Shahbaz Khan PhD, DSc

Director of UNESCO Beijing and Rep to China, DPRK, Japan, Mongolia and Republic of Korea @ UNESCO

About

Professor Dr Shahbaz Khan is currently Director and Representative of UNESCO Mutisectoral Regional Office for East Asia in Beijing. He was previously Director, UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific based at Jakarta Indonesia. He joined UNESCO in 2008 as Chief of Water and Sustainable Development Section at UNESCO Division of Water Sciences based at Paris. His key leadership and management areas at UNESCO include science capacity building and policy advice across the region. He has also coordinated key programs such as Water Education for Sustainable Development, Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP), Ecohydrology, MAB and Water and Energy Nexus. He was previously Research Leader of Irrigated Systems and Rural Water Use areas of CSIRO Australia and Professor of Hydrology and Director of International Centre of Water at the Charles Sturt University. Specialties: Sustainable development, water resources law and policy, environmental economics, mathematical modeling, senior management, engineering, SETI, research and development, Ethics of AI

Country

Australia

City

Greater Canberra Area

Industry

International Affairs

Skill

Water Policy, Environmental Economics, International Environmental Law, Hydro Diplomacy, Research, Mathematical Modeling, Hydrology, Research Management, Water Law, Irrigation, Floodplain Management, GIS analysis, GIS, Water Resources, Water, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Diplomacy, Water Management, Sustainability

Experience

Director of UNESCO Beijing and Rep to China, DPRK, Japan, Mongolia and Republic of Korea

UNESCO

2021-3 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Director Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO

2015-9 - 2021-3 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Jakarta and Regional Bureau for Sciences in Asia and the Pacific; serving as UNESCO Representative to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

Deputy Director and OIC Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO

2012-9 - 2015-8 · 3 yrs

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Coordination of Science Programs, Chair of the UN Working Group on Climate and Environment in Indonesia. Officer-in-Charge January 2015 to August 2015

Chief, Water and Sustainable Development Section

UNESCO

2008-4 - 2012-9 · 4 yrs 6 mos

I was responsible for the following areas: - Policy Advice on Integrated Water Resources Management - Development and Implementation of Water Education (Modular Curricula) programs for Tertiary and Professional/Vocational - Global Coordination of Ecohydrology for Sustainability initiative - Global Coordination of Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) initiative - Coordination of UNESCO category-2 centres in water and wider science sector - Research and Policy Advice on Water, Energy and Food Nexus

Professor of Hydrology and Director International Centre of Water for Food Security

Charles Sturt University

2004-7 - 2008-4 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Policy research in water, energy and food nexus. leadership of national and international projects in the irrigation, integrated water resources management and climate variability and change. Supervision of Masters and PhD research. Chairman and regional coordinator of UNESCO IHP HELP.

Research Director, Irrigation Systems

CSIRO

1999-7 - 2008-4 · 8 yrs 10 mos

During this period held various positions e.g. Senior Scientist to Senior Principal Research Scientist dealing with groundwater and irrigation systems, Program Leader CRC for Irrigation Futures, Stream Leader Rural Water Systems and Research Director. He was also Chair of the Irrigated Cropping Forum a private body representing farmers and research bodies.

Senior Engineer

Geo-Eng Australia

1998-10 - 1999-7 · 10 mos

Surface and ground water modelling for the optimisation of aquifer pumping for mine safety and land subsidence in the Gippsland Basin. Business development in irrigation sector in Victoria.