Cortney Price is a sustainable development professional committed to enabling change through human-centred approaches. As Lead for Behavioural Science at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cortney is currently coordinating the efforts of FAO’s Office of Innovation to explore behavioural science as a transformational way to improve programme impact and unlock more efficient ways of working. Previously he worked with FAO’s One Health team to create the Antimicrobial Resistance Behaviour Change Community of Practice – a multi-stakeholder platform for behavioural co-design across Africa. Cortney has also delivered participatory approaches to social behaviour change and risk communication across in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, as well as supported the creation and adoption of new tools for knowledge sharing and collaboration on climate change. Frequently leading awareness campaigns and audio-visual productions, Cortney leverages behavioural insights to promote the impact of strategic communication efforts.

Cortney holds an MSc in Behavioural Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Liberal Arts from Yale University. Prior to joining FAO in 2005, Cortney worked as a broadcast advertising producer in Italy and the United States.