Madjid Soltani is an Associate Professor at K. N. Toosi University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D from the University of Waterloo and his Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Soltani has collaborated actively with researchers in several disciplines of cancer biology, microfluidics, and artificial intelligence […]
Alan Sovran is a policy and programs expert with diverse experience contributing to research, analyses, and interventions related to a variety of policy areas. This work includes preparing and delivering remarks on proposed digital media tariffs at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, participating in multi-disciplinary summits examining policy solutions to microplastics pollution in the
Lee Tiedrich is a widely recognized leader in artificial intelligence, data, and emerging technologies. She is a member of both the OECD and Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) AI expert groups and co-chairs both the GPAI Responsible AI Strategy for the Environment (RAISE) committee and the GPAI Intellectual Property Advisory Committee. With a degree in
Stephanie Cortinovis is a PhD student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research interests include global climate governance, low-carbon transitions, environmental ethics, and, most prominently, the implications of negative emissions technologies within those domains. In her PhD, she intends to apply strategies for decision-making under deep uncertainty to understand emerging
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Prof. Dr. Antonietta Elia, 2022 Finalist to the Pro Human Rights Prize, International Category (Madrid, Spain); 2021 Internationally Nominee to the Global Leadership Prize, Elliasson Tallberg Foundation; 2020 North South Prize of the Council of Europe as Member of the Mediterranean Network of Experts on Climate Change (MedECC); 2019 Former Candidate to the Italian Seat
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Leah Jones-Crank is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environment (School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability) at the University of Waterloo. As an interdisciplinary sustainability scholar, her research and teaching explores collaborative governance within the food-energy-water nexus for improved decision-making and for sustainable outcomes. She examines how such collaborative governance approaches can improve pathways
Rumana Khorshed is a PhD student in the Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her doctoral dissertation will focus on skilled labour migration. Rumana’s other research interests include sustainable development and public policy. Rumana holds a master’s in environmental studies in Sustainability Management from the University of Waterloo. Her master’s thesis
Marika Jeziorek is a PhD Candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where her research focuses on temporary protection mechanisms (TPMs) and the institutionalization of precarity in global migration governance. Her dissertation examines how TPMs — such as Canada’s CUAET and the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive — normalize temporary, selective responses
Ahmad Fareed Khan is a Ph.D. candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs interested in the Global political economy, particularly economic sanctions. Ahmad’s interest is centric on Economic sanction’s impact on third-party states. Ahmad’s master research paper analyzed the discourse around economic sanctions in the mainstream media. Ahmad has completed two MAs: One in
Leah Lawrence is a recognized and award-winning leader of organizations focused on delivering social impact. As the president and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, she transformed the organization, making it a champion for young companies and providing over $1 billion to aspiring entrepreneurs focused on developing technologies to tackle the world’s largest sustainability challenges.
Eneria Mucaj is a candidate of the Master of Arts in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), specializing in the global environment. Her MRP is focused on exploring the global opportunities and challenges associated with usage of small modular reactor technologies in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While at
