Alan Flowers (born 3 May 1953) is a British scientist studying the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, environmental and human rights activist, promoter of Belarusian culture in the UK and the chair of the Anglo-Belarusian Society.

[1][2] Flowers has dedicated much of his academic career to working on educational initiatives and research projects examining the widespread impact of the 1986 Chernobyl explosion – the worst nuclear accident in history.

[2][3] He led the academic cooperation between Kingston University London and what later became the International Sakharov Environmental Institute in Minsk between 1992 and 2004.

[4] Flowers was “introduced to Belarus, Belarusians in Britain and the Anglo-Belarusian Society by Vera Rich, in 1992, in connection with his academic interests in Chernobyl.

[4] Since 1995 he has enabled a wide range of cultural visits to the UK by Belarus theatres, artists and musicians, mainly to several Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.