy, strategic environmental assessment, land resources, community forestry, service and infrastructure planning, coastal zone development, livelihoods analysis, poverty reduction strategies and policy development.