Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship, University of Pretoria Dr Alex Bignotti heads the African Network of Social Entrepreneurship Scholars, a scholarly community aiming to advance social entrepreneurship teaching and research in Africa and facilitate of training of scholars in the same field. Alex is currently a senior lecturer in social entrepreneurship at the University of Pretoria. He has a keen interest in entrepreneurship as a catalyst for social change. His research currently focuses on social entrepreneurship, especially in an African context. Under the same research umbrella, his earlier work has also focussed on entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial personality and entrepreneurship education, with a particular focus on the youth and disadvantaged individuals.
Assistant Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi I am currently working as an Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), India. I have worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Durham University UK and I obtained PhD degree from IIT Bombay and am the recipient of the IIT Bombay Best PhD thesis award. I am the recipient of the Royal Society London, United Kingdom International Exchanges Award and IACMAG John Carter Award – 2022 from the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ, USA. I am a DAAD fellowship awardee from Germany and also served as a 2016 DAAD Young Ambassador for DAAD India. I have experience working in multi-national teams through the Transport Africa project and Seismic safety of Kathmandu’s historic urban infrastructure investigating the causes of the collapse of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Nepal. I have published over 40 papers in various Journals of International repute and various conferences. My research encompasses highly relevant areas of civil engineering:(1) Soil-structure interaction (2) Unsaturated soil mechanics for pavements and landslides (3) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (4) Use of sensing techniques for geotechnical engineering applications.
Programme Leader, Energy and Climate Change, Stockholm Environment Institute Dr. Anderson Kehbila is the Programme Leader for Energy and Climate Change at the Stockholm Environment Institute, Africa Centre. Anderson has 17 years of project management experience in providing and overseeing the delivery of climate change research, modelling, analysis, monitoring, training, and decision-support services for the management of climate change mitigation and adaptation risks across various infrastructure and natural resource sectors. He has written 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, professional reports, posters and discussion papers in the fields of climate mitigation, adaptation and development. His research interests lie in the nexus between artificial intelligence, citizen science, environment, and development.
Lecturer in Building Performance Evaluation and net Zero Design, University of Strathclyde Alejandro’s main research interests are net zero buildings and the indoor environment – indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort –, particularly Passivhaus homes. Ultimately, the connections between sustainable architecture to health, urban and human behaviours to create healthy homes through design research methods. Alejandro has developed an interest in using low-cost sensors as research tools and their effect on residential behaviour, design, and human health & well-being. Alejandro is also a certified Passivhaus Designer.
Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute, EDHEC Business School Abhishek is an Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute and the Head of infraMetrics® Product Development. He has more than 10 years of experience in asset management and alternative investments including stints at Goldman Sachs and Partners Group. He holds a Masters of Science in Financial Engineering from Nanyang Business School and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology. Ten years in alternative investment research. Partners Group & Goldman Sachs alumnus.
