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I am the Project Lead for the Youth Solutions Program
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Dr Roland Pongou is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and a Visiting Scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of political economy, health human capital, and economic development. His recent work examines how institutions and technology affect societies. His research has broad policy implications for the design of inclusive, fair and efficient social and economic systems. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the Canadian Economic Association, the Econometric Society, the National Economic Association, the African Finance and Economic Association, the Population Association of America, and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
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I'm a researcher and community organiser based at the Sydney Policy Lab. For a decade I founded and ran the Sydney Alliance (which brings diverse communities together across Sydney). I also host a podcast that talks about inclusion and social change called ChangeMakers Podcast.
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Paul Makdissi is a Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa since 2007. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Inequality. Previously he has held positions at the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) and at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands). His main areas of research are socioeconomic health inequality measurement, the distributive impact of taxation and public pricing, and income inequality measurement.
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I have almost 10 plus years of experience in furthering public health programs in India, Africa, and US that address issues such as routine childhood immunization, chronic respiratory disease, household air pollution, and substance misuse. My interests include a global understanding of public health concerns in the community and addressing social determinants of health for an equitable health environment.
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Nour Hammami's research interests are on adolescent's health and social conditions. Her research spans public health, social epidemiology, mental health, obesity with a special interest in social inequalities in health and the health and social conditions of vulnerable populations. Nour Hammami is currently an assistant professor at Trent University Durham in Child and Youth studies in Ontario, Canada.
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Associate professor in social policy at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Specialized in population ageing, work, retirement, and research methods.
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I am a researcher completing my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. I study International Relations and Political Behavior. My research broadly focuses on the ways in which major events — be they personal traumas or national tragedies — impact social cohesion and identity.
I study International Relations and Political Behavior, and my book project focuses on the micro-foundations of post-conflict dynamics, specifically investigating how trauma exposure and and subsequent trauma-related distress affect social stability in conflict-affected populations.
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Professor of public policy in the department of political science at Concordia University. Expertise in gender and public policy; critical policy studies;' feminist governance and gender mainstreaming; citizen engagement and public policy; and reproductive technologies
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Dr Kate Roll is a political scientist and assistant professor at UCL's Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her work brings an interest in power and politics to understanding situations as diverse as post-conflict veterans' pensions in Timor-Leste and route-to-market programmes in Kenya.