Biography
Sean studied in London and at St Andrews, where he researched global trade, focusing on UK-China commerce.
Before he joined the Asia Scotland Institute, he worked as a bookseller and an analyst in the life sciences industry. While at ASI, Sean represented the Institute at events in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, working with partners across trade, finance and government; and collaborated on content strategy for the Institute, commissioning and editing new material for the website, and hosting the podcast.
His professional interests include international trade and diplomacy, commodity markets and shipping. In his spare time, he likes to row, cook and read about Chinese and Russian history.
He is currently on sabbatical in south China, and has temporarily stepped back from his duties as editor. He is no longer involved in event planning or the Institute publication process. If you would like to get in touch, please write to him at sean@asiascot.com, but bear in mind that replies may take longer than usual.
Sean will return to Edinburgh in 2024.
Podcasts & Publications
Critical minerals, deep-sea mining and the new race for resources
There’s treasure at the bottom of the ocean – quite literally. About halfway between Hawaii and Mexico, on the Pacific abyssal plain, lies the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), site of one
Macau: Cathedrals and Casinos
On the coast of south China, at the very bottom of the Pearl River delta, is a city like nowhere else. Stretched like a downward-pointing finger across a peninsula, two
Out of the Steppes: How Nomads Changed Eurasia Forever
Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppe: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation (London, 2023). Wiener Neustadt is a small town in Austria, known for its chocolate-box architecture: guidebooks recommend