Johnny has a background in academic publishing, digital business and the arts in Europe, Middle East and China.
In addition to co-directing the Science & Human Dimension Project in Cambridge, he is working with the Caravane Foundation to develop a new arts residency in the Middle East, and curating a series of symposia on the theme: How we will live together? at the Venice Biennale in 2021.
Johnny is a former director of conference series, producing high level forums and reports for leaders from government, industry and research, based at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, where is a Senior Research Associate. Johnny Cornwell is a graduate of University College London (French and Spanish), University of Cambridge (Economics), and Imperial College London (MBA).