Dr Nafeez Ahmed Frsa Fsi Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

I am leading and developing the Unitas Futures Lab, a new systems transformation consultancy operating as the research and advisory arm of Unitas Communications Ltd. We deliver high-level advisory services to governments, intergovernmental institutions, companies and nonprofits based on a unique, proven peer-reviewed systems transformation framework that I have evolved over the last 20 years. The Unitas Futures Lab arms its clients with the lens and capabilities to recognise both the grave risks and tremendous opportunities of the most important transformations impacting the global economy and human civilisation.

London, England, United Kingdom

The System Shift Lab is a systems change consultancy I founded, pioneering the concept of ‘public networked empathic intelligence’ to respond to what I call the current 'global phase-shift'. The prevailing system declines and collapses during this period of transformation involving the birth of a new system, and a new life-cycle for civilisation. The Lab's core mission is to lift our capacity to transform human systems as we shift from the last life-cycle of the current civilisation, into a new life-cycle.

New York, United States

I am a Commissioner on the Transformational Economics Commission at the Club of Rome, where I've worked with a transdisciplinary team of economists, social scientists, earth scientists, data scientists, modellers and diplomats to develop the new 'Earth4All' framework for visionary new thinking in sustainability, economics, finance and prosperity. I am a contributor to the Club of Rome's 2022 landmark report, Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity, playing a key role in particular in drafting the report's research on the clean energy transformation.

London, England, United Kingdom

I report and investigate on global system trends encompassing the intersections between societal challenges, technology disruptions and politics.

Working closely with James Arbib and Tony Seba at technology forecasting think-tank RethinkX, I headed-up research and communications on the intersecting societal, political, geopolitical, environmental and economic implications of fundamental technology disruptions which are transforming global civilisation from now, to 2030, and beyond. My role was to help RethinkX reach global audiences to maximise change impacts across civil society, media, business, finance and government policy. I led on creative direction for the development of new multimedia assets, along with business planning and strategy for my department. In particular, I was a contributing Lead Editor on RethinkX's report 'Rethinking Climate Change: How Humanity Can Choose to Reduce Emissions 90% by 2035 through the Disruption of Energy, Transportation, and Food with Existing Technologies'; and co-author of the RethinkX policy brief, Germany's Path to 'Freedom Energy' by 2030. I drove the PR and comms campaigns for both reports. I also wrote and co-produced the Rethinking Humanity short film, based on Arbib and Seba's book, Rethinking Humanity: Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifecycle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom.

London, England, United Kingdom

As Systems Change Advisor to the Global Assembly - which represented the world population at the United Nations COP26 climate summit - I provided governance and theoretical support on systems thinking and practice to the Assembly. I sat on the Global Assembly's Knowledge & Wisdom Committee, which provides governance oversight over the Assembly and played a key role in developing the learning materials on system transformation for Assembly members.

London, United Kingdom

As a freelance reporter for VICE’s tech platform, Motherboard, I investigate cutting-edgescience around global system trends relating to ecological, energy and economic issues, through both long-form feature and short news articles. My articles at VICE have been picked up by major platforms such as CNN, CNN, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, FOX News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Huffington Post, International Business Times, Futurism, Daily Mail, The Sun, and beyond, reaching over 100 million people.

London

I founded a crowdfunded investigative journalism platform to connect political, ecological and technology reporting, publishing 100+ long-form exclusive stories. These have been covered by USA Today, Global Post, The Guardian, Salon, The Independent, Washington Post, The Metro, The Week, Daily Star, News Corp's news.com.au, Forward, Forbes, Business Insider, Think Progress, Clean Technica, Discovery News, Channel 4 News, Columbia Journalism Review, Gigaom, Ha’aretz, among others.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

I was a Commissioner for the Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Scaling Sustainable Behaviour Change: State of Knowledge & Challenges for Societal System Transformations, commissioned by the Copenhagen-based KR Foundation. I provided expert advice on scaling behaviour change in the context of complex converging ecological, economic and energy crises. The Commission produced a global scientific assessment overseen by Professor Peter Newell of Sussex University, leading to a landmark peer-reviewed report published by Cambridge University Press. The report identified pathways to scaling behaviour change at personal, societal and institutional levels to accelerate system transformation.

