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Associate Professor for Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy at UCL
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Associate Professor in Economics at Williams College, PhD in Economics and Public Policy (University of Michigan)
I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Williams College. My research focus is on economic development in Africa, with specific interests in preventative health care, transitions to work and agricultural productivity. I have extensive experience working in Malawi, but have also conducted or have active research projects in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Senegal.
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I am an urban ethnographer and faculty at the DPU, UCL. I work on urban marginalisation and housing precarity with a focus on houselessness.
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I am an urban researcher concerned with questions of participation in cities, especially as it relates to refugees', migrants', and other non-citizens' inclusion in planning and decision-making processes.
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William E. Halal PhD is professor emeritus of management, technology, and innovation at George Washington University, with degrees from Purdue and UC Berkeley. He has published 7 books and hundreds of articles, consults to corporations and governments, and is a frequent speaker, once substituting for Peter Drucker. Halal is founder of The TechCast Project and also co-founded the Institute for Knowledge & Innovation.
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Hien is a development economist. She has been engaged in various projects in Africa and Asia for UN agencies (FAO, UNHCR, UN Women - UNEP, UNDP, IFAD, UNCDF). Her expertise focuses on agricultural economics, food security, climate change, financial inclusion, and gender inequality. She has also been involved in other teachings, social and advocacy activities. She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from Trento University.
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PhD in Philosophy and PhD in Translation Studies. He specialises in theoretical and applied issues in accessibility and translation. He has held several positions, incl. Junior Research Associate (Oxford), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow (UAB), and Ulam Research Fellow (Warsaw), has participated in many international projects and has extensive experience as an accessibility consultant. Board member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, where he focuses on communication & diversity. He co-leads the ResearchAbility Initiative, the inter-organisation programme for researchers with disability.
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B.Ag.Sc, M.Sc. Ph.D. Associate Professor of International and Community Development, Deakin University, Australia. Areas of expertise include international development policy and practice, with particular emphasis on political economy of development, sustainable development, and economic growth, food security, rural livelihoods, agricultural production, agricultural extension, resource management, impact assessment, community engagement and social development.
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Sonia Bhalotra has expertise in health (including mental health, early life health), gender (including pay gaps, violence against women) and political economy (representation). She is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, PI on an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council, Fellow of the International Economic Association, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, on the Women in Economics Committee of the European Economic Association, the Evidence Panel of the Early Intervention Foundation and Associate Editor at the Economic Journal.
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Policy director and senior fellow of the Public Policy Institute of California. Magnus Lofstrom is policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at PPIC, and a visiting professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Focusing on crime rates and recidivism, his recent work examines criminal justice reforms in California. His research also spans issues in immigration, education, and entrepreneurship. His research has been published in numerous academic books and journals, including Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Human Resources, Demography, Criminology & Public Policy, and Journal of Population Economics. He serves on the editorial board of Industrial Relations and was a member of then–California State Controller John Chiang’s Council of Economic Advisors. Prior to joining PPIC, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of California, Irvine.