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Naomi Adiv earned her PhD in Geography in 2014 from the CUNY Graduate Center. She has published journal articles and given conference presentations on urban swimming and bathing, the politics of public space, and the infrastructure of play in cities. Naomi has taught urban geography, planning, and politics for over a decade at urban universities in New York City, Portland, OR, and Toronto. Currently at the University of Toronto Mississauga, she teaches courses on urban politics, and runs the political science internship program.
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Senior Lecturer and Director of Initial Teacher Education
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Fellow, Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
Research interests in areas where religion and education meet
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Dr. Urquiza Haas is a Lecturer in Law at Lancaster University and is interested in the relationship between law, science and social issues. Her research focused on law and vulnerability, as well as the regulation of traditional and complementary medicine.
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Dr. Natraj is working as an Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Institute of Digital and Telecom Management, Symbiosis International University, India. He holds a Ph.D. in ECE from KAHE, India. He has researched Communication systems, Wireless Networks, 5G, and Machine learning. He is good at exploring the implementation of Technology to solve real-time issues for common people. He holds multiple Patent publications and Patent grants in the field of IoT and embedded systems for humanitarian impact.
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Professor of Media Structures and Governance
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Faculty and Area Chair in Digital Business and Analytics Area with Bharathidasan Institute of Management. I have close to 2 decades of work experience in industry and academic. The institution I am affiliated with is working towards contributing to the sustainable development and EDI.
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Chair, Social Research and Methodology, University of Basel; Director, Social Transitions Research Group, University of Basel; Board Member, Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS), University of Basel; Research Councilor, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); Visiting Professor, University of Michigan; Chair, World Sustainability Forum; Member, Uganda National Academy of Sciences; Member, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
My substantive research focus is on socio-sustainable transitions, where stakeholders with diverse interests cooperate despite diverging goals.
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Laura Nkula-Wenz is a lecturer and student affairs coordinator for the MA in Critical Urbanisms, University of Basel, as well as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the SNSF-funded ‘Governing Through Design’ project, where she co-leads the South Designs initiative together with Prof. Kenny Cupers. She is a human geographer by training and her research has focused on local urban governance transformation, the impact of international events and urban accolades, and the nexus of cultural production and urban change.
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Jamie Pring is an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS and a lecturer at the University of Basel. Her research and teaching focus on peace and security policies of regional intergovernmental organisations in the Global South.
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Sevin Sagnic is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at UC San Diego. She has M.A. degrees in International Migration from the University of Kent-BSIS (2014) and International Relations from Bogazici University (2017). Previously, Sevin has worked on multiple EU-funded projects for the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly in Istanbul (2015-2017). She has also served as an expert consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and as a researcher at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS).