Flavio Vasconcellos Comim is a Full Professor at IQS School of Management in Barcelona, Spain, holding the Chair of Ethics and Christian Thought (intercenter). His research focuses on the intersections of Sustainability, Economics, and Ethics. Fields of Interest : Human Development, Capability Approach, Social Exclusion, Regional Development, AI Ethics, Poverty Stigma (Aporophobia), Sustainable Development, Social Welfare, Justice, and Happiness. Recent research includes publications on youth HDI in Spain (2025), AI bias against the poor (2024), and critiques of Sen's social choice theory (2024). He leads projects like Big data applied to the study of aporophobia and Population Medicine and Sustainable Development collaborations with China. His academic output spans journals like Regional Studies , AI and Society , and Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society , with keywords spanning Economics, Machine Learning, Human Development, and Social Justice. No formal students or awards are listed in available records.
Tania Burchardt is an Associate Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) , where she serves as Deputy Director of STICERD and Associate Director of CASE (Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion). Her work bridges theoretical frameworks like the capability approach with empirical analyses of inequality , disability policy , and applied welfare policy . Key Research Areas : Theories of justice, inequality measurement, time poverty, and social care systems Leadership Roles : Co-led projects on multidimensional inequality, intergenerational exchanges, and child poverty Her recent work explores intra-household resource allocation , social care inequities , and public engagement in policymaking . She has collaborated with organizations like the Nuffield Foundation and Sense about Science to translate research into practice. Scientific Contributions span empirical studies on: Long-term care funding reforms (2015–2020) Disability-related income disparities Time poverty intersections with economic hardship Data-driven policy recommendations for Roma/Gypsy/Traveller communities Multidimensional child poverty frameworks
Monica Pratesi is a Full Professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pisa. She currently serves on leave as Director of the Department for Statistical Production at ISTAT, coordinating 937 researchers and managers. Her expertise spans small area estimation, poverty measurement, survey methodology, and official statistics. She leads the Tuscan Universities Research Centre “Camilo Dagum” and has held two Jean Monnet Chairs focusing on poverty and living conditions in the EU. She has coordinated major EU projects like INGRID-2 and MAKSWELL, advancing methodologies for inclusive growth and sustainable development. Her research integrates big data and citizen-generated data into statistical frameworks. Awards include presidencies of the Italian Statistical Society and the International Association of Survey Statisticians. Education & Roles: Full Professor of Statistics (SECS-S/01) at University of Pisa since 2012 Director, Department for Statistical Production at ISTAT (until 2024) President, Italian Statistical Society (2016-2020) President-elect, International Association of Survey Statisticians (2022-2023) Research Focus: Advanced statistical methods for poverty monitoring, small area estimation, survey design, and leveraging big data for policy impact. Key areas include multidimensional poverty, educational poverty, and sustainable development indicators. Her work emphasizes real-time data integration and policy relevance. Grants & Projects: Principal Investigator for INGRID-2 (EU H2020, 2017-2021) Principal Investigator for MAKSWELL (EU H2020, 2017-2020) Coordinator of SAMPLE (FP7) and INGRID (FP7) Labs & Teams: Active in the Societal Transitions group and contributes to the European Master in Official Statistics program. Her research center, REMARC, focuses on policy-driven statistical innovation.
Mengni Chen is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology , University of Copenhagen , affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences . She holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong and previously worked as a research scientist at institutions including the University of Cologne (Germany), Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), and Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria). Her research focuses on marriage/family dynamics, gender inequality, intergenerational relationships, socioeconomic development, and population dynamics. She teaches courses such as 'Population and Society,' 'Social Problems,' 'Family Sociology of a Changing Society,' and 'Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis.' Recent Research Highlights: - Analyzes late parenthood trends in East Asia. - Explores intergenerational emotional dynamics in aging Chinese families. - Investigates gender equality in household labor via Hong Kong case studies. - Examines spatial-temporal suicide determinants in China. - Compares life expectancy between Hong Kong and Japan. Professional Contributions: - Authored/edited 27 peer-reviewed publications since 2015. - Research spans sociology, demography, public health, and policy analysis. - Collaborations with international institutions in Europe, Asia, and beyond. - Active in policy-relevant demographic studies addressing societal challenges.
