Nigel Wight, PhD (c)

Nigel Wight, PhD (c)

Work position: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

Line of Research: Social Performance and Resource Governance

Biography: Nigel is an economist and international development professional with experience in Latin America, Europe and Australia. He worked in finance in Australia and the UK for several years before moving into the international development sector. He has vast experience in community development and stakeholder engagement in Argentina and Chile with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), particularly in the field of project monitoring and evaluation and capacity building.

Since 2015 he has worked at SMI-CSRM at the University of Queensland, researching the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in the mining industry in Chile. His areas of disciplinary specialization include: indigenous rights frameworks, FPIC, ILO Convention 169, community development, social exclusion, and evaluation and monitoring.

He is currently the leader of the Social Performance and Resource Governance area at SMI-ICE-Chile