Brian Brivati

Professor Brivati is a writer, project design and delivery expert and adviser and mentor to hundreds of graduates of his university and international development courses and fellowships. He has helped multiple partners advance their missions and achieve their objectives, working with clients across civil society organisations, research councils, trusts and foundations, government and international organisations, high net worth individuals and corporates.

He was appointed Director of the Britain Palestine Project in Janaury 2025. He was formerly running the Ukraine programme for Optio Venture Partners, acting as a Senior Adviser on Ukraine for at Folke Bernadotte Academy – Swedish agency for peace, security and development. He is an Adviser at the Ukraine Strategic Initiatives at National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Public Understanding of Security and Defence at Exeter University which he founded with Professor Paul Cornish.

He is a Visiting Professor at Kingston University, he is running the Unsettlement Project which sets out to suggest "unsettlement" as an organizing idea for humanities research, addressing contemporary crises like war, climate change, and digital disruption that produce various forms of human and intellectual displacement. It emphasizes the need for the humanities to respond practically and meaningfully to these interconnected challenges of physical, digital and information insecurity. The project is UK based with partners in Ukraine, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.