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Political scientist working on taxation & development, decentralisation & local government, political legitimacy, digitalisation
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Nick is a Research Fellow in the Politics department at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on questions of the governance, policy and administration of natural resources, especially biodiversity and nature-based solutions.
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Professor of Gender and Development, Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies
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An alumnus of Delhi School of Economics and Pennsylvania State University, S Chandrasekhar is Professor, at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. He was awarded the Mahalanobis Memorial Medal 2016, by The Indian Econometric Society, for outstanding contributions to the field of quantitative economics. He has worked extensively on the issue of urbanization, worker mobility and internal migration in India. He coordinated the research initiative "Strengthen and Harmonize Research and Action on Migration in the Indian Context" (SHRAMIC). In addition to migration, urbanization and labour market outcomes, his recent work focuses on earnings and income inequality in India.
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Arindam Banerjee is a co- founder and Partner at Policy and Development Advisory Group (PDAG).
A public policy and communications specialist, he currently advises the Chief Minister - Jharkhand and the Chief Minister's Office- Jharkhand on key welfare policy issues, media outreach and digital communications. He also oversees key research and policy partnerships between PDAG and academic and other public policy organisations.
Prior to PDAG, Arindam read for the Masters in Public Policy at Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford. He was a reciepent of UK Govt's Chevening Scholarship. He also worked closely with Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo as a policy manager during his stint at J- PAL South Asia across New Delhi, Ranchi and Boston.
Arindam was also one of the 145 Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows (PMRDF) with the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. As a PMRDF , he worked for more than 3 years to support and advise the district administration of West Midnapore, a high Left Wing Extremism affected district. During this period, he worked closely with both district and the State Government of West Bengal to formulate key community driven governance initiatives in post conflict resolution.
Arindam has also worked as a Political Correspondent with the Indian Express newspaper and has also written for both national and international publications and web portals
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Soumyadeep Bhaumik is a medical doctor and international public health specialist with a demonstrated history of impactful work in evidence synthesis and knowledge translation which has informed multiple WHO guidelines, national and sub-national policies and often been picked up by influential media houses stimulating debate and discussion around issues. He leads methodological work in India’s only Rapid Evidence Synthesis Unit, which provides on-demand evidence to any public decision maker. He is also experienced in experienced in program evaluation, health policy and systems research on injuries (particularly on snakebite).
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Zoe Piper has over 20 years’ experience across management consulting, technology, manufacturing and investment. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, Zoe is actively engaged in a broad range of roles and appointments.
Combining her interests in technology and social impact, in 2017 Zoe founded Ethitrade International, a blockchain based provenance platform empowering small enterprises in South-East Asia. In 2009 Zoe also cofounded Ecolour, an Australian based manufacturer of premium quality, non-toxic (zero-VOC) paint. Ecolour is now used by hotel chains, hospitals and leading developers across the country.
Alongside her entrepreneurial ventures, Zoe has also spent the past 7 years working to drive innovation and boost industry productivity. At CSIRO she founded and led IC Global (https://innovationcatalyst.global/), an award winning suite of platforms developed to drive innovation by facilitating expertise discovery, problem solving and data visualization. This involved engaging over 70 partners from industry, research, and government (both domestically and abroad) to collaboratively design and develop the platforms. Zoe was named as a 2020 ACT State Finalist (Public Sector & Academia category) for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards for her work leading IC Global. During her first two and a half years at CSIRO Zoe also served as Data61’s representative on the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) board of directors.
Zoe has shared her knowledge on stage both domestically and abroad in New York (Ecolour), Vietnam (Ethitrade) and Manila (IC Global). She also regularly mentors start-ups and young professionals looking to proactively shape their careers.
Zoe is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (serving on ACT Division Council), and a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders (formerly chairing the AIM ACT Regional Advisory Committee). She has studied in the USA, Europe, and China, and her qualifications include an MBA, and Bachelor of Economics/Communication. Zoe is currently undertaking a PhD (Public Policy: cross-sector careers) at the ANU.
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Professor of International Relations, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. My research focuses on issues of international ethics and international order. I have a particular interest in military ethics and technological innovation, including the uses of drones and the potential for lethal autonomous weapons. I am also interested in the ethical challenges in world politics arising from the diversity of human ethical perspectives and practices.
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Salma Ahmed is a development economist whose work focuses on gender inequality, child labour, education, health, and fertility in developing countries, particularly in Bangladesh and India and more recently on other states of South Asian region. Her recent research has focused on two central areas: (i) economic evaluation of welfare policy and development finance program, and (ii) impact of external shocks on maternal and child wellbeing. She obtained a PhD in economics in 2013 and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in economics in 2008, both at Monash University, Australia.
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I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration at University of Malaya. My interest in macroeconomics and economic policy.