'The best of prophets of the future is the past.' 

-Lord Byron (1821)

He is currently the Head of Research at London Politica (a geopolitical risk consultancy and think tank), a Senior Advisor at Luminint (a risk intelligence advisory) and a Research Associate for Oxford University and the British Army's Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research's (CHACR) Climate Change & (In)Security Project which provides the Secretariat for the APPG for Climate, Nature, and Security. He is also the Policy Specialist for the Lunar Policy Platform (a space and cislunar policy consultancy and think tank), a Lunar Registry Project Lead and Research Fellow for the Open Lunar Foundation, and a Research Affiliate for the Center for Space Governance. Alongside this Sam has a freelance consultant practice, is part of the International Peace and Security Network (IPSN), and is a Consultant for RUSI’s Defence, Industries and Societies programme and Freelance Contractor for Mabway where he provides geopolitical, policy, and human-terrain related expertise and support for the design, implementation and delivery of UK Armed Forces warfighting and sub-threshold field exercises.. 

Formally, Sam was the Project Manager for Lord Kerslake’s Independent cross-bench Commission in UK Military Accommodation initiated at the request of Labour Defence Secretary, John Healey and supported by King's College London's Policy Institute. He has held Research Fellowships with the Foresight Institute, Open Lunar Foundation, Center for Space Governance, and the Arctic Institute, Ecologic Institute and MiH-RCN Arctic Geopolitics programme. 

Sam holds an MA in Modern History from King’s College London, a BA(Hons) in History from the Open University and was a RUSI Military Sciences “Rising Stars” mentee. He has an extensive list of publications, talks, and media appearances.