Professor Jonathan Dawes is a mathematician, international adviser and consultant, and research leader. Current projects include using network science to understand interlinkages within the Sustainable Development Goals. His academic publications can be viewed and downloaded here: people.bath.ac.uk/jhpd20/

Recent papers include a perspective on Research Security for Science & Diplomacy:

https://doi.org/10.1126/scidip.adt9878

and commentary and analysis of the SDGs, including:

Pradhan et al, Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration. Nature Communications 15: 8600 (2024)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52926-x

J.H.P. Dawes, SDG interlinkage networks: analysis, robustness, sensitivities, and hierarchies. World Development 149, 105693. (2022)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X21003089

His work on the SDGs was recently highlighted in a Nature article with the title "Can mathematicians help to solve social-justice problems?", available here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01494-7

He is currently seconded to UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) as Deputy Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). As part of the organisation’s Senior Leadership Team, he leads on various policy issues and is Senior Responsible Owner for portfolios of projects within the UK Challenge Fund.