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Lecturer and Researcher based at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland
Adjunct Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Inclusion and Diversity Expert: I have worked with many different organisations (businesses, cultural institutions, educational and scientific institutions)
I sit on the board of cultural festivals and foundations in Switzerland (Culturescapes; Solothurner Literaturtage)
PhD in Contemporary History (2010)
I am a published poet (3 books, and many publications in poetry journals)
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Dr Jackson Otieno is Water Economist at Athi Water Works Development Agency and a Research Fellow of the EfD in Kenya where he also doubles up as an executive committee member. He is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cape Town, School of Economics. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of Nairobi and supports the Department of Meteorology at the University of Nairobi in supervision of students. He is a former Principal Economist with National Treasury and Planning, Kenya. His current research interest is in the area of biodiversity conservation, climate change, water and sanitation, valuation of non-market environmental amenities, and economics of wildlife conservation.
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Lecturer and gender expert at the University of Dar es Salaam
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I am chief researcher/associate professor at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town, with a PhD in Sociology and close to two decades of experience in leading multi-disciplinary research projects that focus on youth, poverty and deprivation. My work spans longitudinal quantitative data analysis, ethnographic studies and implementation research, involving careful, high level policy engagement.
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Leigh is a clinical psychologist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at UWC and the coordinator of the Psychology Honours programme. Leigh is also the acting Chairperson for the NPO, Pets as Therapy (South Africa), which is a community-based, voluntary outreach organisation that coordinates animal assisted activities. Research interests include discursive constructions of health and illness, child and adolescent mental health; young masculinities and identity; and human-animal interaction, specifically, animal-assisted interventions.
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My name is Antara Jha and recently, I completed my master's degree (LLM) in cyber law from National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat which is fully controlled by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and currently, I am working as Senior Executive Legal at C-DAC. So, far I have represented India on various international platforms including 76th UNGA , UNOCT, BRICS Youth Summit, COP-26.
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Amit Kumar, is a Computer Science Educator with NVS, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. He is a Resource Person for Spoken Tutorial Project of IIT Bombay, Key Resource Person for CIET-NCERT and a Mentor for National Mission for Mentoring of NCTE, MoE, Govt of India. He has authored 2 Books and more than 75 publications in national/international conference proceedings journals. He is a recipient of National ICT Award 2015 & National Awards to Teachers 2022 from Hon'ble President of India and Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers 2020-21, USA.
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I retired as an education planner in 2016. However, I am still involved in the field of higher education policy as a consultant. I mainly work for the Council on Higher Education, a statutory body in South Africa. I am also a research associate in the research unit at the University of Cape Town.
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Assistant Professor and Swiss National Science Foundation Promoting Women in Academia Fellow. Founded and leads the Applied Face Cognition Lab at the University of Lausanne. Research focus in Cognitive Neuroscience and its translation into application and policy. Local node leader of the Swiss Reproducibility Network; Member of the European Association for Biometrics; Member of the Europol Platform for Experts & Europol Data Protection Experts Network; Expert Panel Member for Innosuisse; Juror for the German National AI Competition; Scientific Advisor for the Berlin Police.