Dr. Penda Diallo

Dr Diallo is a senior independent social scientist and sustainability specialist across the mining value chain. She works at the intersection of governance, human rights, environmental stewardship, and peace and security.

For over 20 years, across five continents, she has worked and collaborated in research, academia, industry, humanitarian response and development aid. Her field work covers bauxite, gold, diamond, uranium and coal mining. In Guinea she observed the first two Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certification audits. She works in six languages, and most of her writing draws on first-hand accounts gathered without translation.

She wrote Regime Stability, Social Insecurity and Bauxite Mining in Guinea (Routledge, 2020) and has published or co-published more than ten peer-reviewed outputs. She holds a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. She advises board members, executives, donors, multilateral institutions and civil society on preventing and addressing social and environmental risks and impacts from mine site to market.