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Holly Mayton currently serves as the American Institute of Physics Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the U.S. Department of State's Office of Agricultural Policy. Holly received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2014 and her Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering with a Designated Emphasis in Public Policy from the University of California, Riverside in 2018. While at UCR, Holly founded the Science to Policy program, contributed to several California state advisory committees, and worked for the California Council on Science and Technology. Broadly, Holly is passionate about connecting food and water systems science to policy and advocacy outcomes. To that end, she received a Research and Innovation for Agriculture Fellowship to pursue food systems and data-driven policy research in Hanoi, Vietnam as a graduate student. Recently, Holly has served as founding co-Director of the National Science Policy Network and Coordinator for the inaugural Commonwealth of Virginia Engineering and Science Policy Fellowship.
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I'm a communication expert with more than 20 years of experience in the UN, INGO, NGOs in Jordan and abroad. Currently, I work for UNOPS operational hub in Amman as communication specialist.
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Edward Venn is Professor of Music at the University of Leeds. Between 2016 and 2019, he served as Director of Student Education for the School of Music and Digital Education Academic Lead for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at Leeds. While in this roles, he co-ordinated and embedded a range of student engagement activities within various levels of the university structure, and co- authored publications on student engagement and academic literacies. He is currently a Fellow of the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence, researching student belonging and digital pedagogies.
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UN Program Officer at OutRight International
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Senior Lecturer (Academic) in Adult Nursing. Bournemouth University. UK.
Postgraduate Research Student exploring the use of Open Education Resources by Registered Nurses, at Bournemouth University, UK.
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I am an associate Professor of Economics.
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Amanda studies Computer Science and Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. She's invested in environmental justice and the transition to a just, sustainable, and biodiverse future. Amanda previously chaired the Environmental Students of Dartmouth and is the co-founder of Green2Go, which works toward a world free of plastic.
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Rachel Kurian is (retired) International Labour Economist at the Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research, project and consultancy work deals with migration, human rights, poverty, gender, trade unions and social exclusion in the context of economic restructuring. She has initiated, acquired and led and participated in capacity-building projects in Asia, Africa and Europe, sponsored by key donors including DGIS, FNV, ICFTU, NUFFIC, African Development Bank, Justitia et Pax and the OECD). These projects have resulted in evaluations, professional reports, development of teaching curriculum for Universities and Civil Society Actors, Training of Ambassadors and Diplomats in The Hague. She has collaborated extensively and developed projects with the Municipality of The Hague for the last two decades, undertaken projects with DGIS and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and been a member of the Nationale Adviesraad voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Her recent relevant publications include: “Politics of caste-based exclusion: Poverty Alleviation schemes in rural India (with Deepak Singh), in The Politics of Social Inclusion: Bridging Knowledge and Politics Towards Social Change Gabriele Koehler et al(eds), UNESCO, CROP and Ibidem, (2020:283-311); Academic Editor on Theme Inclusion through Enacted Citizenship in Urban Spaces and ‘Enacting Citizenship and the Right to the City: Towards Inclusion through Deepening Democracy?’ (with Helen Hintjens), ‘Enabling Social Inclusion and Urban Citizenship of Older Adults through eHealth: The iZi Project in the Hague’ (with N. Menke, S. Santokhi and E. Tak). Journal of Social Inclusion, Vol, No.4 (2019).
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I am Director of the Research Institute for Global Education at Coventry University, UK. My interests are in access and achievement of neurodivergent students and those with disabilities in education, higher education and employment.
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I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have 30 years experience in higher education supporting, developing, researching and tutoring digital learning. I currently teach and research entirely online with postgraduates who are mainly teachers from around the world. These students are scattered across 4 continents. I am an expert in digital skills and online learning with an interest in global teaching practice and global learning competencies.