Douglas Hamilton Johnson is an American scholar who lives in Britain who specializes in the history of North East Africa, Sudan and the Southern Sudan.

Work in the Sudan

Johnson worked to support the 2003 Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement negotiations over the Three Areas (Abyei, Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile). In 2005 he was a member of the Abyei Boundary Commission, chaired by Donald K. Petterson, with the task of settling the borders of Abyei, a district disputed between the Sudan and the newly self-governing South Sudan, and was one of the five independent experts tasked with presenting the Commission's final report. Since then, he has advised the Government of South Sudan on North-South boundary issues.

Personal life

In 1977, Johnson married Wendy James, a British anthropologist and academic. Together, they have had two children: one son and one daughter.

Selected publications