Dr. Mohamed Fadal is the current head of research—and was the founding director—of the Social Research and Development Institute (SORADI). He has worked as a senior researcher for the Academy for Peace and Development (APD), coordinator for the Independent Scholars Group, worked as UNDP Programme Manager in SUDAN and formerly served as minister of planning in Somaliland. He has extensive research experience in the fields of development, environment, governance, peace and democratisation. Dr. Fadal moreover has a varied portfolio of consultancy work, senior research management, capacity-building as well as facilitation of research-policy interchanges.