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I am a mindful individual with fifteen years of professional experience in international development and cooperation, nourished by a multidisciplinary academic knowledge and commitment to lifelong learning.
I worked at UNESCO Baghdad Office, at the UNESCO Headquarters, at the Regional Office for Eastern Africa and at UNOCT within the UN Secretariat.
I have an extensive experience in skills-based education including health education, gender equality and gender-based violence, global citizenship education and prevention of violent extremism with a focus on transformative pedagogy in order to equip young people with the cognitive, psycho and socio-emotional skills to make healthy choices and informed decisions for inclusive, peaceful, resilient and sustainable societies. I also have experience in building partnerships, networks and task teams with different constituencies.
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I am a communications specialist with a Masters of Public Policy and Management, currently working in the Education for Sustainable Development team at UNESCO. My ability to manage projects, people and stakeholders has been comprehensively demonstrated in the workplace and as a volunteer. I’m experienced in creating and executing effective multi-channel strategies and producing engaging content to deliver powerful programs for organisations in government, intergovernmental, private and not-for-profit sectors.
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Saher is a Researcher at the Food Systems Transformation Programme with the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute and an Environmental Change Research Fellow with Reuben College. Trained as an environmental scientist and geographer, she has worked on food geography, urban environmental health, and the impacts of infrastructure and fuel disruptions on urban communities. With the Environmental Change Institute, she works on an interdisciplinary portfolio of projects focused on food systems and foresight analysis.
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James works on modelling the spatial and temporal variation in energy demand of the UK vehicle fleet, for credible future scenarios regarding technology change, modal shift and the evolving travel requirements of the population to 2050 and beyond. In doing so, we can evaluate the extent to which flexibility in energy demand can play a part in allowing the carbon-intensive transport sector to reach 'net zero'.
James' background is as an engineer: originally training 'mechanically' (Imperial College) and working in industry (Rolls-Royce; UK Atomic Energy Authority) before switching to the energy discipline via a PhD (University of Strathclyde) on the impact of electric vehicles on our power system and the potential to which their charging can be managed to support the integration of renewables. His research interests are in transport & energy system modelling and the development of novel technologies & market structures to facilitate rapid energy system decarbonisation.