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University of Oxford

Charles Hulme

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Oxford. His research interests span reading, language and memory processes and their development and is an expert on randomized controlled trials in Education. His work on reading development has made important contributions to understanding the role of phonological skills in learning to read. He has also worked to develop early language intervention programmes for young children.

Yale University

John Eric Humphries

John Eric Humphries is an assistant professor of economics at Yale University. His research focuses on topics in labor economics and applied microeconomics. In particular, he studies education, career dynamics, and self-employment. Much of his work considers how policies affect the acquisition of human capital and labor market dynamics. His publications include work on the GED high school equivalency exam, information frictions for small businesses, and the estimation of dynamic treatment effects.

LSE

Tehreem Husain

Tehreem Husain is the ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this, she was the Economic History Society Power Fellow in Economic History in affiliation with the Institute of Historical Research and a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Department of Economic History. Tehreem completed her PhD in historical infrastructure finance at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London in December

World Bank, Hertie School

Leonardo Iacovone

Leonardo Iacovone is Lead Economist at the World Bank and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Hertie School. His area of research expertise include development economics, business dynamics, productivity, entrepreneurship, innovation, trade and youth unemployment, with a special focus on policy evaluation. His research has been published in numerous renowned journals such as Science, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, World Development, etc

University of Edinburgh

Gbenga Ibikunle

Gbenga is a Professor of Finance with a research focus on financial market microstructure. He directs the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations and the NatWest Group Centre for Purpose-driven Innovation in Banking. He is a Fellow at Sydney’s RoZetta Institute and a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Future of Resilient Financial Systems. He is published in leading academic journals, and featured in the media, e.g., New York Times, Economist, and Financial Times.

Students Organising for Sustainability

Zamzam Ibrahim

Zamzam Ibrahim is a climate justice activist and climate consultant. Co-founder of Students Organising for Sustainability and a UN advisor.