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Education Officer for the Ministry of Education. Experienced educator with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in Digital Education & Quality Assurance, Lecturing, Robotics, Educational Technology, and Curriculum Development. Strong education professional with a MA in Online and Distance Education focused on eLearning from the Open University, UK.
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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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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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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).
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Associate Professor in the Departments of Gender Studies and Political Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
MA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Arizona, USA.
President, Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID).
Gender Consultant, Auditor General of Canada, Commonwealth of Learning, VIDEA, and other NGOs and projects.
Areas of Research Expertise: Gender and International Development & Human Rights (with a focus on Women's Economic Empowerment), Global Political Economy, Global Governance, Feminist and Critical Research Methods.
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Dr Katrina McChesney is a senior lecturer in education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, a council member of the NZ Association for Research in Education, and co-editor of Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Her research centres on inclusive higher (particularly doctoral) education. Current projects focus on trauma in doctoral education, doctoral education via distance, and parents in higher education. Katrina uses qualitative, mixed, and trauma-informed research methods. She has previously worked in public education policy and education reform in the UAE.
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PhD in Modeling and Public Policy Management. Currently, she is a Research Professor at the Innovation Center of the School of Management at Universidad del Rosario. She has more than ten years of experience as a researcher and consultant in public and private organizations in her areas of interest: Strategic Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Public Innovation, Social Innovation, Knowledge Management and Agile Project Management.