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Despina Dimelli is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete and the founder and director of Urban and Regional Planning Laboratory. She participates in scientific committees of national and international conferences, and she is a reviewer in national and international scientific journals. She participates in international (HORIZON2020, COST E.TC) and national research programs. She has been awarded in international and national urban and architectural competitions. She has expertise in Urban Conservation issues.
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology; registered clinical psychologist and currently Acting Head of School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. I have a PhD, and PG Diploma in Clinical Psychology. I coordinate the clinical psychology training programme and teach at all levels of academic scholarship. My 20+year clinical career (and research) has focused on work with children, youth and families, with specialist interests in paediatric oncology, and anxiety and trauma, particularly cumulative trauma resulting in complex post-trauma symptoms.
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Peter Graefe is Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Université de Montréal. His research deals with social policy in Canada, especially social assistance and social economy policy, as well as intergovernmental relations in social policy-making.
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Lecturer in Public Policy at The University of Melbourne. Dr Jeremiah Thomas Brown's research applies the capability approach to the impact of public and social policy on the wellbeing outcomes of citizens. His focus is on the principles that underpin policy choices, and the impact that both government and organisations can have in improving wellbeing outcomes in people’s lives. His recent work analyses the role that administrative burden and application forms can play in preventing access to social security support, and how using a systems approach to financial wellbeing can improve individual financial wellbeing outcomes.
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Dr Sarina de Jager (Phd (UJ) Ed Psyc, MEd Ed Psyc(UJ), BEd Hons Ed Psyc (UJ), BEd (FET) UJ) is a lecturer in the Humanities Education Department and a registered Educational Psychologist. Her research interests include wellbeing in education, with her most recent research exploring the connection between students in Higher Education’s wellbeing and their experiences of vulnerability and worthiness. Sarina also nurtures a key interest in humanistic education and the concepts of courage, vulnerability, and wisdom in Education.
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Prateek Basavaraj is the senior research analyst for student success at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington DC. Dr. Basavaraj has worked on several projects studying the STEM program curriculum and quality enhancement of computing programs to improve student success at public institutions. Dr. Basavaraj has around ten years of research experience and specializes in STEM higher education, academic analytics, institutional transformation and equitable student success.
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I am working as an Economist at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi which is a premier research institution in India that specializes in public finance and policy research. I have been engaged in research and analysis related to public finance, macroeconomic policy, international trade, and related areas. Mostly, involved in conducting research studies, analyzing economic data, and providing policy recommendations to government agencies and other stakeholders.
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Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. I hold a PhD in Geography and Resource Development from the University of Ghana, MSc from Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Rotterdam and University of Delaware, USA, a Post Graduate Diploma and BSc Design from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. I worked as an a consulting architect at Architectural and Engineering Services limited (AESL) then became the Greater Accra Regional Architect for 15 years. My research expertise is architecture, urban studies, African studies.
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Yang Hu is Professor of Global Sociology at the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. Yang’s research focuses on intersectional inequalities in work-family life in a global context. His research contributes to advancing work-family and social equality, as well as our understanding of how macro socio-economic, political and institutional developments and cultural changes (re)configure everyday work, family and intimate lives.
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I am Professor in Economics, University of Colombo. My expert areas include gender budgeting, social protection, SDGs, National Transfer Accounts, SMEs and project analysis.