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Jo is based at the University of Glasgow. She has written extensively on the value of a human rights framework to remove disabling barriers to being and doing, writing on rights and caring, measuring rights and on realising rights for disabled people. As a member of the Research Advisory Group to the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Jo has completed several projects including an evaluation of Scotland’s National Action Plan for human rights. Jo is an internationally recognised methodologist and also works with the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences as Deputy Director for Training.
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Tracy is a principal Researcher and Team leader – Strengthening Local to Global Partnerships within IIED’s Climate Change Group. She has over 17 years of development research, programme coordination and management, policy and strategy development and has worked on natural resource management and governance programmes, gender equality programming, conflict analysis and climate change.
Tracy has worked with national Governments in Africa, International organisations, Civil Society Organisations and was a Regional Senior Climate Change Advisor for Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before joining IIED
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Research and programmes lead who specialises in designing and delivering evidence-based social interventions in low-resource contexts. Currently researching what works to change social norms that lead to violence against women and children (VAWC) in low-to middle-income countries. My thesis undertakes a systematic review to map and investigate promising interventions, which is followed by a qualitative comparative analysis to identify which intervention components are most effective. Lastly, I develop a pilot study to explore how interventions to prevent VAWC could be more effective. I currently teach on the undergraduate Social Policy course as a tutor, and am consulting to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on how to shift norms that lead to violence against domestic workers.
I am an operations lead with more than 20 years’ experience developing programmes to meet objectives, schedules, and budgets for clients in international development and the private sector, including USAID, DFID, UNDP, and Motorola. In Nigeria, I led the design of a multi-million-pound legislative strengthening strategy to reduce poverty. Before attending Oxford, I directed research and programming for a UK charity for social mobility, For Common Cause. We organised professional volunteer support, networking, skills training, and donations to help low-income groups into work. I led advocacy at Parliament to reform welfare policy on job-seekers allowance for micro-enterprises.
A seasoned practitioner with multi-disciplinary research skills bridging theory and practice. Methods interests include mixed quantitative and qualitative methods; systematic and realist reviews; quasi-experimental designs; randomised controlled trials (RCTs); thematic analysis; community mobilisation; public dialogue; and participatory design. Nominated for Woman of the Year (2015) in the Pioneer category by Red Magazine.
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César Guzmán-Concha is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Institute of Citizenship Studies, University of Geneva, and principal investigator in the project “Mobilizing for Basic Incomes: Social Innovation in Motion” (H2020-MSCA MOBILISE, project no. 839483).
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PhD: Digital Activism and Political Trust (UofGlasgow)
MSc: International Relations (Uni of Bristol)
MA: Art Law & Arts Management (IHU)
BA: Translation and Interpretation (Ionian Uni)
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Gry is co-founder of DataEthics.eu. Research Lead http://InTouchAI.eu, Lead IWE http://datapollution.eu. She works as an independent senior researcher and holds a Ph.D in data ethics, power and the human approach to big data and AI. She was a member of the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on AI (2018-2020).
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Possess M. S Degree in Project Management and pursuing Ph.D studies. Expert on Cooperatives. Planned, executed and monitored small scale development projects through cooperative societies in different districts of Punjab(Pakistan). Visiting faculty at Cooperative Training College and some other capacity building institutions. Attended 3 international conferences on Cooperatives, sustainable rural development and participatory community development. 4 papers published so far.
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I am an economics Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego. My research combines Economics and Data Science to develop novel statistical methods for applications in social sciences. Website: dviviano.github.io
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Athur Mabiso is Senior Technical Specialist (Economist) at the Research and Impact Division (RIA) of IFAD. He works on impact assessments of IFAD projects and conducts research on a variety of topics in development economics.
Mabiso has extensive research experience in the areas of agricultural policy, rural investments, food security, health and nutrition. Prior to joining IFAD in 2018, Mabiso worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute, conducting research and engaging with policymakers and development partners in several developing countries in Africa and Asia.
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Holding a postdoctorate in sociology of education, a doctorate in comparative and international education, and a master's in development practice (human rights law and environment), Juliette E Torabian is a senior international expert in int'l development and education with 25 years of experience managing projects on equality and quality of education across more than 30 countries in Asia and Africa and Europe. She is also a senior researcher and academic lecturer in social policy, int'l dev, and sustainability. She is a recognised policy design and practice reform specialist.