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Hassan Ehsan Masood (born 9 August 1967) is a British science writer, journalist and broadcaster. Between 2009 and 2017 he was the editor of Research Fortnight (part of Research Professional News), is currently bureau chief (editorials, Africa and the Middle East) at
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, and has been teaching international science policy at
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. since 2008.


Biography

Born in London, his father Hassan Masood worked in actuarial science and his mother Shamsa Masood is a writer of short fiction in Urdu. He went to schools in New York, Karachi and London; studied applied physics at
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and science communication at
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. He worked for the journal
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as a writer on science and international development from 1995 to 1999 and again as acting chief commissioning editor in 2008/2009. He has also worked as Opinion Editor of
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and communications director at LEAD International.LEAD International
non-profit sustainable development training and networking organization
Masood has also written for '' Prospect'' magazine and '' openDemocracy.net'', as well as
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,
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and
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. He is a former director of communications of Leadership for Environment and Development and also advises the
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on science and on cultural relations. Ehsan Masood was a regular contributor to Home Planet, an environmental affairs programme on
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in the UK.


Awards and nominations

In January 2015, Masood was nominated for Services to Science and Engineering at the
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. In February 2023, Masood won Inclusive Mosque Initiative's Workplace Ally of the Year Award.


Selected publications

His latest book is ''The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World'', which will be published in the US on 7 June 2016 by Pegasus. Ehsan Masood's previous book is '' Science and Islam: A History''. This tells the story of how science developed during Islam's imperial period from 800 to 1500. It is the official tie-in to a three-part documentary series on BBC Television presented by
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, Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. His other publications include:
Shared Europe''
This is a report for a major new
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programme of activities aimed at reducing mistrust between non-Muslim and Muslim communities. * ''Dry: Life Without Water'', Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press 2006 (editor with Daniel Schaffer) * ''How Do You Know? Reading
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on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations'', London: Pluto Press 2006 (editor) * ''British Muslims: Media Guide'', published by the British Council in association with the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, 2006. Download a copy of ''British Muslims: Media Guide'
here
* ''The GM Debate: Who Decides? Analysing Decision-making on Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countri

London: Panos 2005''


In the media

* In February 2009, Ehsan Masood presented a three-part series for BBC Radio 4 entitled
Islam and Science
' * Ehsan Masood is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's environmental affairs programm
Planet''


Prospect article by Ehsan Masood republished on Wanabehuman.
Science, Development, Faith
Ehsan's Open Democracy columns

Special issue of ''Nature'', November 2006
Ehsan Masood talks about ''Dry: Life Without Water''
on ''Start the Week'' on BBC Radio 4, 29 May 2006
Televised discussion on climate security at Carleton University, Canada
with John Ashton, Simon Dalby and hosted by Ken Rockburn of CPAC's ''Talk Politics'' show, February 2007


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masood, Ehsan 1967 births Living people English male journalists English science writers English Muslims Academics of Imperial College London Alumni of the University of Portsmouth Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London English people of Pakistani descent