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I am the Strategic oversight: Impact & Learning at Shonaquip Social Enterprise (SSE). I hold a MA in Positive Psychology with interest in subjective impact measurements and am currently a PhD candidate in Health and Rehabilitation at the University of Stellenbosh (co-supervisor Harvard Law School). I founded a network for parents of children with disabilities building social capital to regain the confidence to make decisions impacting their lives. Together with this, I designed the Let’s talk parents tool, which is a human rights monitoring tool that enables ordinary families to monitor policy
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Maya Pargade-Klitzke is a Project Associate at J-PAL Europe for the Innovation, Data, and Experiments in Education (IDEE) programme.
IDEE is a 8-year government-funded initiative aimed at supporting the development of experimental research in education in France. It will do so in particular by (1) facilitating access to administrative data, (2) providing research resources and measurement tools, and (3) structuring partnerships with policy-makers and practitioners, with the aim of making France a leader in education research and innovation.
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Ana Garcia-Hernandez is a Policy and Research Manager at J-PAL Europe. Ana is working on the partnership with the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration in Spain and the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI). The partnership aims to generate evidence through multiple randomised evaluations in Social Inclusion and use it to inform policymaking in Spain.
Ana holds a Ph.D. in Economics from NOVA SBE, an M.Sc. in Specialized Economic Analysis from Barcelona School of Economics, and a B.Sc. in Economics from Carlos III University.
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Dr. Alexandra Panman is a Lecturer in Urban Economics and Public Policy in the Bartlett School Development Planning Unit, University College London (UCL). Her research draws on both quantitative and qualitative methods to draw insights on living conditions in urban areas, evaluate the outcomes of policy changes, and explore the role that property rights (formal/informal and individual/collective) play in sustainable urban economic development.
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Dr. Sheila Murphy is a Full Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Trained in social psychology, Dr. Murphy specializes in identifying the individual, interpersonal, community, ethnic and cultural level factors that shape people’s knowledge, attitudes and practices. She is also an expert on the use of stories or narratives.
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
Ph.D. International Development
Academic and professional interests in the comparative political economy of natural resource governance and development in emerging markets, particularly Southern and East Africa, and East Asia. Research interests in extractive natural resource governance, especially oil and gas, diamonds, and platinum; post-colonial state formation, political governance and institution-building, sustainable development, energy production, and the environment in Africa.