London, England, United Kingdom

As a senior strategic communications lead, I oversaw communications and business strategy for the company, feeding into the development of internal processes and growth strategies. I also managed client accounts for the United Nations Alliance for Civilizations, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, the 56 member-state body Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), BP Lightsource, Friends of the Earth UK, billionaire philanthropist Hamdi Ulukaya’s TENT Foundation for Refugees, billionaire philanthropist Wafic Said’s Said Foundation, among others. In this capacity, I developed and executed bespoke high-level engagement and media strategies in support of social change projects.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

As Visiting Research Fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute of Anglia Ruskin University's Faculty of Science & Technology, I conducted research on the intersections between biophysical processes of energy decline and ecological crisis, and how they interact with social and political crisis, increasing the probability of social unrest, mass violence and conflict. This culminated in my scientific monograph, Failing States, Collapsing Systems: BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence, published by the SpringerEnergyBriefs series of global science publisher Springer-Nature. My editor was Professor Charles Hall, who has pioneered the concept of Energy Return On Investment (EROI). The transdisciplinary systems framework I established in this work has continued to underpin my consultancy work and investigative journalism.

London, United Kingdom

Original reporting and analysis on the geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa, and in particular US-Western foreign policy interests and strategies.

London, United Kingdom

At The Guardian, I joined a team of “the world’s best environment bloggers”. I wrote mostly 600-800 word news and opinion pieces on my Guardian hosted ‘Earth insight’ blog covering the geopolitics of interconnected environmental, energy and economic crises. Much of my reporting went viral, with several major exclusive stories on the complex systems science of civilisational crisis reaching millions of readers.

London, United Kingdom

IPRD was an independent, nonprofit transdisciplinary research-solutions network analysing violent conflict in context of global ecological, economic and energy crises. Not a traditional think-tank, but an 'Idea Action Lab', the IPRD worked to translate cutting edge interdisciplinary research into actionable solutions-oriented multimedia materials for the grassroots. As founding director I was responsible for the IPRD's strategic vision, long-term strategy, business planning, organisational & project management, marketing and branding, development of research programmes, and public policy engagement. The IPRD's IP has been folded into the System Shift Lab.

London, United Kingdom

Unitas Communications is a specialist International Affairs and Strategic Communications agency operating in the interface between businesses, NGOs, media and political institutions in the Muslim and Western worlds. Operating from London, Doha, Jeddah, Islamabad and Washington DC, Unitas’ mission is to bridge the communications gap between the Muslim and Western worlds through political advocacy, media engagement and strategic networking. I led on research and strategy for all Unitas projects, and also drove concept development, business development, project management, and strategic communications. Clients include the United Nations Alliance for Civilizations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the League of Arab States, the US State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the World Halal Forum, HRH Prince of Wales Mosaic Mentorship Programme, Pakistan’s Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN), among others. Unitas is also currently Official Secretariat to the John Adams Society (the Alumni Association for US State Department Exchange Programs for England & Wales), the All Parties Parliamentary Group on the Arab League, and the All Parties Parliamentary Group on Pakistan.

Arts Versa was a nonprofit Management Consultancy firm building artistic, cultural and financial bridges between different faith and ethnic communities to promote shared values and community cohesion. I developed Arts Versa’s creative education strategy; prepared project funding proposals; led the design, production and delivery of creative educational projects. Stakeholders, clients and partners included: Creative Partnerships (UK government’s flagship creative learning programme); UK Government’s Department of Communities & Local Government; US Department of State; US Embassy in London; Mayor of London; City of London Police; Arts Council of England; Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia; Dutch Embassy; Egyptian Embassy; Forward Thinking (conflict resolution charity); St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.

I designed and delivered the following undergraduate and postgraduate International Relations courses:- Empire, Imperialism, Hegemony (undergraduate third year course)- Globalisation (postgraduate MA/MSc course)Liaising with senior academic staff and the departmental head, I was solely responsible for the full management of course design, syllabus, reading materials, and teaching methods; delivering two to three lectures, and two to three interactive seminars/workshops a week. I was also responsible for examination and assessment, as well as supervision and assessment of course research dissertations.

I supervised and delivered seminars for undergraduate International Relations courses:- Classical Political Theory and International Relations;- The Short Twentieth Century (contemporary history of world order)Liaising with Departmental Course Conveners on delivery of course materials and student needs, I chaired and conducted interactive seminars and workshops, including supervision and assessment of course research dissertations.

Doctor Of Philosophy, International Relations

Thesis: ‘The Violence of Empire: The Logic and Dynamic of Strategies of Violence and Genocide in Modern Imperial Systems.’ Supervisor: Dr.

Master Of Arts, Contemporary War & Peace Studies

Dissertation (Distinction): ‘Structural Violence as a Form of Genocide: The Impact of the International Economic Order.’ Achieved highest.

Certificate, Development Studies

Subject areas: - Development: Theories & Strategies - Development in a Global Context - Development in Practice