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I am a research fellow at UNESCO working at the Inclusive Policy Lab. I hold a BA in Political Science from McGill University and an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford. My research utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify causal conditions and outcomes for the political, economic, and social inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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German Development Institute researcher on climate policy and non-state climate action worldwide, and Africa in particular. I hold a MA in International Relations, and I got a specific background in climate diplomacy, EU-Africa relations, and international aid and development policies. Before joining DIE I have been working for the International Center for Climate Governance, and I participated to an innovative policy-writing experience jointly organized by the African Union, and the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union, in 2017. Since 2014 I am a city councilor in my hometown, Pontassieve (Italy). I am also a volunteer for the international ONE campaign against extreme poverty.
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Vidya is a Senior Research Officer in the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network at ODI. She is an mixed methods policy researcher specializing in poverty dynamics, conflict, and gender. Her work focuses predominantly on the role of state fragility and conflict in sustaining poverty traps, and gendered human capital development as a means of long-term poverty reduction. Vidya maintains a geographic interest in South Asia and the Middle East North Africa region, while her fieldwork experience is predominantly centred around South and East Asia. She holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
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Currently I work at IIED in London as a Senior Researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets Division. I explore ideas to contribute to resolving wicked environmental problems (natural resources and livelihood linkages, food systems and global value chains, climate change, etc.) I am interested in the multiple linkages and pathways between the environment (natural resources), the economy (markets), and society (well-being) through governance mechanisms.




