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Dr Georgios Samaras is a Lecturer in Political Economy at the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London. He received his PhD in Political Science from King’s College London (2022) after completing his MA in Education Policy from King’s College London as well (2018). His thesis focused on the rise of Greek neo-Nazi party ‘Golden Dawn’ and voting behaviour of the far-right.
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Assistant Professor, Counselling Psychologist, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Eric Werker is the William Saywell Professor at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Werker’s recent research has focused on the political economy of private sector development, economic diversification in resource-rich economies, and the interface between resource projects and local and national economies. Werker is a research affiliate of the International Growth Centre and the United Nations University WIDER and has been a policy advisor to national governments and regional organizations. He earned his A.B. and Ph.D in economics at Harvard.
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Dileni Gunewardena is Professor of Economics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Her research focuses on human capital, gender and ethnic inequality, poverty and child nutrition. She has a Ph.D. in economics from American University, and has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Brookings Institution Echidna Global Scholar, a Global Development Network (GDN) award winner and a visiting scholar at American University’s Programme in Gender Analysis in Economics. She has consulted for the World Bank and UN agencies. She is a PEP Research Fellow and a non-residential Research Fellow at Verite Research.
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PROFESSOR LARISSA McLEAN DAVIES (BA (Hons), BMus (Hons), PhD) Deputy Dean at Melbourne University Graduate School of Education, leads large-scale Teacher Education research which mobilises partnerships with Government agencies, Education Departments, and not-for-profit organisations. Her mission is to convene interdisciplinary, translational research that is taken up by education systems internationally and has long-term impact on students’ learning and opportunities.
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Sifiso Dhlamini is a Research Scientist and Strategic Lead (Policy) for the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Research & Development (WASH R&D) Centre at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. Her academic background is in housing and development studies with strong research interests in comparative WaSH strategies, urban policy and advocacy, urban development, sustainability, smart and inclusive cities. She leads and collaborates on various evidence-based WASH projects funded by local and international funders and partners.
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Prince Agwu holds academic positions at the University of Nigeria and University of Dundee. He is a Guest Lecturer at the University of Oxford. With a PhD in Social Policy, his research niche focuses on subjects of health systems/policy, migration and education. He has published remarkably across his niche areas, with over 53 and counting Scopus-indexed articles. He is rated among the top-500 scholars in his home country (Nigeria) by Sci-Val. Prince is an Associate Editor for Health Research Policy and Systems (HRPS) and the African Section Editor for Social Work and Social Sciences Review.
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Charlotte Unger is a Senior Research Associate at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS), which she represents in climate fora, such as the UNFCCC, the IPCC or the Deutsches Klima Konsortium. Her work focuses on global climate governance and climate policy in Germany, the EU, and the US. She was also involved in the Berlin Climate Citizens Assembly. Charlotte draws from fifteen years of experience in the field of environmental policy, gained in civil society, governmental and scientific institutions. She holds a PhD in political sciences from the TU München.
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I am a university professor. Specialists in education and issues of equity and efficiency
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Professor Palley is a Professor at Adelphi University in the School of Social Work. Her research focuses on child care, children with disabilities and pregnancy discrimination. She has published many journal articles, presented at numerous professional conferences, and has published two books.