Paweł Bukowski is a Research Economist at Centre for Economic Performance at LSE; a Guest Lecturer at the Department of Economic at LSE; and an Adjunct at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He holds a PhD in Economics from Central European University. He is also a senior expert at the European Expert Network on Economics of Education. Paweł’s current research interest is concentrated on labour market and spatial inequalities. He has published in top field peer-reviewed economic journals and his research has been covered by the main Polish and international media outlets.

I am the Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town. Prior to this I worked in the Government of South Africa for over 20 years as a trade negotiator. My research interests are related to global governance, international political economy, economic development and regional integration in Africa. I am also keen to learn from other researchers about building and strengthening Implementation capacity of developing country states.

Amelia joined the University of Surrey in January 2019 as Head of the Department of Politics, and Chair in European and International Affairs. In January 2021, she assumes the role of Dean International. Previously she worked as Director of the Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS), a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Canterbury Christ Church Uni (2013-2018), after positions in Brussels at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels and the Institute for European Studies, where she directed the Euromaster degree, as well as the Educational Development (EDU). Amelia is a long-standing Jean Monnet Chair in European Foreign Affairs, researching, teaching, consulting & postgrad supervising on EU foreign policy, EU-UK relations. Her areas of expertise include Common Security and Defence Policy, EU-Russia Energy Relations, EU Neighbourhood Policy, EU Development policy (with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa), EU relations with the US and Canada, Arctic & northern governance issues, and European energy governance. Additional areas of interest include foreign policy analysis, international and diplomatic history, the role of sovereignty in political history, International Relations theory, international political economy, public policy analysis, the Commonwealth and EU education policy. Amelia is regularly called upon as a guest speaker, external supervisor, research partner, consultant and media pundit on areas of EU foreign affairs, and of late, EU-UK relations.

My research focuses primarily on households and the use of household data to answer critical questions related to their welfare and improving it. Common themes include policy analysis, health and energy.