Jonathan S. Cornwell

Executive Director

Johnny has a background in academic and digital publishing, conferences and the arts in Europe, Middle East and China

In addition to directing the Science & Human Dimension Project, he worked with the Caravane Foundation from 2019-21 to develop a new arts residency in the Middle East, and curated an interdisciplinary symposium on the theme: How we will live together? at the Venice Biennale 2021.

He was formerly director of the Rustat Conferences, producing high level forums on a range of vital issues including Cybersecurity, Geopolitics of Energy, Food Security, Big Data, Cryptocurrencies, and the Financial Crisis, for leaders from government, industry and research,  at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, where is an Associate Academic and former Senior Research Associate. He has worked on digital education and information projects across the Middle East in partnership with UNESCO and the Arab League, as well as in China and Latin America. He was co-organiser of the Houghton Revisited exhibition which won Apollo Exhibition of the Year award 2013. He began his career with Thomson Corp. in Paris and Madrid. He is a graduate of University College London (French and Spanish), University of Cambridge (Economics), and has an MBA from Imperial College London.