Scott Jones

Email: scott@mind-the-gap.net

Scott works with individuals, businesses, governments, communities, non-government and UN agencies in the UK and internationally, helping people address change safely and effectively. He has worked as a nurse practitioner and manager in Europe, as a volunteer nurse and development worker in Ethiopian and Sudanese famines, and as a pilot after receiving a Royal Air Force scholarship.  Scott designed and managed a 4-year community development project in post-conflict Eritrea, on secondment to Eritrea from a faculty post at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry. Since 1995 he has worked as Reader and research coordinator at the Centre for International Development and Training, and as a neighbourhood management officer in Staffordshire, UK. He established Mind the Gap in 2005.

Qualifications:

RGN - King's College Hospital, London, 1977
RMN - The Maudsley Hospital, London, 1979
BSc - Social Anthropology and Environmental Science, joint honours first class, University of Stirling, Scotland, 1986
PhD - Environmental Restoration, University of Stirling, Scotland, 1990
MA - Education Management, Open University, 2001

International work in:

Afghanistan, India (7 states), Indonesia, Thailand, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Malawi, South Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan (5 states), Tanzania,  East & West Europe (20 countries), Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, USA

Other information:

• Coordinator, Conflict Management Working Group, BioForum Project (six year EU conflict management project) More info >
• Facilitator and Steering Committee member, INTERCafe (four year EU conflict management project) More info>
• Newspaper editorials - 3: The Chicago Tribune and The Oregonian.
• Newspaper reports - 7: The Independent, The Economist, The Observer, The Washington Post.
• Radio/TV interviews - 19 with BBC, National Public Radio, VOA, ABC, ITV.
• Photographs published - 20 black & white, 3 colour, 3 front-cover photographs.