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Bahia Shehab is an artist and author based in Cairo. She is Professor of design and founder of the graphic design program at The American University in Cairo. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has received a number of international awards including the BBC’s 100 women’s list, a TED Senior Fellowship, a Prince Claus Award, and the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. Her latest publications include You Can Crush the Flowers: A Visual Memoir of the Egyptian Revolution, At the Corner of a Dream, and the award winning co-authored book A History of Arab Graphic Design.
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I am a PhD candidate at the University of Munich and a junior economist at the ifo Institute. My main research fields are family economics, economics of education, and economics of immigration and integration.
Originally from Sweden.
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Professor at Univ of Maryland and Researcher at National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center. Teaches and leads a research group that focuses on watershed science, ecosystem restoration, and policy. She is an expert on stream, river, and wetland restoration of ecosystem processes. Current work focuses on carbon storage and carbon emissions from wetlands.
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Gabriela Carmen Pascariu is Full Professor in European Economics and Policies at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She is Director of the Centre for European Studies, Jean Monnet professor and Team Europe expert having more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in the field. She published 30 books and book chapters as author, co-author or editor and over 60 papers, she presented over 150 conference papers at national and international scientific events, and she participated to 33 research programs or research/development grants, from which she acted as director or local coordinator for 16 projects. Her research interests focus on: economics of integration; regional development and European Cohesion Policy; core-periphery development pattern; resilience, tourism and regional development, EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood.
Currently, Gabriela Carmen Pascariu is expert evaluator for: European Commission - EIC Accelerator: SME Instrument; Fund for Scientific Research–FNRS, Belgium; Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and reviewers for various journals, including journals indexed in WoS, such as: JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies (Q1), Journal of Contemporary European Studies (Q2), Development and Change (Q2), Regional Studies (Q1), Journal of European Integration (Q3), others. She is also member in various professional associations (Regional Studies Association, Romanian Regional Science Association, Regional Science Association International, and North -East Regional Agency’s Council for Smart Specialization), member of the Regional Innovation Consortium 2014-2020 - North East Development Agency, and expert in the Regional Committee for drawing up the North-East Regional Development Plan 2014-2020 - Agency for North-East Regional Development.
She is also Editor in Chief of the Eastern Journal of European Studies: Eastern Journal of European Studies (indexed in SCOPUS, ESCI-WoS, ProQuest), regional editor for Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP), a Regional Science Association International journal (Regional Science Policy & Practice (wiley.com), (indexed in SCOPUS, ESCI-WoS), and member of the editorial board of other several publications in European Studies and Regional Development (CSIE Working Papers, Romanian Journal of Regional Science; Romanian Economic Journal; Ecoforum; Eurolimes Journal, CES Working Papers, The Romanian Journal of International Relations and European Studies, Studies and Scientific Researches. Economics Edition, Romanian Journal of European Affairs (RJEA).
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Soon to be a graduate in Public Policy, I have a 7 years - food security and nutrition focused - experience in the humanitarian sector. I am interested in most of the policy areas that are linked to food and nutrition.
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I am an intern in the Sport team
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Jonatan Pinkse is Professor of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship and the Executive Director of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.
His passion is innovation and sustainability. He is a regular speaker on topics related to strategy and innovation for net-zero and sustainability, business model innovation for disruption, managing the green transition, and sharing platforms.
In his research, Jonatan analyses how firms make strategic decisions to create a sustainable economy and deal with tensions between issues and actors. He investigates opportunities and barriers for firm adoption of disruptive and sustainable technologies from cognitive, organizational, and institutional perspectives.
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Professor, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning & Leadership, Georgia State University
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As the Executive Director of Urban Planing at NEOM, Giovanna Carnevali leads the development and implementation of NEOM’s core urban development plan. This first-of its-kind model puts communities and nature at its heart and supports NEOM’s ambition to be a beacon for new ways of living and working. At beginning of 2021 Carnevali settled Architecture Department inside NEOM as the Guardianship of the Architecture Design quality across all the Regions and all the Assets Design. Carnevali has more than 20 years’ experience in the fields of urban design and architecture and a track record of designing, managing and delivering award-winning projects. During her career, she has worked in Europe and the Middle East across all stages of the design process, from concept through to detailed design, leading large multidisciplinary teams on projects of varying sizes and building typologies.
Prior to joining NEOM, Carnevali was Director of International Projects at Strelka KB, a leading think tank in the urban design space in Russia, specializing in urban planning, urban anthropology and economics. In this role, she developed and implemented master plans, architecture projects and urban standards. Carnevali has held numerous senior management and director roles as part of her long career in the industry, including at the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, and co-founded her own consultancy, Self Arquitectura SLP, which undertook projects across numerous locations in Europe.
An architecture consultant at the European Commission, Carnevali is a guest lecturer at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Venice Biennale, the Shenzhen Biennale, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Barcelona and the Moscow Urban Forum, Sci-Arch, Los Angeles. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Development and Planning from the Universitá degli Studi di Genova, a Master’s in Architectural Projects from ETSAB, Barcelona Polytechnic, and a dual Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Genoa and Barcelona universities.
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I am currently working as an intern with the sport team of Social and Human Sciences Sector at UNESCO, and my work focuses on the communication and partnership of the delivery of Fit for Life, UNESCO's new sport-based flagship. I am passionate about sport for development and sports diplomacy, as well as keen to explore relevant policy and practice in these fields.