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Senior Research Fellow in the Equity and Social Policy Programme at Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London. My expertise is in quantitative approaches to identifying groups that remain persistently marginalised from development processes. Areas of current research include assessing policies, programs and their impact on such groups through SDGs and other development initiatives.
Previously at Brookings Institution (Global Economy and Development Program), the World Bank (Poverty and Equity Global Practice), and University of Maryland (School of Public Policy).
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Sylvester has field and research experience in adolescents and young adults sexual behaviour and its psychological and sociocultural determinants. His research and community services are foregrounded on sexual health promotion and risk reduction among young people and evidence-based interventions and policies. Sylvester also conducts research on migrant health, health equity and the social aspects of emerging infectious diseases. He has worked in UNICEF and MacArthur Foundation funded projects on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/STIs prevention initiatives.
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Dr. Carole Durussel works at the OSPAR Commission as Deputy Secretary responsible for cross-cutting issues (including climate change, ocean acidification and international cooperation). Dr. Durussel has several years of experience working on issues related to ocean governance, the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in ABNJ, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining OSPAR, she was co-leading the STRONG High Seas project (Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas).
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Artista y Licenciado en Educación Física
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I currently study Public Health and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University and focus on health equity, health policy, and medicine in my work.
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National Education Officer - UNESCO Quito
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I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. My current research focuses primarily on urban transportation networks and how they affect congestion and residential segregation in cities.
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Dr Kim Encel is the Social and Human Sciences Programme Coordinator for UNESCO Bangkok. Kim completed his PhD in sport management in 2019 which focused on the establishment and evolution of a women’s football league in Australia. Since then, Kim has been working with UNESCO in Viet Nam and Thailand to inform inclusive sport policies with the government and establish impactful sport for development projects. Kim also continues to teach and research with Deakin University in sport management.
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I am a community extension worker in a university.
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Kriti Vikram is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. Her research centers on the social determinants of health, development, and well-being of children and families. One stream of her research focuses on the intergenerational transfer of (dis)advantage in health and cognitive development. These include a series of papers that illustrate how parental resources and characteristics influence the health and cognitive development of children in India. A second related line of work evaluates the role of governmental intervention on children’s development. The last strand focuses on women’s health, fertility, and contraceptive use in developing countries.