Paul Hilder is a British-born social entrepreneur, writer and organiser. In 2000 he co-founded openDemocracy.net, a website for debate about global politics and culture. He helped launch the global web movement Avaaz.org

Avaaz.org

Avaaz.org is a global civic organization launched in January 2007 that promotes activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict...

 in 2007, and served as one of its first campaign directors. In 2010, he became Director of Campaigns for Oxfam

Oxfam

Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...

, the global development movement.

Hilder is also a co-founder and board member of the British campaigning movement 38 Degrees

38 Degrees

38 Degrees is a UK non-profit, progressive, political activism organisation that campaigns on a diverse range of issues, such as protecting the environment and tackling climate change, democratic media ownership, child poverty and political reform...

. In 2010 he gave a TED

TED (conference)

TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....

x talk on "The Power of Food", linked to the 2010 UN Millennium Development Goals summit.

Publications

He is the author or editor of several works, including:

• (2007) Contentious Citizens (Carnegie / Young Foundation)
• (2005) Iraqi Liberation (Oxford Research Group)
• (2005) "Open Parties? A map of 21st century democracy"
• (2005) "Move On, World" (Fabian Review)