Luke Borain is a research analyst and project coordinator at OneWorld.  In 2022, he completed an MPhil in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Cape Town – graduating with distinction. Luke has a particular interest in climate change and security studies, having explored ethnic conflict, climate change-induced instability, as well as the economics of civil war. He also has over five years’ experience as an editor, working on advanced technical proofreading in international relations, business, psychology, and statistical and environmental sciences.

In his role at OneWorld Luke has worked on developing GCF funding training materials for Lesotho’s National Designated Authority, as well as a comprehensive Country Programme under the same project. In his capacity as a researcher Luke has worked extensively for large development funders, including the AfDB – supporting the development of a continent-wide green credit facility for the provision of green finance products to MSMEs. More recently, he has worked both as a project coordinator and researcher on several UNICEF-funded projects exploring the relationship between climate impacts and children across Africa. Currently, he has been heavily involved in the development of a political economy analysis for an expansive water resource mobilisation strategy focused on the SADC region. In his time at OneWorld he has also operated as an ‘in-house’ editorial assistant and has been engaged across the full suite of company activities, from proposal development, project research and reporting, to stakeholder engagement and participatory analysis.