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Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies (CSSEIP), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Broadly work in the areas of - Institutions and governance; inequality and politics of development; state-society interrelationships and user/citizen involvement through participatory approaches - Studying inequalities, welfare systems and public policy, ethnic power relations and conflict, local governance, rural service provision, food security, gender and governance, natural resource management, and the political economy of public administration.
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My latest works focus on international cooperation for sustainable development, and previous works addressed social policy for groups in vulnerability. Key professional roles include Tutor for the LSE Public Policy online course through GetSmarter; Researcher on environmental cooperation at Igarapé Institute; Advisor for trilateral cooperation and educational programme at the UK Foreign Office in Brazil; Consultant on migration policy for IOM-UN, etc. I hold a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge and a Masters from Paris V University.
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By using ethnography and qualitative methods supplemented with policy analysis, my interdisciplinary work focuses on a range of contexts in both the global South and North. My approach is to study small places in order to discuss wider social issues. I have written about identities and social innovation and social enterprises with sense of belonging and community as main components. My ethnographic work concerns migration, transnational academia, sense of belonging, freedom of expression, human rights and the UN global goals.
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With a strong background in development research, practice, policy and evaluation (25 years+ including 15 years in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs of which 7 years as deputy head of the evaluation department) I am now a Senior Adviser at the Department of Business and Economics at Aalborg University in Denmark. As such, I am the coordinator of the AfricaLics Visiting Fellowship Programme (see www.africalics.org) and also work on a project focussing on capability building in solar and wind energy sectors in Kenya and related policy advise (www.irekproject.net). I was recently appointed chair of the Board of the Danida Fellowship Centre (www.dfcentre.com) and have a strong interest in influencing development policies with a view to promoting equality and inclusiveness.
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Dr. Titilayo Olaposi is a Senior Research Fellow of the African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She holds Ph.D. in Technology Management. She teaches, conduct research and supervises graduate students' research in Technology Management.
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Social Worker for twenty-five years in constant learning. Since the intervention in the field of addictions, and in the youth and children, addressing the problems of housing and eviction arising from the crisis in 2008, have marked my professional and academic development. Professor at the University of Málaga, Doctor in Research and Social and Community Intervention. Committed in the professional development of Social Work as president of the Professional College in Málaga and member of the General Council of Spain.
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Lecturer at Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Expertise in consulting, lecturing, strategic and policy research with particular interest in the Sub - Saharan African (SSA) region.
My research and consultancy interests primarily include Public Private Partnerships (PPP)/Financing and investing in infrastructure projects, infrastructure reform and regulation, affordable housing delivery, built environment research techniques & methodology and sustainable development.
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Rasigan Maharajh is concurrently the founding Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at Tshwane University of Technology; Associate Research Fellow of the Tellus Institute in Boston; and an elected Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
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Professor at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, working on social inclusion of persons with a disability.
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Mohamed Kadry, founder of Think Tank Development Solutions; a social venture acting as a knowledge hub for social development innovations introduced by young people, focusing mainly on Social Entrepreneurship as a mean for sustainable development.
Mohamed has been working in community development since 2002, working for and collaborating with many local, international and governmental organizations; Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ashoka Arab World, UNDP, Information and Decision Support Center, Ministry of Social Solidarity, UNICEF, British Council, GIZ, Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute and UNESCO. Mohamed’s expertise includes civic engagement and participation, dialogue, social accountability, debating skills, outreach and communication, youth development, youth unemployment, and youth economic empowerment.
Mohamed holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from School of Global Affairs and Public Policy/American University in Cairo. In 2008 he completed a graduate diploma in Management of NGOs from Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences/Cairo University. In 2005 he received his bachelor degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences/Cairo University.
In 2012 Mohamed had received Youssef Jameel Public Leadership Fellowship and in 2014 Mohamed had received the Social Entrepreneurship Award "Pioneers of Egypt", from Synergos Foundation for his efforts in creative youth civic engagement approaches.