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Daniel Spurr founded Sahel Futures in Toronto

Daniel researches environmental governance, political power and the use of evidence in public institutions. He started Sahel Futures in 2026.

Daniel studies environmental governance, stakeholder power and the choices that public institutions make with evidence.

He completed an MSc in Climate Change: Environment, Science and Policy at King’s College London with Merit in 2024. His dissertation examined the UK Blue Belt Programme in St Helena. He used interviews and policy analysis to study power, stakeholder relationships and local marine governance.

Daniel holds a BA in Marketing Management from the University of Greenwich and completed an Erasmus exchange at Hochschule München. He works with GIS, remote sensing, qualitative interviews, NVivo, SPSS and mixed methods.

For Sahel Futures, Daniel uses public records, datasets, published reporting and institutional documents. He uses AI-assisted tools for document comparison, translation triage, data work, code tests and map prototypes. Daniel checks sources and owns the published judgement.

EducationMSc Climate Change: Environment, Science & Policy

King’s College London · Merit · 2024

ResearchEnvironmental governance and stakeholder power

UK Blue Belt Programme · St Helena

MethodsInterviews, policy analysis, GIS and remote sensing

Qualitative and quantitative research

A founder-led desk research project

Daniel lives in Toronto and serves as the sole researcher and editor for the present series. He bases each paper on public sources and desk research.

Before Daniel commissions regional work, he plans to agree pay, credit and safety terms with the researchers, journalists, translators and subject specialists involved.

Work to complete