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I am a sociologist with extensive experience in international development research and practice focusing on human development, inequality, and environmental sustainability. I am currently a Senior Sustainable Development Officer with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the Division for Sustainable Development Goals. In this role I lead research and analysis to identify new and emerging issues relevant to sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda with an emphasis on interlinkages across Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Previously, I was a senior researcher with the UN Development Programme's flagship Human Development Report. I co-authored six Reports and led analysis on globalization and the digital frontier, sustainability and inequality, poverty, gender gaps, and social exclusion among others. I also calculated composite indices including the Human Development Index and the Multidimensional Poverty Index.
Other experience at the UN has included work with the Statistics Division, compiling environmental statistics and drafting a handbook for countries to monitor progress toward the MDGs; and with UNDP Mongolia assessing the economic, social and environmental impacts of different types of energy efficient technologies in housing. I have also worked in the private sector as a transportation engineer and in academia, including fieldwork in Sudan and Indonesia.
I hold a PhD in Sociology from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University as well as a B.S. in Civil Engineering. I was also a Postdoctoral Research Scholar with the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University.
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12 years of experience in international development. In my current role, I advise the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on a wide range of institutional issues related to programmatic partnerships with donors (mainly in Switzerland and France), sister UN agencies, international organisations, civil society/NGOs, think-tanks and the private sector.
Previously work experiences in UNDP (working closely with the rest of the UN system), NGOs/think tanks and private sector in Switzerland, USA, Haiti, France, Cambodia, Kenya, DRC and Canada.
Thematic areas of expertise: integrated approaches for sustainable development, democratic governance and poverty reduction strategies, conflict research, crisis response and recovery.
Other specific interests include: social entrepreneurship / SSE, impact investing, corporate social responsibility, pro-poor market development/support to inclusive business, livelihoods creation /support to SMEs.
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Chief Economist, UNDP Africa
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Eleanor is Senior Research Associate on the Exploring the Role of Volunteers in Care Settings (ERVIC) and the Provision of Social Care in Extra Care Housing (ECHO) Project in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She recently completed her PhD, which was an ethnographic study of care work in residential homes for older people. Eleanor also has extensive experience of working as a care worker in the social care sector.
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I am a Brazilian consultant, researcher and speaker, holding an MA in International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy from Furtwangen University- Berlin Germany where I currently live. With experiences Latin America, East-Africa and Europe, my areas of expertise include: cultural and creative industries and sustainable development; the role of creative clusters and hubs in local development; participatory and good governance in culture.
As an independent consultant, I started my career in 2010 and more recently I started developing works in associating with two main creative economy players from the UK: Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy and BOP Consulting. Through capacity-building, strategic planning, research and evaluation services, it is my drive to support cultural and creative entrepreneurs, policymakers, practitioners and organizations to convert their potential into actions that can generate economic and social benefits.
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Experienced cultural consultant, researcher and project manager with a particular focus on creative economy, culture and development programmes and cultural policy and mapping. Currently also completing a PhD on the political economy of arts in West Africa at University of London's Goldsmiths College.
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I am a Medical Doctor and Senior Epidemiologist/RH Advisor, providing technical guidance and leadership for program development, and reviewing and coordinating epidemiological and biological research on contraceptive and multipurpose prevention technologies. I also provide technical support for the introduction of new and refined family planning and reproductive health technologies and family planning/HIV integration research, service delivery and research utilization.
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Research at the nexus of globalization, environment and development. Find most successful and impactful collaborations arise from interdisciplinary collaborations. Have done a lot of work on international investment agreements where I combine my economic approach with insights from coauthors in law and political science. Most recently working on zero-carbon energy for the Asia-Pacific with a team from across social science, natural science and engineering.
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Jo Littler is Professor of Social Analysis and Cultural Politics in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London. She has written widely on issues of in/equality and cultural politics. Jo is an editor of the European Journal of Cultural Studies and part of the editorial collective of Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture. Her books include Radical Consumption? and The Politics of Heritage: the legacies of ‘race’, co-edited with Roshi Naidoo; her latest book is Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility, Routledge (2018).
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Sport Management professional with experience in Public and Private sectors including consultancy, sporting goods, facility management, event promotion, branding, sport & tourism, endurance sports and fitness management.
President of Sports NGO www.regalaunbosque.org
Professor 5 years in several Masters programs Strategic Management of Sport organizations Royal Spanish Football Federation Foundation, INEF Madrid, INEF Lleida, INEF A Coruña, University of Valencia with Valencia C.F. Foundation.