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Background & Publications

Education

  • IE Business School — Master in International Relations (2017–2018)

  • Birkbeck, University of London — BA Politics, Philosophy & History (2013–2017)

  • SOAS, University of London — Comparative Political Sociology (Intercollegiate, 2015–2016)

  • Selected Short Courses: Johns Hopkins (Systems Thinking), MIT (Antifragility), UC Irvine (Project Scheduling), University of Oxford (History of Economic Thought)

Recent Roles

  • Strategic Project & Impact Manager, University of Bristol (2021–Present)

  • Co-founder & Policy Lead, Internet User Behavior Lab (2023–Present)

  • Founder & CEO, Public Health Pathways (2019–2024)

  • Impact & Evaluation Advisor, Caafi Health (2021), Daily Male Clinic (2023–2025)

    (Previous experience includes roles in global health, sustainability, and legal research in Geneva, London, and Madrid.)

Selected Publications

  • (2025) Through the Kaleidoscope: Antimicrobial Resistance, Conflict, and Security — Wilton Park

  • (2024) Algorithmic Literacy & Internet Connectivity (two papers) — IUBL / TPRC

  • (2024) Closing the Charity – The Impact Story of Public Health Pathways — PHP

  • (2022) Homelessness Prevention through Youth Voice — PHP

  • (2021) The Age of Public Health Magazine (2021), PHP – Managing Editor

  • (2020) Obituary: Raficq Abdulla MBE — The Guardian

    (Earlier legal publications available on request)

Talks, Lectures & Events Hosted

  • (2023) Co-producing Healthcare Solutions – University of Birmingham

  • (2022) Humanizing Medicine – with Sir David Nabarro KCMG CBE

  • (2022) Participatory Epidemiology – University of Bristol

  • (2021) Health is the New Wealth – with Alan Court, Lakshmi Sundaram, Samira Khan

  • (2020–2021) Series of public health and development events, incl. Justice Albie Sachs, H.E. Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Dr Shireen Kassam, Prof. Jacob Stegenga

  • (2019) UN SDG Lecture Series – USA, for United People Global

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Based in Bristol, UK | theo.richardson.gool@gmail.com