Frank Cowell is a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he serves as a CASE (Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion) and STICERD (Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines) Associate. His academic work spans several decades with publications dating from the early 1990s through to 2018, demonstrating sustained scholarly contribution to the field of economics. Professor Cowell's research primarily focuses on inequality and poverty measurement, income and wealth distribution, taxation, and social mobility. His work combines theoretical economic analysis with empirical applications across different countries and contexts. His research interests include methodological approaches to measuring inequality, particularly addressing challenges related to top incomes and wealth concentration, as well as examining the relationship between social identity and redistributive preferences. His publication record reveals consistent engagement with methodological issues in inequality measurement, with numerous papers addressing statistical robustness, decomposition techniques, and comparisons of income and wealth distributions across countries. His more recent work has increasingly focused on wealth distribution, inheritance, and intergenerational mobility, reflecting evolving scholarly interest in these areas. He has collaborated extensively with researchers across Europe, particularly on cross-national comparative studies using datasets like the Luxembourg Wealth Study. Professor Cowell has made significant contributions to the theoretical foundations of inequality measurement, developing alternative approaches that address limitations in conventional indices. His work on median-normalized inequality measures represents an important methodological innovation aimed at better capturing changes at the top of the income distribution. Throughout his career, Cowell has examined the relationship between economic theory and empirical measurement, often bridging gaps between abstract welfare economics and practical policy applications. His research has implications for tax policy design, social welfare programs, and understanding the dynamics of economic inequality across different populations and time periods. As a CASE and STICERD Associate, Professor Cowell contributes to LSE's research environment focused on social exclusion, inequality, and public policy analysis. His work has been published in numerous discussion papers, journal articles, and book chapters, establishing him as a significant contributor to the field of distributional economics.
Isabel Günther is Professor of Development Economics and Academic Director of NADEL at ETH Zurich. Her research examines empirical microeconomics with focus on poverty measurement, inequality, population economics, and evidence-based policymaking, primarily in African contexts. Research areas include: Measurement of poverty and inequality Technologies for poverty reduction Fertility and demographic transitions Health system impacts of crises Intersectional inequality frameworks Recent publications demonstrate methodological innovation in measuring multidimensional poverty, with regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Work addresses both theoretical frameworks for understanding inequality and empirical analyses of policy interventions in development contexts. Leads research projects on COVID-19 impacts on health systems, fertility transition in Africa, and intersectional approaches to educational inequality. Collaborates internationally on development economics research with fieldwork in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.
Susana Franco is Research Director at Orkestra Basque Institute of Competitiveness and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham. With prior academic experience at British and Latin American universities, she coordinates research on territorial competitiveness and regional development. Her research expertise spans: Quantitative analysis of regional competitiveness indicators Cluster development in evolving economies Employment-wellbeing relationships Policy evaluation methodologies Her publications primarily analyze competitiveness frameworks through longitudinal regional studies, with recent focus on inclusive growth and digital transformation impacts. As research director, she supervises doctoral candidates and manages international projects with UN agencies, facilitating knowledge exchange between academic and policy stakeholders.
Indranil Dutta is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Manchester, holding a Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside and an M.A. from Delhi School of Economics, India. Previously, he taught at the University of Sheffield and University of East Anglia, and served as a research associate at Manchester's Brooks World Poverty Institute and a research fellow at UNU-WIDER (Helsinki). His academic background includes: Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Riverside M.A. in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India Dr. Dutta specializes in quantitative development economics and applied welfare economics, focusing on well-being, deprivation, and distribution measurement. His research critically examines poverty and inequality indicators while addressing political economy dimensions of deprivation. This work directly contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals for poverty reduction (SDG 1) and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). His publication trends reveal consistent methodological rigor in poverty measurement (e.g., vulnerability frameworks, multidimensional indices) and empirical analysis of refugee impacts using natural experiments. Recent work applies difference-in-differences techniques to Rohingya refugee effects in Bangladesh and investigates health system competition in developing countries, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach across economics, policy, and social welfare. Scientific awards: No major awards listed in available profile data. Advising and Grants: Dr. Dutta has supervised 4 students. He serves as Co-Investigator on the 2024-2025 project 'Financialised Cocoa Chains and Implications for Ghanaian Farmers’ Productivity, Income and Livelihoods', examining how global cocoa supply chains affect West African smallholders. His media engagement includes policy-relevant analysis of India's demonetization, covered by news outlets and referenced in policy sources.
