From 1999 to 2010, Dr Roger Williamson organised nearly 80 sustainable development conferences at Wilton Park, the UK government’s specialist international centre for policy dialogue. He has also worked at senior level within Christian Aid, the Church of England and other organisations, including being head-hunted as the first Director of the Life and Peace Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, where he specialised on religion and conflict. He is currently undertaking research on urban poverty and the Millennium Development Goals as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.