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Nicola Ansell is a Professor of Human Geography in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Brunel University London. Her research focuses on social and cultural change in the lives of young people in the global South, particularly southern Africa, and the educational and social policies that produce and respond to such change. Nicola is also author of Children, Youth and Development (Routledge, second edition 2017) and of more than 70 other publications. She runs an MA programme at Brunel in Children, Youth and International Development.
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I am a data scientist, highly resourceful, and dynamic individual with the strength, ability, and enthusiasm needed for distinctive performance and a personality that attracts confidence and trust. I graduated from the Nice Sophia University with a Doctorate’s degree in economics, econometrics, and applied statistics and two years a post-doctorate Post-doctorate in computing programming and data science at Aix-Marseille University.
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Laura L. Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE is an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery and Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Kimberly’s current work examines ethical and psychosocial implications of innovative medical and surgical interventions, with a focus on embodied selfhood, quality of life and health equity across the lifespan. Dr. Kimberly holds a PhD in social work from Columbia University, master’s degrees in bioethics and social work from the University of Pennsylvania, and an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Yale University.
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My name is Gearoid Millar, and I am a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of both the MSc in Peace and Conflict Studies and the MSc in Policy Evaluation at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. My research uses an Ethnographic Peace Research approach to examine local experiences of international interventions for peace, justice, and development. I have published research analysing the complex and unpredictable interactions (characterised by Hybridity and Friction) between international peacebuilding interventions and local communities and individuals who experience those interventions.
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Oliver Walton is a Senior Lecturer in International Development at the University of Bath, UK, specialising in the political economy of war-to-peace transitions, NGO politics, conflict and peacebuilding.
His research has focuses on the political economy of war to peace transitions, civil society, NGOs and NGO legitimacy. Recent work has examined the role of borderlands and brokers in post-war transitions in Nepal and Sri Lanka, and the role of alcohol in conflict-affected regions.
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Delivering strategic and actionable research and analysis for academic and government organisations. Crafting evidence-based communications to support strategic decision-making. Engaging stakeholders in private, public, academic and civic sectors to drive social change. Internationally experienced with engagements across multiple sectors and disciplines.
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Engaged in research and teaching on issues pertaining to caste based exclusion, untouchability and atrocities/human right violation against the Scheduled Castes/Dalits in India. Published extensively on the issue of caste violence and diversity, and delivered numerous lectures in reputed universities both within and outside India. Currently a Professor at the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
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My research focusses on the governance of exploitative and so-called 'unfree' labour and in particular the various forms of it targeted for eradication by the Sustainable Development Goals. I conduct ethnographic and participatory action research with people defined as victims of trafficking, slavery, child labour and forced labour, and political anthropological research on the institutions that seek to protect them. My research asks why ‘victims’ are so often excluded from the policy process and tries to make sense of the way that policy-making institutions think, work and navigate their political limitations. I frequently collaborate with the international child protection agency, Terre des Hommes, on participatory action research projects with child migrants, child workers, and street-connected children to develop ground-up responses to their circumstances. I also currently lead an ERC Starting Grant that aims to trial both action research and unconditional cash transfers as potential policy responses to indecent or exploitative work in Hyderabad, India. This project partners with the Indian Network for Basic Income and Dr. Sarath Davala, who co-led the famous Indian basic income trial in Madhya Pradesh. Lastly, I founded and am one of the editors of the Beyond Trafficking and Slavery section at openDemocracy (www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery), which aims to put radical and grassroots commentary on ‘unfree’ or exploitative work and movement into the public domain. https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/neil-howard
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Philosopher by training, Phinith Chanthalangsy is Unit Head of the Social and Human Sciences Sector, in the UNESCO ROSA Office in Harare (Zimbabwe). His fields of specialization are Comparative Philosophy, Ethics, and Cultural Studies. He joined UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France) in 2007, under the Philosophy, Democracy and Human Security Programme. From 2012 to 2019, he worked in the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb region in Rabat (Morocco), in charge of Youth Civic Participation and Citizenship and Human Rights Education, Gender, Social Inclusion, Philosophy, Ethics, and Intercultural Dialogue. Prior to joining UNESCO, he worked as a Research Fellow at the Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient and the National Library in Vientiane, Laos.
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An economist and Associate Professor in Global Sustainability with particular expertise on group behaviour in socio-ecological interactions.
Research interests relate to the understanding and measurement of herd-behaviour and social norms, their impact on individual decision-making, well-being and resource entitlements. Her current research projects evolve around sustainable earnings, group inequality mapping, and cross-disciplinary approaches to climate justice.