{"id":32034,"date":"2021-04-19T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.science\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=32034"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:39:58","slug":"james-waddell","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/council.science\/profile\/james-waddell\/","title":{"rendered":"James Waddell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>James initially joined the ISC as an intern in 2021 and currently serves as a Science Officer and Political Affairs Liaison. He dedicates his time to both political affairs and to the Council&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/what-we-do\/our-work-at-the-un\/\">Global Science Policy Unit<\/a> which<em> <\/em>mobilizes scientific and policy expertise in the United Nations and intergovernmental processes. Before taking on political affairs responsibilities in late 2023, James was also part of the Council&#8217;s communications team since early 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his studies he acquired a rich background in social sciences, public policy and environmental policy. With his passion for these fields, his efforts at the ISC focus on activities related to the Council&#8217;s political and diplomatic engagement and furthering the ISC&#8217;s work at the United Nations and in global policy processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, James obtained a Public Affairs Master\u2019s at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/fr\/\">Sciences Po<\/a>, specializing in Energy, Environment &amp; Sustainability. Prior to his Master&#8217;s degree, he completed a Bachelor\u2019s in social and political sciences from Sciences Po and studied one year at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iitm.ac.in\/\">Indian Institute of Technology Madras<\/a> (IIT Madras) in Chennai, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:james.waddell@council.science\">james.waddell@council.science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The page was updated in May 2024<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Officer, Political Affairs Liaison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59327,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[543,37],"region":[321],"tag":[],"class_list":["post-32034","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-science-policy","tag-social-sciences","region-europe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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