Jonathan Dawson

Jonathan has ten years of experience as a consultant, researcher, author and project manager in the Global South in the fields of small enterprise development and organisational development, specialising in the creation and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems.  His clients include the World Bank, the International Labour Office, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Community Energy Scotland, the Cairngorm National Park Authority, Practical Action and a number of other NGOs. 

Over the last decade, Jonathan’s primary focus has been Schumacher College’s innovative Masters programme, Regenerative Economics, which he co-created and led for the first decade of its life.  In his time at Schumacher College, he had the opportunity to innovate in the development of holistic pedagogy, what at Schumacher College is referred to as a ‘pedagogy of head, heart and hands’.  He continues to pursue this area of research through both academic research and publishing and as a practitioner in diverse learning spaces.

He is also the principal author of the Gaia Education sustainable economy curriculum http://www.gaiaeducation.org/, and has taught this curriculum at universities, ecovillages and community centres in various countries across Africa, Europe and Latin America.  He has also adopted this curriculum to virtual format, which he taught through the Open University of Catalunya, Barcelona.