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Director of Mappa Mundi Consulting
Ali is Director at Mappa Mundi Consulting. He specialises in providing insight to enhance Public Diplomacy strategy and evaluation through network analysis. In addition, he regularly advises governments, charities, companies, and NGO on best practice for online engagement and network building. Publications include Options for Influence and “Music for the Jilted Generation: Open-Source Public Diplomacy” Hague Journal of Diplomacy (2008). He recently co-edited The Playbook, with Nick Cull. Current research focuses on the use of new media by protest movements, including in Copenhagen during COP15 and following the election in Iran.
He was previously director of Counterpoint, the British Council's research think-tank (2006-7), and lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter. Ali received his PhD from the University of Birmingham, where he studied US cultural operations during the cold war. Ali blogs at Wandren PD.
Recent Publications by Ali Fisher
October 5, 2009 - The Iranian Election: Following a Conversation CPD Blog
September 26, 2008 - The Spectrum of Spectrums: A Review of the International Relations Positioning Spectrum CPD Blog
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