Luma Ramos is a Post-doctoral Researcher with the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. She is a development economics professional, holding a Ph.D. in macroeconomics and monetary theory from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has over seven years of experience researching development financial institutions for policy think tanks and international organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her recent works discuss global financial architecture and innovative financial instruments to fund sustainable infrastructure in Latin America.

Mhamed Biygautane is a Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Melbourne. He holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Public Policy and Management from Monash University, and was the recipient of numerous prestigious international scholarships such as the Endeavor Scholarships and Fellowships, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Fellowships, and Partnerships for Learning Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) program. Prior to undertaking his Ph.D., Mhamed had worked as a Research Associate in the Public Management Program at the Dubai School of Government and as an adjunct Lecturer at Zayed University in Dubai. He also worked with several international consultancy firms such as Accenture and Palladium as well as several organizations such as the World Bank, the OECD and the UNDP. Recently, Mhamed taught undergraduate and post-graduate courses of management and governance at Monash University and the Swinburn University of Technology. Mhamed’s research interests are located at the interface between public management and organizational theory. He explores how the institutional context affects the implementation of public sector reform initiatives and programs such as public-private partnerships, privatization, knowledge management and downsizing public sector organizations, with particular emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Middle Eastern countries. His research has appeared in several Q. 1 (A and A* in ABDC list) international academic journals such as Public Management Review (Impact Factor 4.22), International Journal of Project Management (Impact Factor 6.62), Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal (Impact Factor 3.49), Thunderbird International Business Review, and Research in the Sociology of Organizations, among others. Mhamed has also presented his research at several international academic and industry conferences such as the Academy of Management Annual Meetings in the US and Canada, EGOS conferences in Europe, Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia, and Project Management Forum in Dubai. In 2017, Mhamed was a co-director of an academic workshop organized at the Gulf Research Meeting at the University of Cambridge in the UK.

I am a graduate student majoring in International affairs and diplomacy and international management from ESA, with a BSc in Economics from USJ. I have completed 4 internship programs in the bank industry, virtual trading, teaching, and inspector trainee . Spoken languages: Arabic, French, English

I am an Associate Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. I work as a research methodologist in areas including tobacco control and cancer control and prevention