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Elyakim Kislev promotes the inclusion of unmarried people in society. He serves as the head of the Honors Program in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the Hebrew University, specializing in relationships, technology, and singles studies. Kislev holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University and three master's degrees in counseling, public policy, and sociology. He received the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Fellowship and the Award for Outstanding Fulbright Scholars.
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Helena Hinke Dobrochinski Candido is University Lecturer at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. She holds a PhD in Political Sociology and a Master’s degree in Regional Development. She recently completed a post-doctoral research project funded by the Academy of Finland in which she explored the dynamics of Finnish education export. Her main research interest lies in comparative education, primarily focusing on education politics and policies.
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Since February 2014, Sebastiano Sabato has been working as a researcher on European integration at the Brussels-based European Social Observatory (Observatoire social européen - OSE). His current research interests include EU socio-economic governance, comparative social policy, policies for the socio-ecological transition, and industrial relations.
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Rebecca Matthew, PhD, MPH, MSW, is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Georgia (USA). Her research focuses on alternative economies, environmental justice, safe and affordable housing, healthcare and social service access. She has served as a field expert for the International Labor Organization’s Global Mapping of the Provision of Care through Cooperatives project, and her scholarly work has appeared in various venues, to include: Affilia; VOLUNTAS; and the Journal of Community Psychology.
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Academic and industry specialist in emerging technologies, with 20+ years of R&D experience with an emphasis on the healthcare sector. PhD in Physics from the University of Padova (2001). Full-time academic at Brunel University London. Former staff member at University College London and Lund University. Former Honorary Research Scientist with the UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Visiting Scientist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre, and project leader in industry. I have collaborated closely with large multinational technology companies such as QinetiQ.
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Raymond Trau is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management at Macquarie University. His research focuses on diversity and inclusion. In particular, Raymond is interested in the impact of psychological and contextual influences on the workplace experiences of women, minorities and stigmatised groups, and the extent to which these experiences shape their wellbeing, work attitudes, career development and job performance.
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Seiji Isotani is a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Full Professor of Computer Science and Learning Technology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Since 2017, he has worked as a scientific advisor in several projects of the Brazilian Ministry of Education to (re)design and implement public policies related to educational technologies. He is currently Vice-President of the Brazilian Academy of Educational Technologies, part of the Executive Committee of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society.