Jaimie Williams

Jamie Williams is currently a Senior Policy Advisor with Islamic Relief Worldwide where he leads on the technical aspects of action on climate change.  Previously he managed a large scale teacher development project in Malaysian Borneo. He was education advisor for Save the Children in Middle East & North Africa, and then in Sri Lanka. He taught at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji and lived and worked in education in Egypt, Yemen, Oman, Hungary, Mozambique and Sudan. He graduated in psychology and sociology, and holds an Masters in Education from the University of Exeter, UK. He completed a master’s level course at London University on systematic reviews for policy and practice, and an advanced course in project impact assessment in Oxford. In the last year he has published a chapter on Islamic environmentalism and Muslim FBOs in Islam and International Development Insights for working with Muslim communities, the Islamic Relief’s report Adapting for Climate Justice, and the lead article in Humanitarian action in the era of climate change for EU-Voice.