University lecturer

Dr Claudious Chikozho is the Executive Director of the Africa Institute of South Africa, a Research Unit within the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa. He has more than 20 years of experience in the applied social science research and development sector. Before joining the HSRC, he was working as a Research Director at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, at Wits University in Johannesburg. His previous positions include working as the Business and Biodiversity Research Chair at the University of Pretoria; Science Uptake Coordinator at the International Water Management Institute in Accra, Ghana; Senior Researcher at the CSIR in Pretoria, South Africa; Research Fellow and Lecturer in development studies at the University of Zimbabwe. Dr Chikozho holds a Ph.D. in Applied Social Sciences; a Masters’ Degree in Public Administration; and a BSc Honors Degree in Politics and Administration from the University of Zimbabwe. He also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Over the years, he has published more than 25 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters. His ongoing thematic areas of research interest include: sustainable economic development; integrated water resources management and food security; public sector governance, leadership and service delivery; adaptation to climate change; and science, innovation and technology transfer processes.

I am a clinical epidemiologist, working as the coordinator of the research unit of the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, the National University of Malaysia (UKM). I was part of the team in the recently concluded UKM IKMAS-UNESCO collaborative project on the promotion of social inclusion in public policy; testing out three policy analysis instruments: Inclusive Policy Lab "The Framework for Inclusive Policy Design: Malaysia" , EquiFrame and EquIPP, on the National Policy on Science, Technology and Innovation (NPSTI).

I am an International Relations Analyst currently leading the International Secretariat of Together 2030, a global civil society initiative promoting and following the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. Before that, I was the Advocacy Director of Beyond 2015, a global civil society campaign. Prior to that, I worked as an Advisor on Gender, Social and Economic Rights at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom in New York as well as a development advisor at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Brazil. I served the UN for more than a decade, working as a National Programme Officer at UNAIDS in Brazil. I have also served the government of Brazil as an advisor at the Presidency of the Republic (National Anti-Drugs Secretariat) and the Ministry of Finance. I worked as UN Public Affairs and Policy Advisor for the World Animal Protection. I have a master on International Relations at the University of Brasilia (Brazil) and a MBA on Projects from Getulio Vargas Foundation.