- My training is in Maritime and transport Economics an have lectured in this field and related subjects for 13 years. - Over two and half of exploration, identification and consensus-building as researcher on Port Efficiency and Public-Private Capacity team researching the Port of Tema, Ghana on a DKK 4,997,029 grant from the Danish Foreign Ministry. The project focuses on three areas in the port of Tema, namely the Port Service Economy, Digitalization and Capacity Building. - A key asset of mine is the network of transport practitioners in the public and private sectors in Ghana and West Africa due to my position as lecturer and my engagement with the ministry of Transport as expert in the Transport Sector Working Group and Transport Planners group. - Through the research, we have been able to bring stakeholders together to identify the critical challenges in the port industry. We used a soft systems methodology that enables them to identify and find solutions to their challenges collectively. - Developed an in-depth knowledge of multi-disciplinary scientific literature and research design. - Successfully presented research results at stakeholder meetings, international conferences and focus group discussions under this project. - Worked as consultant on Liberia's portion of the Trans- ECOWAS highway setting out the regulatory and institutional framework and conducting traffic surveys.

Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at UNSW Sydney; originally from Brazil.

I’m a Research Assistant Professor within the Division of Public Policy, a Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study Junior Fellow, and a Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Emerging Market Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). I am also a Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law and a DAAD Research Ambassador for the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service. My research interests include the relationship between political institutions, public opinion, and policy change in the context of public health and health policy. My research is also motivated by broader interests in the politics of science policy, comparative social policy, and global health security and governance. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the O’Neill Institute and a 2017-18 Fulbright Fellow at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Before beginning my doctoral program, I spent several years in London working as a researcher and consultant on social and economic trends in the United Kingdom and the United States, counter-terrorism stakeholders in the European Union, and carbon emissions of private corporations. In addition, I was a Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholar at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich, Germany. I have a BA in Political Science and a BS in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an MS in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MA and PhD in Government from Georgetown.

Dr Stanley Maphosa works in the science advise, science communication and science diplomacy field at the Academy of Science of South Africa seven years now. Before that, he worked for 12 years for an International NGO- World Vision in transformational development, disaster risk management and advocacy. He has been a monitoring and evaluation specialist and leadership development practitioner. His work with The World Academy of Science sub Saharan Africa Regional Partner (TWAS SAREP) and ASSAf covers national, regional, Pan African and global levels of science. He has a PhD in Social Sciences- Specialising in Youth Sociology-Youth Participation in Decision Making Processes from the University of Fort Hare.