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词条 Ehsan Masood
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  1. Biography

  2. Awards and nominations

  3. Selected publications

  4. In the media

  5. References

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Hassan Ehsan Masood (born 9 August 1967) is a science writer, journalist and broadcaster. Since 2009 he has been the editor of Research Professional News (including Research Fortnight) and has been teaching international science policy at Imperial College London.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} since 2008.

Biography

Born in London, his father Hassan Masood worked in actuarial science and his mother Shamsa Masood is a writer of short fiction in Urdu.

He went to schools in New York, Karachi and London; studied applied physics at Portsmouth Polytechnic and science communication at Birkbeck, University of London.

He worked for the journal Nature[1][2] as a writer from 1995 to 1999 and again as acting chief commissioning editor in 2008/2009. He has also worked as Opinion Editor of New Scientist and communications director at LEAD International.[3]

Masood has also written for Prospect magazine and openDemocracy.net, as well as The Times, The Guardian and Le Monde. He is a former director of communications of Leadership for Environment and Development{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} and also advises the British Council on science and on cultural relations.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

Ehsan Masood was a regular contributor to Home Planet, an environmental affairs programme on BBC Radio 4 in the UK.

He is chair of trustees of The Muslim Institute.[4] This is a UK-based charity that supports critical thinking among British Muslims.

Awards and nominations

In January 2015, Masood was nominated for Services to Science and Engineering at the British Muslim Awards.[5]

Selected publications

His latest book is The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making and Unmaking of the Modern World, which will be published in the US on 7 June 2016 by Pegasus.

Ehsan Masood's previous book is A History.[6] This tells the story of how science developed during Islam's imperial period from 800 to 1500. It is the official tie-in to a three-part documentary series on BBC Television presented by Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey.

His other publications include:

  • Our'>Shared Europe This is a report for a major new British Council programme of activities aimed at reducing mistrust between non-Muslim and Muslim communities.
  • Dry: Life Without Water, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press 2006 {{ISBN|0-674-02224-6}} (editor with Daniel Schaffer)
  • How Do You Know? Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations, London: Pluto Press 2006 {{ISBN|0-7453-2514-9}} (editor)
  • British Muslims: Media Guide, published by the British Council in association with the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, 2006. Download a copy of British Muslims: Media Guide here
  • The GM Debate: Who Decides? Analysing Decision-making on Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries , London: Panos 2005

In the media

  • In February 2009, Ehsan Masood presented a three-part series for BBC Radio 4 entitled Islam'>and Science
  • Ehsan Masood is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's environmental affairs programme Home'>Planet
  • Islam's reformers, Prospect article by Ehsan Masood republished on Wanabehuman.
  • Science, Development, Faith Ehsan's Open Democracy columns
  • Islam and Science Special issue of Nature, November 2006[7]
  • Ehsan Masood talks about Dry: Life Without Water on Start the Week on BBC Radio 4, 29 May 2006
  • Televised discussion on climate security at Carleton University, Canada with John Ashton, Simon Dalby and hosted by Ken Rockburn of CPAC's Talk Politics show, February 2007

References

1. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Saegusa | first1 = A. | last2 = Masood | first2 = E. | title = Transgenic patents a step closer in Europe | journal = Nature | volume = 390 | issue = 6659 | pages = 429 | doi = 10.1038/37175 | year = 1997 | pmid = 9393986}}
2. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Masood | first1 = E. | title = Arab liberals must stay in the game | doi = 10.1038/488131a | journal = Nature | volume = 488 | issue = 7410 | pages = 131 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22874928}}
3. ^LEAD International, non-profit sustainable development training and networking organization
4. ^The Muslim Institute
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/business/11745550.British_Muslim_Awards_2015_finalists_unveiled/|title=British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled|publisher=Asian Image|date=23 January 2015|accessdate=1 November 2015}}
6. ^{{cite book |author=Ehsan Masood |title=Science & Islam: A History |publisher=Totem Books |location=Toronto |year=2010 |pages= |isbn=1-84831-081-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}
7. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Masood | first1 = E. | title = Islam and Science: An Islamist revolution | doi = 10.1038/444022a | journal = Nature | volume = 444 | issue = 7115 | pages = 22–25 | year = 2006 | pmid = 17080057}}
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