Simon  works as a senior policy researcher for IGES. Since 2010 he has researched and published papers on environmental governance, as well as institution building for cooperation on environment and sustainable development, both globally and regionally for Asia and the Pacific. He has contributed to UNEP’s Fifth and Seventh Global Environmental Outlooks. Prior to working with IGES he spent three years working for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. There he was granted the opportunity to undertake capacity building on Green Growth policy tools. During that time he also helped draft Cambodia’s National Green Growth Roadmap. He was actively involved in the processes leading up to the Rio+20 conference, proposing measures to strengthen international environmental governance as well as the institutional framework for sustainable development. He is now heavily involved in several research initiatives on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as fundraising and development of strategic partnerships with Asian and European stakeholders. Simon has a Masters Degree in Southeast Asian Studies from University of Copenhagen and a PhD from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University, Budapest/Vienna. When not working he likes to spend time with his family, working in the garden or repairing various items.