Giacomo De Giorgi is a Full Professor of Economics at the University of Geneva’s Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), affiliated with the Institute of Economics and Econometrics. He previously held roles as Assistant Professor at Stanford University (2006–2013), Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley (2010–2011), Wesley Mitchell Visiting Professor at Columbia University (2012–2013), Research Professor at ICREA-MOVE Barcelona (2013–2014), Senior Economist at the New York Federal Reserve (2014–2016), and currently holds a Visiting Professorship at UC Irvine (since 2018). He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association and a member of BREAD, CEPR, and IPA. Education: Ph.D., University College London. His research focuses on Economic Development, Labour Economics, Household Finance, and Entrepreneurship . Notable contributions include studies on cash transfer programs’ spillover effects, family networks’ impact on education, and credit market dynamics. He co-launched the Virtual Development Economics Seminar Series (VDEV/Channel) in 2020. Recent articles explore lifecycle inequality between racial groups, post-default economic dynamics, and SDG tracking in crises. His work appears in top journals like the American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, and Journal of Development Economics. Awards: Banamex Prize (2020). Teaching includes Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Advanced Econometrics. He has advised numerous institutions and co-authored influential papers on topics like informal firms’ formalization and consumption networks. He is actively involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, presenting globally on themes like refugees’ poverty, farming transitions, and financial crisis narratives.
Prateep Nayak is a Professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development within the University of Waterloo. His academic focus combines political science, environmental studies, and international development through transdisciplinary research on human-environment connections. With expertise in commons governance, social-ecological resilience, environmental justice, and political ecology, he has taught courses like INDEV 100: Introduction to International Development SUSM 675: Governing the Commons INDEV 617: Environmental Change and Governance He has received prestigious awards including the Trudeau Scholarship, Harvard Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowship, Canada's Governor General Academic Gold Medal, and SSHRC Banting Fellowship. Professor Nayak's research explores social-ecological systems, emphasizing vulnerability-to-viability transitions in small-scale fisheries, gender dynamics in dried fish value chains, and multidimensional justice in coastal governance. His Google Scholar publications since 2017 highlight Asia-Africa comparative studies, marine protected areas, and policy frameworks for adaptive management. Article keywords reveal engagement with climate resilience, equity in resource access, and institutional pluralism in governance systems. Scientific awards include Trudeau Scholar Harvard Giorgio Ruffolo Fellow in Sustainability Science Canada's Governor General Academic Gold Medal SSHRC Banting Fellow His fieldwork experience includes development projects in India focusing on community-based governance of land, water, and forests at the research-implementation-policy interface. Current teaching aligns with his expertise in international development and environmental governance, while historical publications show long-term engagement with coastal systems analysis and regime shifts.
Sevda Yalçın serves as a full-time Lecturer at Kafkas University's Kağızman Vocational School within the Department of Therapy and Rehabilitation. With continuous academic service since 1997, she maintains an active teaching schedule covering quality management, statistics, and customer relationship management courses at the associate degree level. Her educational background includes a BSc in Statistics from Anadolu University (1993-1997) and an MSc in Business Administration (without thesis) from Atatürk University's Institute of Social Sciences (2006-2008). Yalçın's research focuses on economic analysis of regional development with particular emphasis on South Caucasus countries, African economies, and Turkish agricultural sectors. Her work frequently employs global indices like Legatum Prosperity Index and World Bank's Doing Business indicators to evaluate economic performance and sustainable development potential. She maintains a strong regional focus on Kağızman district in eastern Turkey, analyzing local development challenges through community participation and rural tourism potential. Her publication record shows consistent output since 2012 with 39 total publications including 16 articles, 21 conference presentations, and 2 books. The research demonstrates evolving focus from broader Balkan and post-Soviet economic analysis toward increasingly specialized regional studies of South Caucasus and Turkey's agricultural sector. As a dedicated academic collaborator, she maintains a longstanding research partnership with Alper Yalçın (39 joint publications), with additional collaborations including Kubilay Aras, Coşkun Alıcı, and Kerem Karabulut. Her work demonstrates strong alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals through sustainable local development research.
