Sir Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK, where he was Director from 1972-81. After this, he was an Assistant Secretary General of the UN until 2000, first as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF until 1995 and in UNDP from 1995-2000 as Principal Coordinator of UNDP's Human Development Report. From 2000-2010 he was co-Director of the UN Intellectual History Project and co-author of the final summary volume, UN Ideas that Changed the World. He has been a trustee of OXFAM, a Council member of ODI and President of the UN Association of the United Kingdom. He was knighted by the Queen in 2001 in recognition of his contributions to international development.