Communication & Media

Strategic institutional communications, knowledge management and multimedia production supported by extensive experience in European Union and United Nations public policy, sustainable development and investment programmes.

Services include communication strategies, policy writing, publications, donor reporting, websites, digital content, photography, video production and knowledge-sharing resources that make technical information accessible to decision-makers and wider audiences.

Experience includes European Commission agricultural and environmental programmes, European Investment Bank financial instruments, UNDP communications and FAO assignments. Work combines policy understanding, editorial expertise and creative production to communicate results, share good practice and strengthen institutional learning.

Examples of work with Communications & Media

Technical Writer of Ministerial briefing papers and policy-orienting documents for UN Country Team Heads working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Europe and Central Asia region. Themes cover pioneering global climate action planning for the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, systems-based agri-food transition, nutrition-sensitive value chains, and war-impact strategies.

Strategic communications, editorial leadership and knowledge management services with the European Commission's Contact Point for the EU Common Agricultural Policy Network (and formerly European Network for Rural Development). Expertise provides communication strategy advice, storytelling research, analysis, and communication of good EU practice approaches for agri-food, rural tourism, environment, and community development policy via video and web publications (news analysis, technical communication and good practices) covering close to 400 billion euros of EU donor finance.

Lead author and journalist for the European Commission Joint Research Centre 6th Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Foresight study concerning: Pathways in transition for resilient European agriculture and food systems in times of global crises exploring healthy and sustainable diets, circularity, and diversity.

Strategic evaluation, editorial and communications services supporting the European Commission's New European Bauhaus Prizes. Responsibilities include assessing pioneering sustainability and innovation projects, identifying successful practice and communicating transferable lessons supporting wider policy learning across Europe.

Article writer for the FOSTER HORIZON Research & Innovation project final conference, identifying and communicating transferable learning on food-system transformation, co-learning and knowledge and innovation governance.

Expert contributor and policy writer for DevelopmentAid, providing analysis on sustainable development, food systems and development finance. Published work explores food loss and waste, mobilising private capital for the SDGs, true cost accounting and wider measures of value, translating policy and technical evidence into practical international development learning.

Editorial leadership and quality assurance for publications produced by the United Nations Development Programme in The Maldives, such as updates on the Values in Crisis Survey assessing pandemic impacts on society in terms of crisis response and perceptions, aspirations for democracy and good governance, politics, national identity culture, diversity, and subjective well-being.

Strategic Communications Advisor for the Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture and Team Europe through the EU assistance for Uzbekistan Agri-Food Development Strategy 2020-2030 Agriculture Support and Knowledge Facility, including embedding a national strategic communication framework and supporting institutional knowledge transfer as well as leading on website design and video production services.

Strategic communications and knowledge management for the European Commission and European Investment Bank Group's fi-compass project responsible for international communication strategies managing website services, videos, illustrated news, social media, products development and publications.

Journalism, editorial leadership and multimedia communications for the European Commission's LIFE Financial Instrument focused on supporting biodiversity conservation, ecotourism and other green businesses, sustainable agriculture, circular use of natural resources, waste management, and pollution control.

Video series producer communicating EU policy developments in result-based agri-environment funding schemes for the European Parliament and European Commission.

Quality control inputs on FARNET communication products highlighting good practice approaches to using EU marine and fisheries funding.

Video case study material for the European Investment Advisory Hub.

Expert copyrighter for the Joint Technical Secretariat of Latvia-Lithuanian Cross Border Cooperation Programme.

European Evaluation Network for Rural Development help desk journalist.

News photographer for London-based international yellow press agency, Nunn Syndications.

Architectural and aerial work for Guthrie Photography.

Photo darkroom technician for The Lab in Hong Kong and The Image Machine in Scotland.