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Dr Alaa Garad
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Al Maktoum College of Higher Education, Scotland
Dr Alaa Garad, FRSA, PhD, is a renowned Quality Management and Organisational Learning expert with over 30 years of experience in consultancy, executive education, and business development. As the creator of the Learning-Driven Organisation Model, he has contributed to five books and authored over 470 articles. Additionally, he is a regular columnist for a leading newspaper. In higher education, Dr. Garad has played pivotal leadership roles at institutions in the Middle East, including UOWD.
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I am a researcher focussed on migration and society, with special interest in the lived experiences of refugees in cities.
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An MBA Student at the University of Oxford, with a focus on Marketing and Analytics.
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Lance L P Gore is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. His research interests span a wide range of topics on China and East Asia. He has done research and published on Chinese environmental politics (the “Green GDP” experiment), the reforms in China’s steel industry, energy sector, patterns of entrepreneurship in mainland China, the economic bureaucracies of China, cadre performance evaluation, local state economic behaviour, the Chinese Communist Party, industrial relations, elite politics and the People’s Liberation Army. He taught for many years at Bowdoin College and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in the United States. He is the single author of three monographs: Chinese Communist Party and China’s Capitalist Revolution: the Political Impact of Market (Routledge); Market Communism: the Institutional Foundations of China’s Post-Mao Hyper-Growth (Oxford); and Chinese Politics Illustrated: the Cultural, Social and Historical Contexts (World Scientific). He also published widely in international journals such as Polity, The New Political Economy, The China Journal, East Asia: An International Quarterly, Problems of Post-Communism, Journal of Contemporary China, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law etc. and also edited or co-edited several books and contributed numerous book chapters. He is associate editor of China: An International Journal.
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I am originally Greek, while having also lived in Brussels part of my life. I have studied Business Management and Administration at the University of Patras, in Greece and this year I am doing my Masters in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at VBS, in Leuven. In between my studies I have gained valuable hands-on experience working in sectors such as EC funded projects of development and territorial cooperation, Digital Marketing, Public Relations, Event Organizing, Communication and Marketing. Currently, I am in Greece. Meanwhile, I recently accepted a job offer in the sector of e-commerce and CX for retailers. I am working remotely for one of the dominant players in the Greek market, holding the position of International Business Developer for the French market. Last but not list I am an active volunteer in different organizations and change-making NGOs.
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Data analyst
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Yul Anderson is President and Founder of the African American Future Society. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his Master’s Degree in Future Studies from the University of Massachusetts.
Mr. Anderson uses AI to identify global, national, regional, and local trends that impact society and the government’s ability to deliver programs and services. The focus of his research is on Black American and African Futures, cultural integration, diversity, and inclusion.
Mr. Anderson is an Associate Fellow World Academy of Art and Science, a Fellow of the World Business Academy, a Fellow of the Futures Forum, and sits on the Advisory Board of Ethical Markets, Florida Fund for Minority Teachers, Inc., and Lifeboat Foundation.
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Candidate for PhD in Economics
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Work in energy project and policy inclusion, including links across other aspects of sustainable development. Previously worked in marine energy (EMEC), community energy and fuel poverty (Community Energy Scotland/THAW Orkney) as well as developing international energy inclusion projects (Bwindi community hospital). Currently working again with THAW Orkney to provide energy support to vulnerable households, including focussed support for homeless clients.
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I am currently working as research assistant in the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore. I research minority issues, specifically the Malay-Muslim issues in Singapore. I graduated from National University of Singapore with a BA (Political Science & Malay Studies) in 2018.