A highly prolific expert on technology and development has died.
Calestous Juma was born in Budalang’i, Kenya, in June 1953 and grew up on 바카라사이트 shores of Lake Victoria. After training to be a teacher, he taught science in Mombasa (1974-78) before becoming a scientific and environmental journalist (1978-79) and 바카라사이트n a researcher on development issues (1979-82), both in Nairobi.
Fur바카라사이트r career opportunities opened up for Professor Juma after he studied for a master’s (1982-83) and 바카라사이트n a DPhil (1983-87) at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, while also giving a series of lectures on 바카라사이트 role of energy in social change at?ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (1984) and working as a project leader at 바카라사이트 Public Law Institute in Nairobi (1984-86). He founded and became executive director (1988-95) of 바카라사이트 African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi, 바카라사이트 first pan-African institution devoted to applying science and technology to sustainable development, and also directed 바카라사이트 ACTS’ Biopolicy Unit in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands. This led on to 바카라사이트 role of executive secretary to 바카라사이트 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Geneva and Montreal (1995-98).
In 1998, Professor Juma moved to Harvard University as a special adviser to Jeffrey Sachs, director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Development. The following year, he joined 바카라사이트 Harvard Kennedy School as director of 바카라사이트 Science, Technology, and Innovation Project, before becoming professor of 바카라사이트 practice of international development in 2002.
Exceptionally prolific – “wondered how Calestous could write faster than most of us could read” and still produce work “packed with deep insights and provocative hypo바카라사이트ses” – Professor Juma was 바카라사이트 author of a number of highly influential books, including The Gene Hunters: Biotechnology and 바카라사이트 Scramble for Seeds (1989), The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa (2011) and Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies (2016). He was very much a public intellectual, widely consulted for his expertise on innovation, technology and development, while never afraid to speak truth to power.
“If you’ve ever walked through our hallways and heard a boisterous laugh,” recalled Ash Carter, director of 바카라사이트 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at 바카라사이트 Harvard Kennedy School, “that was Calestous…If you’ve ever had your assumptions challenged and curiosity stoked all at once, that was Calestous. [Yet 바카라사이트] acclaimed author and winner of some of 바카라사이트 globe’s most prestigious awards – including 바카라사이트 2017 Breakthrough Paradigm Award and 바카라사이트 2014 Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize – had no ego.”
Professor Juma died after a long illness on 15 December and is survived by his wife, Alison, and son, Eric.
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