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I am currently Associate Director of Early Years at the Education Policy Institute, an independent, impartial and evidence-based research organisation based in London (UK) that aims to promote high quality education outcomes. I earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership with a focus on early childhood education from Mills College, in California. My dissertation centred on the challenges of, and opportunities for, career preparedness and professional development of early years practitioners working in policy and advocacy organizations.
I spent the almost 10 years working in the early childhood sector in the United States, first as a teacher and then as a researcher and policy associate for local government and research institutes. I led data collection efforts on topics such as funding and workforce professional development and conducted analyses on areas such as educational leadership and systems integration. In England since 2017, I continue my work by providing evidence-based research to policy-makers, particularly on topics such as workforce professionalism and structural and process elements of high quality early childhood provision.
My background includes almost ten years in the field of international development as project officer and researcher, specialising in the analysis of credit and insurance markets, land reform and nutrition.
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I'm working as research support and project manager at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets at the Stockholm School of Economics. We try to establish a solid exchange between research findings, different societal stakeholders and effective forms of sustainability education. Students, business managers and policy makers are among the most important actors for societal change, and if we manage to create space for regular and serious exchange and collective engagement in testing new approaches, this can be a big step towards more sustainable development.
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Social science researcher with RTI International and PhD student in social policy at London School of Economics
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Peter Emmanuel Cookey has spent over 25 years in the practice and study of water and sanitation management in developing countries at various levels in the public and private sectors, and 18 years teaching core sanitation and environmental health (students and workers) and conducting research, particularly on governance, technology, public health in the cities and coastal areas of the Niger Delta, Nigeria and southern Thailand. He initiated, organized and manage the EarthWatch Conference on Water and Sanitation and the Nigerian Water and Sanitation Forum from 2002 – 2013 when he proceeded for further studies abroad. In 2007-2009, he was a member of the National Technical Committee that developed national Environmental Management System (TC-EMS) for the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON). From 2007 – 2010, he served as Secretary, Technical Committee of the Iriebe Master Plan Development for Rivers State Government, Rivers State Government, Nigeria and the Sector Leader for Water Resources, Sanitation and Waste Management. During this time, he was also a member of the Greater Port Harcourt Development Master Plan Technical Committee and served as Secretary of the Sub-committees on Water Resources and Waste Management. In addition (2007-2011), he was the Steering Committee Member representing Anglophone African Countries, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), administered, Geneva and from 2012-2015 he was re-elected to represent Middle, Northern and West African Countries; and also a pioneer member of the International Standard Development Committee (ISDC) of the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) that developed the global water stewardship standard. From 2009-2012, Peter facilitated and co-chaired the Port Harcourt Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reforms and the Rivers State Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Policy and Legislation with the Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development, Nigeria.
Peter obtained a bachelor in environmental health from the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology, a higher diploma in physiology and pharmacology and a postgraduate diploma in environmental microbiology from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. In 2003, he got an MSc in environmental management from the Imo State, Nigeria and a double Master of Science degree from the IHE, Delft, Netherlands (Environmental Science with specialization in Environmental Technology for Sustainable Development) and the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (Environmental Engineering Management); which led to a PhD in environmental management (2013-2015) in the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. In 2009, he obtained a Certificate (Governance in Urban Sanitation), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). During 2015-2018, he was a postdoc researcher at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand where he worked with Professors Polprasert and Koottatep on the revision of the fourth edition of the IWA published book ‘Organic Waste Recycling, Treatment, Management and Sustainability’ and also co-authored with them the upcoming IWA book ‘Regenerative Sanitation: New Paradigm for Sanitation 4.0’. Peter research interests include lake basin governance and management, public health risks assessment on onsite (decentralized) sanitation, sanitation governance, sanitation for the base-of-the-pyramid and hard-to-reach-areas, etc. He is a recognized reviewer for over 12 journals on Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, MDPI, etc.
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Dr. Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada is currently working as a researcher at IHE-Delft, Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands. Gabriela completed her PhD at the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 2017. Her doctoral research focuses on groundwater governance looking in particular at the design and implementation of legal and policy frameworks. Gabriela has previously completed a Masters in Water and Coastal Management and Environmental and Infrastructure Planning at the University of Oldenburg (Germany) and at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). She also completed a Masters in Human Rights and Education for Peace at the National University in Costa Rica. She obtained her Law Degree at the University of Costa Rica. Gabriela also worked in the NGO sector in Costa Rica as an environmental lawyer for seven years. Her current research interests spring from a dual interest in water policy implications on the one hand, and on the other hand, practices that mix elements of civil society organisation and government responses. She also has experience teaching topics such as water governance, water law and policy, environmental law and policy, international environmental law, water conflicts and controversies, and water and gender.
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Lecturer and Researcher in Water Services Management, focused on sustainability and resilience of water utilities, leadership in the water sector, and WASH humanitarian sector.
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Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds (UK), specializing in Disability Policy. Scientific Director of the European Commission's Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) (2008-2019). Head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy (2011-2014), and Pro-dean for Research in the Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (2004-2007). Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Researcher at the Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit, University of Manchester
Interested in social and economic inequalities, labour market disadvantage, in-work progression, low wage labour markets
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Agri value chain research
Nutrition
Millets
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Joe Strong is a PhD student in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. His current research explores the relationship between men, masculinities and emergency contraception and abortion trajectories in Ghana. Further research areas include sexual and reproductive health among adolescents, women’s empowerment, and data collection methodologies. His most recent publication was a scoping review on puberty and menstruation knowledge among young adolescents in LMICs.