Nathanial Matthews

Nate was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He obtained a BA in Political Science from Acadia University in 1999. He then spent time volunteering in water and sanitation and working in Africa before he relocated to Japan to establish and run a successful small business. In 2006, he completed a Masters of International Development and Environmental Analysis (First Class) at Monash University, Australia. During his masters he worked for Oxfam Australia, Greensteps, and Monash University. In 2008 he accepted a position as the education and research officer at the International WaterCentre in Brisbane, where he co-coordinated a master of integrated water management, lectured at the University of Queensland, and worked as a consultant in integrated water management projects in Africa and S.E. Asia. He was also a trainer with Greensteps Australia teaching environmental sustainability courses.

Nate began his PhD research in 2010 at Kings College, London analyzing the politics surrounding impact assessments in the Mekong Basin, with a focus on Lao PDR. The study attempts to understand how different stakeholders insert themselves into the impact assessment process and how these processes influence the current hydropower intensification.

Nate is also currently doing consulting work, contributing to the postgraduate level Water Resources and Water Policy class and teaching tutorials in geography at Kings.