Joshua Lincoln (PhD) is a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Law and Governance (CILG) at the Fletcher School of global affairs, Tufts University. He sits on the board of directors of the Global Governance Forum and the board of advisors of Cambrian Futures, and is a member of the New Carbon Economy Consortium.  He also writes periodically for World Politics Review.  Dr. Lincoln’s current work is on pluralism in multilateralism, global governance, sustainability and geopolitics, including projects on the geopolitical and governance implications of the Net-Zero Energy Transition; the 2022-2025 negotiations for a global plastics treaty; and the geopolitics and reform of multilateral institutions.

 

Between 2000 and 2013, he worked at the United Nations, including as Chief of Staff to the Director-General of UNOG (Geneva) and Senior Officer in the cabinet of the Secretary-General (New York).  He worked earlier in preventive diplomacy with the UN Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission and peacemaking between both Ethiopia and Eritrea and North and South Sudan.  He has been a researcher for universities, think tanks and institutions including the World Bank, and served from 2013 to 2019 as Secretary-General of the Bahá’í International Community.  He holds degrees from Georgetown University and Tufts University.