Professor Andy Sumner

Professor Andy Sumner is a distinguished academic and researcher with a highly active role in the international development field. In addition to teaching at King’s, he holds the following prominent positions:

• President of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
• Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Visiting Professor at the Centre for Economics and Development Studies at Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
• Research Associate, University of Oxford
• Senior Non-Resident Research Fellow at the United Nations University, WIDER, Helsinki
• Senior Non-Resident Research Fellow at Center for Global Development, Washington DC

With twenty years of international research experience, he uses both qualitative and quantitative methods, contributing significantly to interdisciplinary Development Studies. He has gained global renown for challenging conventional assumptions in economic development and inequality dynamics.

This is evidenced by his publications and indicators now being widely used in international databases. He has authored 15 books and over 100 papers, journal articles, and book chapters, with ongoing work on cross-disciplinary enquiry in Development Studies.

Career highlights

• President of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes

• Former council member of the Development Studies Association (DSA)

• Listed in the US magazine Foreign Policy’s ‘Top 100 Global Thinkers’
• Listed in the in the Huffington Post’s ‘Most Influential Voices’