Professor Massimiliano Tani Bertuol is a distinguished academic specializing in economics at UNSW Canberra's School of Business, where he has served as Professor since 2015. His professional affiliations extend beyond UNSW as he is an Associate Investigator/Member at CEPAR; Ageing Futures; uDASH; AI Institute; and Cyber security (IFCYBER). Additionally, he maintains international connections as a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Future of Labor (IZA) in Germany since 2005, an Associate Member at Macquarie University's Centre for Workforce Futures since 2018, and a Research Fellow at the Global Labor Organization (GLO) in Maastricht since 2016. His educational background reflects a strong foundation in economics and business, having earned a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (2003), a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics (1992), and a Bachelor's degree in Business/Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy (1989). His academic journey has positioned him as a leading researcher in human capital economics with international recognition. Professor Tani Bertuol's research centers on human capital development and its economic implications. His work examines how human capital can be fostered, efficiently transferred internationally through migration, and how it affects productivity, innovation, and economic growth at both firm and national levels. His research spans multiple regions including Australia, Europe, the US, Africa, and China, with particular focus on migration economics, labor market outcomes, and the economic impacts of education and skills. His current research agenda includes non-pecuniary incentives, behavioral/financial decisions in China, occupational licensing, language skills and economic assimilation, AI-human interactions in health contexts, and labor mobility and productivity. Analysis of his recent publications reveals significant interdisciplinary trends bridging economics with public health, environmental science, and technology. His work connects migration dynamics with economic outcomes, examines household financial behaviors through gender lenses, and investigates the complex relationships between environmental factors like air pollution and economic activities including education investment and entrepreneurship. More recent work explores AI applications in health and the economic implications of pandemic responses, demonstrating his ability to address contemporary challenges through rigorous economic analysis. 2023: UNSW ARC Postgraduate Council (Arc PGC) award for excellence in research supervision 2011: Vice-Chancellor Award for Teaching Excellence 2011: Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence for teaching economics Professor Tani Bertuol has successfully supervised 4 PhD students to completion, with 1 submitted dissertation and 5 currently under supervision. His active research program is supported by significant grant funding including an ARC Linkage Project (2023-27) on regional Australia's skills shortages and high-skill refugees' employment ($354,811), an ARC Discovery Project (2019-23) on migrant aging and wellbeing ($478,000), and a NUW Alliance grant (2021-23) on hearing screening and academic outcomes ($73,367). He serves as Associate Editor for Social Indicators Research and Higher Education Research & Development, contributing to scholarly discourse in his fields of expertise. His teaching portfolio includes courses in data analytics, finance, and professional executive education focused on cost-benefit analysis and data communication. He teaches ZBUS2333 Data Analytics and Visualisation, ZBUS8105 Finance and Investment Appraisal, and ZBUS8149 Introduction to Finance, demonstrating his commitment to developing the next generation of economics professionals with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
Paul Hufe is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Bristol, with affiliations at IZA, CESifo, IFS, and HCEO. His research bridges public, labor, and normative economics, focusing on equality of opportunity, intergenerational mobility, and fairness. Education: PhD from LMU Munich; visiting appointments at Cornell, Princeton, and FAIR at NHH Bergen. Research interests include measuring unfair inequality, skill formation, and the role of genetic and circumstantial factors in life chances. Methodologically, he integrates regression trees and experimental evidence to advance inequality analysis. His recent work spans multidimensional fairness in Europe, genetic lotteries in education, and parental wage impacts on child development. Articles often involve collaborations with leading economists. Awards: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (GBP 1.6m, 2024-2028). Grants: Co-Investigator for European Social Science Genetics Network (Horizon Europe).
William (Bill) Clark (1953-2017) was a historian specializing in the history of science, modern Germany, and academic institutions. He served as a part-time lecturer in UCLA's Department of History during the 1990s and 2000s, contributing to scholarly works on research universities' origins and academic practices. His seminal work Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University (2006) remains influential. Clark also co-edited collections like The Sciences in Enlightened Europe (1999) and taught at institutions including Goettingen University and UCSD. His research interests spanned the history of universities, scientific disciplines, and socio-spatial dynamics. Recent publications (2023–2025) focus on urbanization's effects, housing policy, residential mobility, and wellbeing in transitional societies. Notable themes include housing tenure impacts, urban-rural fertility patterns, and segregation mechanisms. Though no formal awards are listed, his extensive bibliography reflects significant contributions to historical and sociological scholarship. Clark advised no recorded students, but his interdisciplinary work bridges historical analysis with contemporary urban studies.
Leyla Karimli is an Associate Professor of Social Welfare at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, specializing in global poverty reduction interventions and their impact on vulnerable children and families in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia. Her research emphasizes multidimensional poverty’s psychosocial dimensions, integrating economic, relational, and health-related factors. Education: PhD from Columbia University’s School of Social Work (Social Policy focus), postdoctoral training at the University of Chicago and NYU’s McSilver Institute. Prior to academia, she worked on community development in the former Soviet Union and Sub-Saharan Africa. Research interests include poverty alleviation strategies, family dynamics, and the role of local social structures in program efficacy. Notable affiliations include UCLA’s Global Public Affairs, Global Lab for Research in Action, ICHAD, and the California Center for Population Research. Her work highlights how economic interventions like ultra-poor graduation programs improve child and family well-being through longitudinal, experimental studies. Recent publications focus on mediation models in clinical trials assessing mental health outcomes and women’s empowerment in contexts such as Uganda and Burkina Faso. Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary collaborations through UCLA’s Global Public Affairs and the McSilver Institute, focusing on translating research into actionable poverty policy.
