Selected professional experience

UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme | Author / Individual Specialist | June 2025–June 2026

Led an international project on Multi-Internationally Designated Areas (MIDAs), collaborating with protected-area specialists worldwide and delivering workshops with the Global Centre for Internationally Designated Areas (GCIDA).

Conservation, natural heritage and UNESCO consultancy

Research and consultancy on UNESCO-designated areas, geoheritage and sustainable development, including Jeju Island. Expert consultant to the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Secretariat, and Global Citizenship Education consultant for a UNESCO Category 2 Centre in Jeju.

The Jeju Weekly / Glocal News | Editor-in-Chief | November 2012–February 2016

Led editorial strategy and newsroom production for an English-language newspaper. Managed journalists and mentored interns, including international school students.

Arirang Radio, Korea | Radio presenter | April 2014–March 2018

Researched and reported on news and environmental issues through recorded and live broadcasts.

NGO project planning | Cambodia and Laos | 2009–2014

Designed sustainable-development, climate-adaptation and vocational-training projects for the Sao Sary Foundation, securing US Embassy funding. Developed vocational-training projects through SEDA-Laos for young people at risk of human trafficking.

International development and policy analysis | Laos | 2010

Wrote strategic papers on vocational training and educational services across the Lao PDR for KOICA and the Laos Unexploded Ordnance National Regulatory Authority, Prime Minister’s Office.

Earlier UK experience | 2000–2007

Safeguarding, education administration and public-service roles with Barnardo’s Keeping Children Safe, the University of Liverpool, HM Tribunal Service, Haringey Council and Barnet General Hospital.