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Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Centre for Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Qualification: PhD in the area of health economics from IIPS, Mumbai and Postdoc from Department of Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark
Soumitra is trained in both economics and demography and has been working in the broad area of Health for the last 15 years (excluding PhD years).
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Jesse Lastunen is a research associate at UNU-WIDER, specialising in tax-benefit microsimulation modelling. His research interests include labour and public economics, with a focus on social policy, taxation and employment. Jesse has previously worked for organizations such as OECD, RAND Corporation, Internet Association, Technopolis Group, and CERN. He received his PhD in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School, with analytical concentrations in economics and quantitative methods. He has master’s degrees in international economics and technology policy.
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I am the General Manager of STRATEGIECS Think Tank, a research center based in Amman, Jordan. At STRATEGIECS, we aim to assist decision- and policy-makers in the Middle East by producing strategic research and offering recommendations to those in the field of international relations, diplomacy, and counterterrorism; in particular, governments, international institutions, and economic entities.
We also conduct assessments of political, military, security, and economic strategies, highlighting their weaknesses and strengths, investigating their ability to achieve desired goals.
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Roman Vakulchuk works as Head of Climate and Energy Research Group at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), a think tank in Norway. He holds a PhD in Economics from Jacobs University Bremen in Germany. He advised international organizations (e.g., ADB, OECD, World Bank) and government institutions in Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe on economic reform, climate change and energy education. He is Co-Founder of the Central Asian Development Institute (CADI). In 2013, Vakulchuk was awarded the Gabriel Al-Salem International Award for Excellence in Consulting.
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Anas Alqassas is a researcher and commentator on international security, machtpolitik, global strategy and international development, with expert background in geopolitical risk analyses and strategic forecasting.
For many years, he served as a consultant and Subject-Matter Expert at UNDP, ILO, UNDPPA, WBG, GIZ & UNGC; along with other governmental and international organizations.
Mr. Alqassas is an active member in some of the world's most renowned institutions in social and political science such as IPSA, IPRA & United Nations Associations (Egypt / USA) along with some others.