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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.
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A dynamic and ambitious Public Affairs and Project Management Professional, I have over 14 years’ experience managing high-level leadership networks and serving major companies, global foundations and UN organizations, as well as new economic actors and executives. I have worked at crossroads between France, Europe, the USA and the MENA region. I am fluent in French and English, and I also speak Arabic and German.
I currently work as Associate Project Officer at UNESCO, in the Education Sector, managing the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize on teachers and other teachers-related initiatives
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I am a technology policy researcher working to understand the impact of digital technologies, specially artificial intelligence (AI), on societies from a human rights, openness, inclusive access and multi-stakeholder governance perspective.
I work at UNESCO’s Digital Innovation and Transformation section in Paris as a specialist consultant. My work involves providing policy advice to governments and developing programmes for reinforcing human and institutional capacities of policymakers and civil society organisations in developing countries.
I was a Charpak Scholar in Economics and Public Policy at Sciences Po, Paris. My thematic interests include the intersection of digital technologies with human rights, media development and access to information.
In the past, I have worked with a Member of Parliament in India, the City Government of Vancouver, REN21, Paris and founded a multilingual education start-up. My writings have been published in natural and social science journals and have appeared on media platforms including The Economic and Political Weekly, The Wire, HuffPost, India Spend, Business Standard, The Quint and Scroll.