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Mayowa addresses education reform and economic liberation for people of African descent. She is at the University of Pennsylvania as a master of social policy student, social justice scholar, Perry World House Graduate Associate, and intern at the African American Resource Center. Mayowa also holds a bachelor's in psychology from Howard University.
Before beginning her master's at Penn, Mayowa worked full-time at Howard's Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center. Most recently, interned onsite at the University of Botswana researching graduate education.
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Founder of GreenRise Initiative. Ishimwe Prince is a refugee rights advocate, interested in promoting refugees' voices and opportunities for refugees. Prince is a student at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda, BSc. Petroleum Engineering & Environmental Management. Prince is a refugee from Rwanda to Uganda, as his family fled from a catastrophic genocide in Rwanda to DRCongo and then to Uganda. Ishimwe addresses challenges faced by people in refugee camps of East Africa especially children who have lost hope due the life they have in the refugee camps.
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• Doctor of Philosophy
• MBA (Spec. Finance) University of Mauritius
• ACCA and FCCA (1993)
Kesseven Padachi is a Professor at the University of Technology, Mauritius. He holds a PhD in small business finance and is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK. His research has primarily been on SMEs, with emphasis on working capital management. Through collaborative research he has developed research interest in the field of finance, Corporate Governance, and e-banking, financial literacy and digital literacy.
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I am Senior Lecturer in Banking at the University of Manchester and currently Head of Management and Organisation Studies group. I was Director for Social Responsibility at the Business School. I am Associate Editor of Journal of Cultural Economy and have published extensively on socially responsible finance. My research interests are socially responsible finance and business and cultural economy. I have acted as consultant and advisor to public and private institutions internationally and advised research projects internationally in Denmark, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Brazil, U.K.
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Consultant at UNESCO - Social and Human Sciences Sector; Management of Social Transformations & Foresight section @Division for Social Policies. Dual Master's Degree in Public Policy at SciencesPo Paris and Hertie School Berlin (MPP). Political Science(BA), Languages & Sociocultural Studies(BA) from University of the Andes, Colombia. Young professional with a keen grasp of current politics and an exceptional interest in Social, Education, and Environmental Policies; international affairs, and human rights issues.
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Associate Professor at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, Wellington where I research the communication of science advice for decision-making in the context of Natural Hazards, with a particular focus on scientific uncertainty. Collaboration and supervision topics include communication of model uncertainty, forecasts, warnings, communication for collective action, building disaster resilience, as well as perceptions and communication of risk. Also on part-time secondment to Toka Tū Ake EQC (NZ's Natural Hazard Insurance Agency) as Senior Advisor Science Communiation.
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Dean of the College of Arts at Universidad Javeriana de Colombia.
PhD, Rhetoric Department, University of California Berkeley, California, 2015
Visual Studies Department, Universidad Javeriana de Colombia Associate Professor (2019–present).
Guest Artist at Latin American Center Zurich; Zentrum Künste und Kulturtheorie. March 2020.
Member of the National Council of Culture and the Arts as representative for the National Council of Visual Arts, Colombia
Art Professor, Arkansas State University 2017
Interests: New Media, Gender Studies, Political Theory, Art Practice, Postcolonial studies
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Research professor in Plant Biodiversity. I have a degree of Doctorate in plant’s biology, Option: “Environmental and Genetic of Forest Trees”. My research interest revolves around conservation and valorization of plant genetic resources. I focus on the genetic and breeding diversity and its interaction with climate change. I also have a great deal of experience in plants ecophysiology, environmental studies, and cost and benefits of plant ecosystem services. Also among my recent works is the analysis of the cost and benefit of irrigation systems in relation to agronomic efficiency.