Alan AtKisson is an author, public servant, leader and innovator in the field of sustainable development. Alan has been working professionally on sustainability and development issues since 1988. He edited one of the first journals dedicated to those topics, helped establish the field of sustainability consulting, and created tools and methods used around the world. He has served in a leadership capacity for several pioneering and prominent organizations, and has received several awards and honors in connection with his many years of dedicated service to the vision of a sustainable future for people and planet.
Since 2018, Alan serves as Assistant Director-General of Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. He is part of the agency’s leadership team, representing Sweden in international fora and directing the Department of Partnership and Innovation. His responsibilities include directing Sida’s work in research cooperation, development finance, civil society, capacity development, innovation and private sector collaboration. For more information on Alan’s work at Sida, please see his LinkedIn profile.
This is Alan’s personal website, an archive that includes his blog, information about his books and other writing, and a gateway to all his recorded music (Alan is also a singer-songwriter and guitarist). All opinions expressed here and in Alan’s other public writing are entirely his own.
Prior to joining Sida, Alan worked as a strategic advisor, speaker, and trainer in the field of sustainability and sustainable development. He also held a number of organizational leadership positions, accrued over 30 years of experience, working in over 50 countries, and advised numerous governments, leading companies, global NGOs, and the United Nations.
For more information, see Alan’s detailed professional biography.
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