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I am David Dravie-John, the founder and Executive Director of Performing Arts Exchange Productions (PAX) LTD, a multicultural performing arts organisation, whose focuses are: Education / Training, Entertainment and Promotion, Research and Development, Health Related Issues and Consultancy. I am also one of the founders and Vice Chairman of African Voices Forum LTD, an umbrella organisation for eighteen (18) local community organisations. I hold a B.A. (Hons) in African and Cultural Studies, MA in Management Studies, PGC In Education, Certificate In Adult Education. Diploma in Acting and Directing. I have written many plays, compose many songs, written a short anthology of poems, stories and parables. I have undertaken many researches on healthy eating and leaving, the role of the arts in community development, the role of African Soldiers in the 1st and 2nd war. I am a radio and TV producer and presenter and my program entitle: BACK TO YOUR ROOTS. I am also an Events organizer, Producer & Director, a professional Master Of Ceremony.
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Professor of European Economic Policies, with research interests in inequality, poverty, social exclusion and the redistributive role of the state
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Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability Masters Program at Monash University, Communication and behaviour change researcher with a focus on (environmental) health communication
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Paul Chaney is Professor of Politics and Policy at Cardiff University. He is Co-Director of Wales Institute of Social, Economic Research and Data (WISERD). He has authored and edited 14 books and written over sixty papers in international peer-reviewed journals. His research and teaching interests include: territorial politics, public policy-making, civil society, and equality and human rights.
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I am a researcher working at Y Lab supporting and promoting experimentation and innovation in public services in Wales.
I have a number of research interests including; innovation in public services, poverty reduction, inclusive growth, local economic development, the foundation economy and innovative governance.
I have a particular interest in how public money can be spent more intelligently to improve local economies through anchor institutions, pro active procurement and effective forward planning with multiple partners.
I also have a strong passion for involving people in decisions which affect them. I am therefore exploring projects which maximise public participation in policy making as well as innovations in governance and public engagement. This includes democratic innovations such as deliberative democracy, participatory budgeting and digital democracy.
In previous roles I have worked in both front line delivery as a Community Development worker and as a youth charity manager as well as providing evidence to improve public services with research for Cardiff Council and the Welsh Government.
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My main areas of interest are education policy analysis and evaluation. I have a particular interest in the link between education and work (including, although not restricted to, digitalisation, the future of work and its implications for skills development), social stratification and inequalities, internationalisation in education and the governance of education systems (including non-formal education). Most of my work focuses on post-compulsory education. I make use of a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in my work. I have undertaken a large number of consultancy projects on education issues for the European Commission, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), various government departments in the UK and internationally, think-tanks and voluntary sector organisations.
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Dr Marco Pomati is a Reader in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. His main research focus is the exploration and validation of policy-relevant living standards measures in Europe, the UK and Africa. His most recent work focuses on measures of material deprivation in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa, the extent and severity of malnutrition in West and Central Africa and the dynamics of economic wellbeing in the UK.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/52037-
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Research Associate in Social and Public Services innovation. Has worked on co-design for policy and co-producing access to due process in Lesotho.
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Research Analyst, currently at WRI working on how to make cities take more inclusive and equitable climate/development actions. See citiesforall.org.
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Maria Pilar Lorenzo is currently a Fellow of the Regional Academy on United Nations and a Research Associate of the Philippine Society for Public Administration. She holds master's degrees in International Politics (KU Leuven), Development Studies (KU Leuven), and Public Administration (University of the Philippines). Recently, she was selected and featured by the YSEALI Women’s Leadership Academy as one of the 2020 cohort of women leaders in Southeast Asia.