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Roberto Stefan Foa is University Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. His research examines quality of government, regimes, and comparative social indicators. He is also interested in research methodology, including comparative survey work, index construction and design, geospatial analysis, and multi-method research. Roberto's academic work has been published in a wide range of top journals, and has been cited in publications including The Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Guardian and The Atlantic.
Roberto graduated from the University of Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (BA), and completed his Ph.D. at the Harvard University Department of Government, during which time he published three articles rated by the Web of Science as among the top 1% highest impact in their fields. He has served as a Peter Martin Fellow at the Financial Times and was designer of the Indices of Social Development at the World Bank (www.indsocdev.org), a global resource combining more than 25 data sources that measure social institutions such as trust, tolerance, social discrimination, and inclusion. He has also served as a consultant to the United Nations, the Africa Progress Panel, and the European Council for Tolerance and Reconciliation. He is a member of the Oxford Altius Society and a Principal Investigator of the World Values Surveys.
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Governments are responsible for two critical issues here - countering of international organized crime and protecting societies most vunerable members, especially children and young persons. Some goverñments and organizations provide excellent examples of responsible action already underway.
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Victor is a 17 year old social entrepreneur and founder of InnovaYouth (www.innovayouth.org/), a global education nonprofit that empowers young people to develop their skills in research, collaboration, and communication with the goal of promoting societal change. Since its founding, InnovaYouth has directly impacted over 10600 students in 15 states and 14 countries, with over 50 workshops and global summits on social responsibility, civic engagement, and Generation Z. Victor has been recognized by Tessy Ojo of the Princess Diana Award, Jackie Bezos of Bezos Family Foundation, Bill Drayton of Ashoka, and more. Besides his work in InnovaYouth, Victor also spearheads Coalesce For, a national civic initiative aimed to increase the young voter turnout for the 2020 election, and coordinates The Art of Living Health Ideas Festival in his local community. As a global change ambassador, he aims to promote peace and prosperity on Earth by working alongside like-minded individuals to make social impact.
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Chokri Kooli is Adjunct associate Professor at The Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Canada. He earned a Doctorate (PhD) in Economics from the school for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). He also earned two Master degrees in Organizations Management and social sciences from the University of Paris. He performs research in Public policy, Economics of development, Economics of education, Labor, gender and Health Economics.
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Phillip leads IAYG, a not-for-profit group focused on geographic and civic education. IAYG develops student programmes and competitions in geographic & global education. Learn more at iaygfamily.org.
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Kate is a socio-economist with over 20 years experience. She has a particular interest in poverty dynamics and has extensive experience researching chronic and intergenerational poverty. Her work takes a gendered perspective and has incorporated research on women’s economic empowerment, the impacts of intersecting inequalities on poverty outcomes and the household and intra-household impacts of policies and interventions. Kate has substantial expertise designing and leading primary research using Q squared analysis and both leading and training research teams in using life history methodologies alongside participative and other qualitative methods. Country expertise includes Rwanda, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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As a Professor of International Law and Development working at a development studies institute (ISS, The Hague, The Netherlands - part of Erasmus University Rotterdam) I am interested in exploring how international law can be a stimulus or an obstacle for development. I am especially interested in inclusive development, and in human rights-based and child rights-based approaches to development. I also have ample experience with project work in both developing and developed countries, for governmental and non-governmental organizations. Please check https://www.iss.nl/en/people/karin-arts
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Development/emergency agent with project management/training background and important experience in hostile emergency settings.
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Hamisi Dzole currently work with National Gender and Equality Commission in Kenya. He has over 9 years’ experience working with both State and Non-State Actors in Kenya.
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Denise Long is principal of Youthcentrix®. Youthcentrix® provides trauma-informed allied & behavioral health, implementation consulting, an immersive learning lab, and information technology tools. Her consulting, speaking, publications, and research center on implementation and evaluation of wellbeing, trauma-informed practices, and institutional racial equity by way of antiracism. She works with and studies practitioners, executive leadership teams and organizational transformation committees in their efforts to implement change. Denise is active in civil society activism for Reparations.