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Nicholas Netto is currently Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He graduated with First Class honours in Social Work from the National University of Singapore, and obtained his Master of Science (Distinction) in Evidence-Based Social Intervention at the University of Oxford.
Prior to joining SUSS, Nicholas held appointments at the Singapore Prison Service, Tote Board (Ministry of Finance), and the Innovation Lab at the Public Service Division (Prime Minister’s Office) where he applied Behavioural Insights and Design Thinking to improve policies and programmes.
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PhD student
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Economist at University of California San Diego and U.S. NOAA Fisheries specializing in conservation, marine issues, distributive justice, equity, fairness, international tunas, deep-seabed mining, applied econometrics, technological change and productivity. Ph.D. in Applied Economics, M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Applied Economics, University of California Berkeley. 160 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, 11 co-authored or co-edited books. Architect of both national and potential natural resource management plan. Experience at WorldFish Center, FAO, Malaysia, Intl Seabed Auth, Inter-Am TropTuna Com
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Professor of Sociology, University of Bristol. Research exploring the nature and drivers of different ethnic and religious identities and health and other inequalities, focusing particularly on the impact of racisms and other structural and social determinants. Motivated by the need for the more effective engagement of marginalised groups in the co-production of research, policy and practice. Long history of collaboration with non-academic organisations. Member of the Inclusive Data Taskforce for the UK Statistics Authority.
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Dr. Mahalakshmi Sankar is a passionate teacher, dedicated curator of student led innovative teaching learning methodology and programmes. Having more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles in HEIs in Mumbai and Kochi ,India, she brings in rich content to the projects that she works on. An avid researcher with publication cutting across diverse domains in Scopus Index Journals she has been driving the entrepreneurial culture amongst youth for the past 15 years. Currently engaged in sensitizing the HEI teachers about the importance and need for the National Education Policy.
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Elizabeth Lyons specializes in innovation strategy, and organizational economics. She is especially interested in how technological change affects how organizations manage, and how innovation occurs and can be impacted by managerial interventions. As an associate professor of management at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, at UC San Diego, Lyons teaches innovation economics, entrepreneurship, and international business.
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Lane Kenworthy is professor of sociology and Yankelovich Chair in Social Thought at the University of California-San Diego. He received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. He studies the causes and consequences of living standards, poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, social policy, taxes, public opinion, and politics in the United States and other affluent democratic countries. His books include The Good Society (online), Social Democratic Capitalism (2020), and Progress for the Poor (2011).
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I am an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Political Science and the Computational Social Sciences Program at the University of California, San Diego. I use comparative politics and political economy tools, with a regional focus on Latin America, to investigate how to improve public goods provision in developing democracies.
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Bristol University. My research interests lie at the intersection of public, labor, and normative economics.
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A legal and governance expert working in the field of urban development at the UN Habitat Policy, Legislation, and Governance Section (PLGS) with an interest in facilitating evidence-based and informed policy-making that promotes better access, utilization, and implementation of digital technologies for social and economic development.