BSIA Fellow

Cheryl Martens

Cheryl Martens

Dr. Cheryl Martens is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Sociology and History at the University of San Francisco Quito. She is co-investigator and the Quito project leader for the Hungry Cities Partnership project: Migration and Food Security in the Global South (MiFood). Her latest work focuses on Venezuelan migration and temporary shelter (Care, 2021) […]

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Benny Skinner

Benny Skinner

Benny Skinner (they/them) is a two-spirit/non-binary person from Ka’qaqujue’katik/Qalipue’katik, Ktaqmkuk and Pampanga, Luzon. They are Mi’kmaw (Lewis family, Otter Clan) and Kapampangan (Magtoto family). They hold a Bachelor of Arts, Peace and Conflict Studies degree and a Master of Arts, Global Governance degree. Benny’s areas of expertise include Indigenous methods and pedagogy, decolonization, gender, and

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Richard Florizone

Richard Florizone

Dr. Richard Florizone is President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and President Emeritus of Dalhousie University. Originally from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Richard has held senior roles with the Boston Consulting Group, Cambridge University, Bombardier Aerospace, the International Finance Corporation, and the University of Saskatchewan. He currently serves as a Council

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Daniel Kammen

Daniel Kammen

Dr. Daniel Kammen is the James and Katherine Lau Distinguished Professor of Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group (where he serves as Chair), the Goldman School of Public Policy (where he directs the Environmental Policy Center), and the department of Nuclear Engineering. He was appointed

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Juan Moreno-Cruz

Juan Moreno-Cruz

Juan Moreno-Cruz is an Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and the Canada Research Chair in Energy Transitions at the University of Waterloo. He is also a CESifo Research Affiliate. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Calgary in Canada in 2010 and his B.Sc. (2003) and M.Sc.

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Fred Gorbet

Frederick W. Gorbet, O.C.

Fred Gorbet has extensive experience in public policy advice and formulation, particularly with regard to financial institutions and energy policy. Following a 25-year career in the Canadian public service, where he served as Director of Long-Term Policy for the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, and as Deputy Minister of Finance for Canada, Mr. Gorbet

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Graham Curtis

Graham Curtis

Graham Curtis is a People and Organisation Development consultant with a background in public administration and change leadership in the International Development sector in the UK. His research and teaching interests include understanding social change and transformation from the perspective of complex responsive processes. Dr. Curtis is an associate lecturer on the MSc People and

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Lola Cecchinel

Lola Cecchinel

Lola Cecchinel is a Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning professional with experience managing and advising programmes operating in conflict-affected environments. She worked five years for a consulting company across Afghanistan and West Africa and then joined the UK Government’s Stabilisation Unit as a Deployable Civilian Expert in late 2017. She has provided long-term advisory and

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Armin Grunwald

Armin Grunwald

Armin Grunwald is a Full professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He has been the director of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at KIT (ITAS) since 1999 and Director of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag in Berlin since 2002. After

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Trevor Swerdfager

Trevor Swerdfager

Trevor Swerdfager is Practitioner In Residence in the School of Environment and Resources Studies, Faculty of Environment at University of Waterloo. He joined the Faculty in 2020 after a 30-year career in the federal Public Service where he served in roles including Director General of the Canadian Wildlife Service in Environment Canada before moving to

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Stacey Wilson-Forsberg

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg

Dr. Stacey Wilson-Forsberg is an Associate Professor in the Human Rights & Human Diversity program at Wilfrid Laurier University and current Director of the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa. Her research and much of her teaching focus on migration and multiculturalism. She is especially interested in the experiences of youth with refugee

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Diana Fox Carney

Diana Fox Carney

Diana Fox Carney is an adviser to companies and investors that are seeking opportunities in the transition to a greener, more nature positive economy. She is a Senior Adviser on climate to growth equity fund, BeyondNetZero and to Africa investor, Helios Climate. She is also a Senior Advisor at geopolitics advisory firm, Eurasia Group. She began

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