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Senior Adviser on Economics and Demography with UNFPA; previously co-authored flagship reports of UNCTAD on the world economy and the world's least developed countries. I am member of the Global Expert Network of the World Economic Forum, and the Koblenz-Landau Group on Systems Thinking and Sustainable Development. Recognized expertise in the fields of economics and demography, with a focus on structural change, sustainable development and the future of work, social protection and human capital. Extensive experience in the management of key accounts and the science-policy interface. Lead policy-oriented analysis and produce flagship reports; translate analysis into value propositions and strategic messages; shape policy agendas and programmes; and manage collaborations across institutional and geographic spaces; cultivate dependable partnerships with diverse stakeholders, including international agencies, government institutions, civil society, the scientific community and the private sector. -- To meet the needs of a large and growing world population without imposing catastrophic pressures on the environment is the challenge of this century; the challenge of sustainable development. Meeting it critically depends on inclusive and green economies, investments in people, and the empowerment of women. Contributing to this endeavor even in small ways gives me pride and purpose.
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Monique Borsenberger works as a researcher in the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research - LISER, in the Department of Living Conditions. Her main research interests include social cohesion, values, religion, intergenerational relations, and cultural practices.
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I enjoy the policy and industry-relevant research, focused on the development of ‘tools’ that citizens, policymakers and professional can use while at the same time not jeopardizing their scientific rigor.
Over the last 15 years, I have been an engineer, a researcher, a university professor, and a consultant in the real estate and planning. My experience spans three countries and over the years I have run around 30 small research partnership projects with industry partners and public institutions in the Netherlands and I am a Co-PI of an innovation project with a Luxembourg start-up.
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I am a researcher at Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and affiliated at Ghent University and IZA, Bonn.
My research interests are Labour Economics and Applied Microeconometrics with a focus on Causal Analysis and Machine Learning methods. My papers have been published in Labour Economics, Economics Letters and Empirical Economics (Forthcoming).
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Dr. Conor O’Toole is a Senior Research Officer at the Economic and Social Research Institute and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. He was formerly a Senior Economist and Manager of the Financial-Economic linkages team in the Financial Stability Division of the Central Bank of Ireland. His research expertise covers a number of fields including corporate and SME finance, macroprudential policy and household finance. His work has been published in a number of leading academic journals including the Review of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Financial Stability and the Journal of Corporate Finance. While at the Central Bank of Ireland, he sat on the SME State Bodies Group and represented the Bank on an ECB Taskforce on Operationalising Macroprudential Research. At the ESRI, amongst other responsibilities, Conor is a co-editor of the Institutes’ Quarterly Economic Commentary. He is currently a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Real Estate Market Advisory Group.
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Max Franks is a postdoc at the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The focus of his research lies on the possibilities for unilateral climate policy and the interface between public economics and the economics of climate change. In particular this includes the areas of sustainable development, tax competition, the supply side dynamics of fossil resource extraction, and the intra- and intergenerational distribution of wealth.
On carbon pricing and sustainable development, see this press release: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/flipping-the-switch-making-use-of-carbon-price-dollars-for-health-and-education
On inequality and policy options to redistribute wealth, see this press release: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/wealth-inequality-closing-the-gap-by-taxing-land-and-bequests
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Awele Achi is a doctoral researcher at The Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom where his research revolves around the social innovation construct and the drivers favouring or hindering the construct. He was formerly a Research Associate at the Lagos Business School, Nigeria, where led academic and practitioner research projects on corporate level marketing strategies and brand management in developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Sahara Africa. He is also a supporter and e-member of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) network, which a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. His research specifically focused on improving policy research collaborations at the intersect of strategy, marketing and entrepreneurship. Awele has also co-authored series of book chapters, journal articles, technical papers and has presented conference papers on different marketing and strategy themes. Awele has an MSc in Business Administration with concentration in Marketing from the University of Lagos and a first degree in BSc (Hons) Marketing from Delta State University, both in Nigeria.
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Sean is developing a workstream on Just Transition at TASC - the Think Tank for Action on Social Change - in Ireland. This work aims to identify and address knowledge and capacity deficits that must be overcome in order to include workers and their communities the design, planning and implementation of a fair transition to sustainable economies and societies. The findings will help to inform people-centred climate action and sustainable development in Ireland and Europe.
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in Development Practice awarded by Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. Prior to joining TASC, Sean worked as a Policy Officer with the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice for five years. During this time he engaged with the negotiations leading to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He also led the Foundation’s work on intergenerational equity. Sean spent five years working in the private sector, as a catastrophe risk analyst with Renaissance Reinsurance. He also spent 2 years working in a hospice in Kolkata, India, and worked with the Environmental Protection Agency in Sierra Leone building the agencies capacity in Geographic Information Systems.
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I am a research assistant and PhD aspirant. My interests are energy and environmental policy, climate change and sustainable development