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Tina Magazzini is a political scientist based at the European University Institute where she is the main researcher for a H2020 project which explores different models of religious diversity governance around the world (http://grease.eui.eu/). Her research interests involve the tension between redistribution, recognition and representation; identity politics, and the relationship between majorities, minorities and states. Prior to joining the EUI she worked with international organizations such as the European Commission, the Council of Europe and UNESCO in the US, Guatemala, Hungary, Belgium, Spain and Zimbabwe. Tina holds a PhD in Human Rights and a MA in International Relations.
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Idil is a postdoctoral fellow at International Water Management Institute South Africa, coordinating national and regional policy dialogues and technical advisories in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa to improve their enabling environment for climate-resilient agricultural transformation and trade. Idil contributes to the CGIAR initiatives Ukama Ustawi–Diversification for Resilient Agrifood Systems in East and Southern Africa, and Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
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RICHARD KYLE PAISLEY is a practicing lawyer and the Director of the Global Transboundary International Waters Governance Research Initiative, University of British Columbia, Institute of Asian Research in Vancouver, Canada. His academic background includes graduate degrees in biochemistry (B.Sc., UBC); natural resources management (M.Sc., University of Washington); law (J.D., Pepperdine) and international law (LL.M., London School of Economics).
Richard has worked widely throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas for the past three decades. His research, teaching, graduate supervision and advisory interests include: governance of international waters and related resources; negotiations / mediation / environmental conflict resolution; international environmental law and international business transactions. He publishes extensively in the scholarly academic literature.
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Adam Elshaug, M.P.H., Ph.D., is a researcher and policy advisor specializing in reducing waste and optimizing value in health care. At the University of Melbourne he is Professor in Health Policy with joint appointments in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH) and Melbourne Medical School, and is Director, Centre for Health Policy (MSPGH). He is also Visiting Fellow with The Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Adam advises international governments and other policy agencies on issues of health care effectiveness and efficiency, for example as a Ministerial appointee to the (Australian) Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce and as a Board member Bureau of Health Information (BHI) which reports on the performance of the public health system, including the safety and quality, effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness. Adam was a 2010-11 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow based at the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). From mid-2011 to mid-2013, he then served as NHMRC Sidney Sax Fellow in Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy. He is recipient of numerous research awards and has collaborated to attract over $125 million in research funding and published approximately 170 technical reports and peer reviewed articles with first-author publications in journals including The Lancet (co-lead of the 2017 Right Care series), NEJM, BMJ, JAMA, MJA, among others.