David is the Lusophone Research Specialist at Amnesty International. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Most of his work focuses on Angola and Mozambique. David is passionate about creative and innovative ways of galvanizing the public for positive change and is contributing his expertise to the development of HRMI’s civil and political rights expert survey methodology. Previous positions include senior lecturer of development studies and social innovation at the University of Johannesburg, and a World Bank senior coach on change management in the Ministry of Education in Mozambique. David earned his PhD in political sociology from the University of Alberta where he was a Canada Graduate Scholar.