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Dr John David Seddon

Dr David Seddon is a social scientist with more than 40 years experience in Africa and the Middle East, and Nepal, who has produced around 500 country expert witness reports 

Name
Dr John David Seddon
Occupation
Consultant
Expertise

I am a social scientist who has lived and/or worked extensively in all of the countries named above, over a period of more than 50 years, first as a university researcher and more recently as a free lance consultant, employed or engaged by organisations including The World Bank, IFAD, DfID, DANIDA, USAID, Oxfam, Christian Aid, Danchurchaid, War on Want, Lutheran World Service/World Federation. 

Experience

I have been producing expert witness reports since 1980 and must have produced more than 500 reports in all. I have attended Immigration Tribunals on numerous occasions and have been involved in several cases that have become Country Guidance (CG) cases.    

Publications

I have published more than 10 books, dozens of reports and hundreds of articles in professional and more popular journals 

Languages
French, Spanish, Arabic, Nepali
Ethnic groups expertise
My Ph D is in social anthropology, based on fieldwork in Morocco
Political groups expertise
I was for many years a lecturer, senior lecturer, reader and finally Professor of Sociology and Politics, first at the School of Oriental & African Studies and then in the School of Development Studies at UEA
Religious groups expertise
I have expertise in religious groups as political actors/agencies, eg Da’esh/ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, Boko Haram
Other social groups expertise
General expertise as a social anthropologist/sociologist and knowledge of specific social structures in specific countries
Fees
[Private to EIN members]
Contact email
davidseddon2011@hotmail.co.uk
Phone
[Private to EIN members]
Address
[Private to EIN members]
Countries of expertise: