Dr Benjamin Worku-Dix

Dr. Benjamin Worku-Dix serves as a Visiting Research Fellow and Research Associate at the University of Sussex since April 2018 and is also a Board of Advisors member at Graphic Mundi, Penn State University Press since January 2022. As the Founding Director of PositiveNegatives since January 2012, contributions include producing literary comics focused on social and human rights issues through ethnographic research and creative adaptations. Additionally, Dr. Worku-Dix has been a Senior Fellow at SOAS since July 2016, leading projects that address the experiences of rural-urban migrants. Previously, significant work included providing multimedia support for Channel 4's 2011 broadcasts on the Sri Lankan civil war and multiple roles as a communications consultant for organizations like UNOPS and MineWolf Systems. Academically, Dr. Worku-Dix holds a BA in Geography of South Asia from SOAS and both an MA and PhD in related fields from the University of Sussex.