Norman Clark

Norman Clark is Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at the University of Strathclyde. He is a development economist specialising in science, technology and environmental policy issues with particular relevance to Third World problems. He has lived and worked in many countries with particular concentration on Kenya, Nigeria and India. Previously he held academic posts at the Universities of Glasgow and Sussex. While at Sussex he acted as the Founding Director of Graduate Studies at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) where he worked for some 15 years and now holds the post of Honorary Professor. He has also acted as Founding Director of the Technology Planning and Development Unit, University of Ife, Nigeria; Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Director of the Capacity Development Programme at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi, Kenya. In addition to normal academic activities he has had some 25 years experience as an adviser and consultant to governments, international agencies and NGOs including the World Bank, UNCTAD, IDRC, DFID, ITDG, CGIAR and UNDP. He acted also as an adviser to the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Development on ODA's [now DFID's] Special Units (i.e. TPI, COPR, LRDC etc.).