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Marijke Decleir's picture
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I'm a management member of a Higher education institute: Artevelde University College Ghent, bachelor in Social work. I'm working as an International coördinator , responsible for incoming and outgoing student mobility, staff mobility; developing internationalisation@home, involved in joint programme. ambition: "33% mobility and 100% global mind" and internationalisation as embedded as possible into the curriculum and our campus Coördinator of quality management and continous professional development. I'm triggered by a lot of social issues cause I'm involved in the bachelor in social work and by education in especially the international part of it.
Jennifer Boddy's picture
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Dr Jennifer Boddy is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and Program Director for the Master of Social Work (Qualifying). She is also on the executive committee for the Australian and New Zealand Social Work, Welfare, Education and Research (ANZSWWER) Association. Jennifer is passionate about creating healthy, sustainable environments for all people and particularly those who are marginalised and disadvantaged. Much of Jennifer’s scholarship is focused around community development, environmental social work, and feminism. Coupled with her practice experience as a counsellor and as a therapeutic caseworker with children in out-of-home care, she has in indepth understanding of the complexities of people’s environments on their health and wellbeing. Jennifer is particularly interested in in understanding and addressing the impacts of climate change and disasters on disadvantaged populations.
Marina Konstantinidi's picture
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Determined and ambitious with an internatational attitude combined with an integration of legal background. Having spent a long time as a student in the international field (in Besancon, France as an erasmus student, in the Academy of Hague as a researcher and in Paris as an intern in the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO), I've developed intense expectations of getting involved in international waters compared with development achievement of global sustainable development.
Helga Moser's picture
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Researcher and lecturer at FH JOANNEUM - University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Social Work, Graz, Austria Research interests: Social Work and diversity & migration, international social work
Vaqar Ahmed's picture
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Dr. Vaqar Ahmed is the Deputy Executive Director at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). Earlier, he has served UNDP as Advisor, and has undertaken assignments with Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and Ministries of Finance, Planning and Commerce in Pakistan. Between 2009 and 2011, he was the Head of Macroeconomics Section in Planning Commission of Pakistan, which is responsible for the formulation of annual, medium and perspective development programmes. He remained the technical associate and member of the task forces, constituted by the Government of Pakistan, including Advisory Panel of Economists (2008), Task Force on Private Sector Development (2009), Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for Tenth Five Year Plan 2010-15, and Working Group on Social Sector Development for Pakistan Vision 2025. He has published extensively in areas such as macroeconomic modeling, inclusive growth and infrastructure reforms, trade and taxation policies, regional trade agreements, trade in services, energy governance, border-related trade infrastructure, youth employment, women-led social enterprises, and social safety nets. He is the visiting faculty member and researcher in different international institutes, including the University of Le Havre in France, National University of Ireland, IMT Institute of Advanced Studies in Italy and Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development. His PhD students are working on, economy-wide evaluation of regional trade agreements, simulating growth and welfare impact of infrastructure and investment policies. At regional level, he is leading SDPI’s programme on sustainable trade and investment diplomacy. He was Lead Organizer for 5th South Asia Economic Summit in 2012 and 2015 with policy recommendations framed for eight South Asian governments and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat. His recent research on regional issues includes: evaluation of Pakistan – Sri Lanka free trade agreement, non-tariff barriers in India-Pakistan trade, informal trade between India and Pakistan, trade in health services, trade and transit cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan, South Asian value chains, and intra-regional foreign direct investment in South Asia. Apart from South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal), he has worked in, Africa (Kenya, South Africa) on evaluation of improved food technology, United States (International Monetary Fund Fellowship Programme), European Union (Ireland, France, Germany and Italy) on welfare impact of trade reforms, and Far East (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines) on assignments related to South-South exchange and learning. Currently, he serves as a member on the following boards, committees and working groups: Member, Advisory Board, Creative Cities Initiative, British Council, UK Member, Advisory Penal, Research and Advocacy for the Advancement of Allied Reforms (RAFTAAR), 2015-2016 Fellow, CSO Group, International Monetary Fund [2014 and 2015] Member, Planning Commission’s Vision 2025 working group, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan (2013) Member, Economy of Tomorrow Programme, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Pakistan Member, Think Tank of Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FPCCI) Pakistan (2015). Member, Research Advisory Board, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (since 2011). Member, Research Supervisory Committee, Health Services Academy Pakistan (since 2012). Member/Secretary, Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for 10th Five Year Plan for Pakistan 2011-12, Planning Commission of Pakistan. Member/Secretary, Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework for Medium Term Development Framework 2005-10, Planning Commission of Pakistan. Technical Associate, Penal of Economists, constituted by the Prime Minister of Pakistan 2009. Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Islamabad. Technical Associate, Task Force on Private Sector Development, constituted by the Finance Minister 2009. Member / Focal Point (Macroeconomics), National Accounts Committee, Federal Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan (Since 2003). Technical Associate, Integrated Energy Model for Pakistan, Asian Development Bank Some related links: Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1aBH-doAAAAJ&hl=en SDPI Publications: http://sdpi.org/publications/index.html Op-Ed: http://tns.thenews.com.pk/writers/dr-vaqar-ahmed/ Edited book: Making growth inclusive, just and sustainable in South Asia Presentations and book chapters: http://www.slideshare.net/vahmed Dr. Ahmed holds a PhD in Economics from National University of Ireland. He tweets @vaqarahmed and can be contacted at vaqar@sdpi.org.
Theo Van der Merwe's picture
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I am a South African post-graduate student studying towards a masters degree in international development at Sciences Po, Paris. Previously I studied at the University of Cape Town, where I completed my bachelor of social sciences in economic history and international relations, as well as some masters coursework. This was supplemented by work as a visiting scholar at the South African Institute of International Affairs, and an internship at an international risk management and business intelligence company. This year I will also be a research for the Human Development Research Initiative, a student-run thinktank at Sciences Po. My research interests are primarily focussed on development and post-conflict economic reconstruction, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Aldrie Henry- Lee's picture
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Aldrie Henry-Lee is a Professor of Social Policy and Director at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus). She served as Associate Dean with responsibility for teaching and learning in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona from 2007 to 2015. Joining the UWI community in 1995, she has also taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Professor Henry-Lee is also the Chair of the annual Caribbean Child Research Conference. Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee is a sociologist who has conducted research and published in the areas of social protection, children’s rights and poverty in the Caribbean. A St. Lucian by birth, her research work has included the examination of poverty in St. Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica and Belize with a focus on the measurement of poverty and the evaluation of social protection programmes. She has also carried out research on the policy progress in Jamaica, St. Vincent, Turks and Caicos Islands and British Virgin Islands. Professor Henry-lee has also published widely. Her awards include Principal Mona's Distinguished Researcher Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona (2002/2003). The annual Caribbean Child Research Conference won the award for the Project/Activity with the most developmental impact for the Faculty of Social Sciences (2008/2009). She was also selected as the UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Awardee (2010) for the Mona Campus, UWI. Professor Henry-Lee‘s most enjoyable academic exercise is engaging with her students.
Ricardo Sánchez Torres's picture
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Project Assistant for PISA at OECD. Communications and International Affairs Specialist with experience translating knowledge into concrete projects within Trade, ICT and Education sectors. I have worked for the United Nations and the Mexican Government. I was Project Manager at the National Institute for Educational Assessment in Mexico City. I am interested in transnational citizenship, quality in education and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Julia Makayova's picture
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Born and raised in Belarus and having lived in Norway before settling in the US, I have developed passion for interdisciplinary multisectoral problem solving to advance human development. Currently, I am exploring a range of cross-disciplinary methodologies and hands on skills to promote public health, socio-economic development and the rule of law. I am navigating synergies between public and private partnerships, building capacity to act with the tools of public policy, litigation, and social entrepreneurship.
Inès Boubaker's picture
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Master Student from Sciences Po Paris, I am the president of the Human Development Research Initiative, a student-run think tank. Our ambition is to generate ideas and knowledge to inform policymaking processes, to create open spaces for debate and to channel intellectual resources for the monitoring and evaluation of public policy. HDRI Team comes from more than 30 countries, was trained in the world top universities. We aspire to become key actors in the policy arena of international development and to bring about change to advance a fair, joint and sustainable development for all.

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