Short description:
I am a sustainable finance and fintech innovation advisor and consultant with a very strong background in Social Anthropology. I am always intrigued with the complexity, creativity and variety of human thought and ways of living. I have a passionate interest on indigenous peoples lived worlds and my work is mainly oriented toward the idea that sustainability is not is not an end point but rather a direction and an important tool to empower people.
Short description:
Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. His research interests are Global Asset Pricing and International Macroeconomics. Currently, his research agenda involves questions about the impact of (1) Information Technology on Multinational Firms, Competition and Asset Prices, and (2) Information Frictions on Firm Networks and International Trade.
Short description:
Ann Mary Biju is a post graduate in Development Studies from Azim Premji University currently involved in educational program management. She is also a fellow as part of the National Gender fellowship by IT for Change, Bangalore funded by the European Commission. Her prime areas of interest are gender, labor and culture with a focus on labor rights and policy for workers of the platform economy in India. She has volunteered for regional and global voluntary forums and is currently involved as gender equality lead as part of the Global Shapers Kochi hub.
Short description:
Ohotuowo Ogbeche is a writer, lawyer, researcher, LGBT+ rights and feminist advocate. She is experienced in raising awareness about feminist issues and formulating ideas to promote gender equality. Ohotuowo writes for various publications including the feminist blog www.colouredafrica.com on feminism, sexual minority rights and social issues. She was the Director of Research and Knowledge Management with The Initiative for Equal Rights, (TIERs) Nigeria where her work centred around conceptualizing research on sexual and gender minority issues to feed into policy development, increased social acceptance, advocacy and training efforts. She currently works with OutRight Action International as Global Researcher.
Short description:
Advocate for sustainable development with United Nation Resident Coordinator Office, Egypt in the UN SDGs advocacy program. Physical Education and sports teacher high motivated and interested in the field of sport and development, seeking to use sport for peace, leverages and addressing issues of violence and social exclusion.
Short description:
Assistant professor and researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Costa Rica
Policy Associate at J-PAL LAC
Researcher at the State of the Education (Costa Rican think tank)
Short description:
Valerie is an applied microeconomist, interested in understanding the behaviour of individuals, both theoretically and empirically, with the aim of informing policy. Part of her research focuses on modelling intra-household behaviour in order to understand how individuals interact to reach the decisions whose consequences we see. She is particularly interested in applying these models in the context of developing economies. She also has a long-standing interest in consumption and demand, which has informed both her research and policy oriented work, conducted for UK government bodies. She also works on health.
She was educated in France, where she obtained a PhD from Delta-Ehess. She is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Economics at UCL and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Currently, she is the Director of the BSc in Economics at UCL.
Short description:
Maria Gloria is Research Fellow at SOAS, University of London. Prior to joining SOAS, she lectured at the University of York and previously held teaching and research positions at the University of Exeter, SOAS, and the Queen Mary University of London. She remains Global Expert on Egypt and Tunisia in the V-Dem Project led by the University of Gothenburg and previously held research positions on British Academy and ERC-funded projects led by the EUI and the University of Glasgow. Gloria is also a nominated Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and affiliated to the University of Cambridge.
Short description:
Dr Patel’s research and teaching aims to better understands clients and users of built environment. She is interested in themes of learning, socio-material practices, holistic building performance and adaptation of buildings. Having trained as an architect from India and practiced in the UK, her work has spanned from research, developing business processes, managing projects to technical building design. Her PhD research theorises the practices of adapting academic library buildings and her current research focuses on learning environments in the higher education sector. Her research around the DEGW archive explores the linkages between organisational practices and the built environment to help understand the changing nature of ‘work’.
Short description:
Digital skills and training manager at Keele University with over 17 years experience in higher education, training staff and students in digital skills / capabilities, learning technologies and digitally supported teaching and learning.
Experience of scoping and building bespoke solutions / applications for the management of student placement data and assessments.
Governor and Data Protection Officer (DPO) for local primary school