Geordan Shannon

I am a medical doctor, founder, and global health specialist. I take a critical approach to understand and act on global challenges including social inequity, globalisation, health systems, and environmental crises. My current work sits at the intersection of web3, planetary health, and public goods for health. I am interested in translocal approaches to health and human flourishing, with a focus on systems thinking, human-centred design, equity, technology, and participation. I see web3 as offering a compelling lens through which to rethink how we live, relate, and coordinate.

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As a medic I've worked in various settings, including remote Indigenous Australia, post-Tsunami Sri Lanka, the Peruvian Amazon, and rural Kenya. I have overseen community-led programmes against cervical cancer, violence, communicable and non-communicable diseases in Australia, Kenya, Peru, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Through this work, I care deeply about how humans can coordinate not only to protect public goods for health, but to regenerate them. 

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I work with communities to build local capacity and identify local assets to respond to systemic health and environmental risks. I have a portfolio of experience in shaping policy and affecting change - from the local to the global. I currently lead large-scale health policy initiatives supporting human flourishing with UN partners, national governments, and other key stakeholders. Based on these experiences, I co-founded a number of start-ups at the intersection of health, climate, and web3 including stema.org, planet.health, and unexia.org. Check out my work in the tabs above.