Derek Hyra is a professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy within the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on processes of neighborhood change, with an emphasis on housing, urban politics, and race. Dr. Hyra is the co-editor of Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, DC (Routledge 2016), and author of The New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville (University of Chicago Press 2008) and Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City (University of Chicago Press 2017). He is working on his fourth manuscript, Understanding Unrest: Race, Policy, and Neighborhood Inequality (University of California Press). Dr. Hyra’s research has been showcased in both academic journals, such as Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and Urban Studies, and popular media outlets, including the British Broadcasting Corporation, Chicago Public Radio, C-SPAN, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He has also received several important grants and fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dr. Hyra strongly believes in public service. He has served as board chair of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority, as an Alexandria Planning Commissioner, and as an Obama appointee on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Council on Underserved Communities. He was also a U.S. Congressional candidate in Northern Virginia in 2014. He currently serves as the chair of the American Sociological Association’s Community and Urban Sociology Section, as an editorial advisory board member of Housing Policy Debate, as a City of Falls Church (Virginia) Planning Commissioner, and as an Advocacy Advisory Council member of the United Planning Organization in Washington, DC. He received his B.A. from Colgate University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

I am Professor of European and International Governance at Ghent University, Belgium. My research focuses on climate, energy, environmental governance, and I analyse policy integration in response to complex, societal challenges, especially in the European Union.

Dr.N.Ramu has been working as Professor of Commerce in Annamalai University. He has 23 years of Pedagogical experience as well as research. He got Ph.D. from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, His Research area is Banking ,cooperative banking and HRM. He has received the prestigious University Grants Commission (UGC) Research Award (PDF) for the year 2014-16 and ‘Best Research Publication’ for the year 2011-12 from Annamalai University.He was awarded “Accredited Management Teacher” (AMT) from All-India Management Association (AIMA),New Delhi. He has been interested in Inclusive finance and Educational development .Dr.Ramu serving more than 170 international journals as editorial membe rwhich are published in all the continents .Acted as visiting professor of various universities in India.

Konstantinos Pittas is an architect, research scholar and cultural policy advisor. He holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on cultural institutions as a model for the spatialisation of democratic politics and the articulation of diverse social claims. His research interests include critical theory, political theory, spatial politics and cultural studies. His recent publications include articles on cities, spatial politics, and the intersections of artistic and political practice.