Euan Mackway-Jones

Euan Mackway-Jones is a Specialist at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), where he leads research and provides technical assistance to advance evidence-based policy and practice for the effective governance of complex social development issues, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. 

Previously, in the same organization, Euan led social development programming in South Asia, based in New Delhi, India. Before, he served on the advisory board of one of the United Kingdom’s fastest-growing non-profit organizations, founded a successful social enterprise, and led or advised numerous social action initiatives. His research and publications span topics such as community-generated resilience; systems approaches to social sustainability and inclusion; the nexus of climate change and social conflict; participatory identification of systemic risks in complex social systems; and the governance of evidence surrounding emerging social risks.

Euan has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper Innovation Fellow. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts Honours in History and Politics from the University of Warwick. He is currently pursuing a Master of Applied Science in Data, Economics, and Development Policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology through a blended-learning programme.