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84 MAPPING THE GREAT BEYOND<br />
Author Biography<br />
Ali Fisher is Director at Mappa Mundi Consult<strong>in</strong>g. He specialises<br />
<strong>in</strong> provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sight to enhance Public Diplomacy strategy and evaluation<br />
through network analysis. In addition, he regularly advises governments,<br />
charities, companies, and NGO on best practice for onl<strong>in</strong>e<br />
engagement and network build<strong>in</strong>g. Publications <strong>in</strong>clude Options for<br />
Influence and “Music for <strong>the</strong> Jilted Generation: Open-Source Public<br />
Diplomacy” Hague Journal of Diplomacy (2008). He recently co-edited<br />
The Playbook, with Nick Cull. Current research focuses on <strong>the</strong> use<br />
of new media by protest movements, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Copenhagen dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
COP15 and follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> election <strong>in</strong> Iran.<br />
He was previously director of Counterpo<strong>in</strong>t, <strong>the</strong> British Council’s<br />
research th<strong>in</strong>k-tank (2006-7), and lecturer <strong>in</strong> International Relations at<br />
<strong>the</strong> University of Exeter. Ali received his PhD from <strong>the</strong> University of<br />
Birm<strong>in</strong>gham, where he studied US cultural operations dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> cold<br />
war. Ali blogs at Wandren PD.