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Professor at Meiji University. Much of my research focus is on consensus building and negotiation processes for urban and environemental policies. In particular, my research critically examine the role of evidence and scientific experts in such participatory processes. I am also interested in the practical ways of accelerating societal transitions for sustainable urban developments in a long-term future.
Urban planning is the primary focus of my research, along with energy and environmental policy, ocean management, and science/technoogy policy.
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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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Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Yonsei University in Korea.
Research interest includes public management, human resource management, collaboration, and emergency management.
Ph.D. in public administration at University of Georgia in the U.S.
M.S. in public policy and management at Carnegie Mellon University in the U.S.
B.A. in English language and literature / public administration at Korea University in Korea
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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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I am completing a Bachelor of Laws (Grad entry) at the University of Edinburgh after having obtained a BA in International and Comparative Politics with a minor in International Law at the American University of Paris. I am passionate about international human rights and international humanitarian law, having analysed, in my bacheor's thesis, whether Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya population in 2016-2018 constituted genocide. This past summer I did an internship at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where I also had the opportunity to get to know the Venice Commission.
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PhD candidate (Anthropology), University of Queensland, Australia
Associate Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Australia
Research experience in gender discrimination, Indigenous land rights, qualitative and ethnographic research methods