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I am Associate Professor in Development and Conflict at Durham University (UK) with 20 years of research and working experience in the Horn of Africa, mostly in Somalia and Kenya. My main research is on violent conflicts and wars, state-dynamics, and international peace and statebuilding. Currently, I focus on the link between violent conflicts, displacement and urbanisation and have finalized a research project that looked into war-induced urbanisation in Somalia from the view-point of displaced people (securityonthemove.co.uk). Another research project uses port cities as example to explore how (international) political dynamics shape infrastructural developments, and how these developments shape cities and are experienced by its residents. All my research projects explore global-local encounters and the way in which global processes are realized and experienced in particular contexts and settings and shape live-worlds of people.
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Dr Mukdarut Bangpan is an experienced researcher with particular interests in social interventions, gender equality, gender analysis, livelihoods and well-being of children and women in developing countries, methodological development of research synthesis, and research impact. Her recent research focuses on access to health and education for migrants, sexual health decisions of young women, and mental health and psychological well-being of populations affected by humanitarian crises. She works with international partners building capacity in evidence synthesis with policy and academics in South East Asia region. She is a co- author of a practical guide to conduct rapid reviews to support decisions in health systems. She leads and conducts a wide range of systematic reviews including mixed-methods reviews, meta-analysis, realist review, evidence gap map, rapid evidence assessment, qualitative synthesis.
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Dr. Emma Adam is an expert on social, contextual and developmental influences on stress biology and sleep in children, adolescents and young adults. She has examined the origins of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in stress, stress hormones and sleep, and the implications of these factors for emotional health, physical health and academic functioning. She is currently conducting multiple intervention projects designed to reduce youth stress and improve youth coping and outcomes.
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I am an Australian academic economist based in Melbourne. My research fields are Labour Economics and the Economics of Education, and my research is empirical. I have a particular focus on the Australian labour market (and the effects of technology, trade and policy on individual outcomes). I also focus on the determinants of education attainment.
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Reinvention of societal infrastructure is the only bridge towards improving the quality of lifestyle for 8 billion people.
Humanity is limited by what we think we can do, not what we can do and by a lack of willingness to fail. Our team has tried and failed many times and our success in making a difference in education, especially for the most disadvantaged is our obsession. We have learned that major disruption is mostly non institutional and it takes non governmental organizations and the community to support governments in meeting the needs of an exponentially growing population. As axes of innovation increase, possibilities for solutions to humanities greatest challenges increase. The lower the cost of experimentation afforded by exponential technologies such as Computing Power, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud and Blockchain has enabled a billion times capacity to innovate in education. Radical transformation in education will result in exponential increases in all areas that impact GDP such as agriculture and food, housing, health, transportation and manufacturing. The future is better that we think and we are excited to have you join us in this journey.
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I am Associate Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Reading. I am an applied economist with a background in regional science and labour economics. My research focuses on inequality in labour market outcomes by gender, ethnicity, and disability; unemployment and on-the-job search.
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Scott Brenton was educated at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. Prior to his appointment at the University of Melbourne, he taught social policy and public sector management at the ANU, and worked at the Department of Parliamentary Services, holding the Australian Parliamentary Fellowship. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Copenhagen, the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), University College London, the Free University of Amsterdam and the Instituut voor de Overheid (Public Governance Institute), KU Leuven (Belgium). Scott has served as the Director and Deputy Director of the Master of Public Policy and Management at various times since 2011, and was the founding Director of the Melbourne School of Government Doctoral Academy.
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reseacher , inclusive higher education
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reseacher , inclusive higher education
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Martina Viarengo is a Professor in the Department of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva. She is faculty associate at the Harvard University, Center for International Development. Prior to joining the Graduate Institute's faculty, Professor Viarengo was an economist at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics and a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Professor Viarengo is a specialist in public policy and economic development. Her research focuses on comparative education policy, employment and international migration. She has examined education policy, gender gaps and labor market outcomes in the OECD and developing countries in trying to better understand how to reduce poverty and inequality. In 2018 Dr. Viarengo was awarded with the Eisenhower Fellowship. In 2013 she was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Professor Viarengo was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and she was named Newton International Fellow by the British Academy, Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and a Master’s Degree from Northwestern University.