Montgomery Simus

University of Birmingham

Montgomery Simus is a doctoral researcher in History at the University of Birmingham, where his research examines Indigenous jurisdiction, extractive frontiers, and environmental governance, with a particular focus on Bristol Bay, Alaska. He is also a practitioner working at the intersection of environmental infrastructure, innovative finance, and institutional change, currently serving as Senior Advisor for Blue Finance at The Ocean Cleanup. His wider work has spanned international development, infrastructure, philanthropy, and environmental finance. His research and practice share a common interest in how institutions, authority, and competing claims over place shape whether — and how — environmental change becomes possible.

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