Socially engaged interdisciplinary academic, with experience in election observation, research, advocacy, and activism. Studied IR in Slovakia, Portugal, and Taiwan. Conducted doctoral research and worked for a local NGO in Myanmar. Lectured at the University of Taipei and organized monthly (public) human rights talks. Currently, Assistant Professor at the Palacky University Olomouc, and Co-Director of the think tank Central European Institute of Asian Studies, as well as Chair of the Board of Amnesty International Slovakia. Also, Deputy Editor of the International Journal of China Studies. Research focusing on Myanmar affairs, Taiwan affairs, CEE-China/Taiwan relations, human rights, and migration.
I am a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford, researching the role of interoception in the overlap between autism and mental health conditions such as eating disorders and anxiety. In particular, my research explores interoception as a causal mechanism underlying the associations between various developmental conditions and mental disorders, including eating disorders, anxiety, autism and alexithymia. My research is funded by a Clarendon Scholarship and a Medical Sciences Division Studentship.
I am a PhD student at the University of Bolton, undertaking a doctoral degree by research. I am analyzing state and non-state actors' approaches to climate change interventions in Zambia. Basically trying to investigate the stakeholder-coordination nexus and bring out valuable lessons for public policy, in general, and Africa's sustainability in view of climate change, specifically. My current field of work revolves around development planning and public policy. But I have an interest in other topical issues such as politics (and the science behind it) and media. I am also a Theologian in the making. Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary, USA, was gracious enough to offer me a distance learning opportunity; so I am slowly chasing after an MA in Systematic Theology. I hope I haven't forgotten to also mention that I am a trained computer programmer... I am supposed to get machines to do stuff for us. But haven't done much programming in recent years!
Postdoctoral Fellow in Infection Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft is a postdoctoral fellow with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, working in the laboratory of Sam P. Brown at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The overarching theme of his research is to use theory and concepts from evolution and ecology to address the problem of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria. In particular, he uses modelling and experiments to better understand the evolutionary ecology of antibiotic resistance in chronic lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that affects several organ systems, including the lung, where it results in life-long infection. For the future, he aimes to combine research on resistance evolution with work in the clinic. Kristofer's background includes the Lund University medical school and a PhD in infection medicine in the laboratory of Lars Björck at the aforementioned university. During his PhD training, he investigated interactions between surface proteins of streptococci and the human blood clotting system, as well as the mechanisms by which saliva induces blood clotting. In his spare time, he rides a laid back bike and paddles on the Chattahoochee river.
Research and Teaching Associate, Purdue University I am an applied economist focusing on and the interactions of climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, food security, and gender. I currently consult for the World Bank HQ and UN Food and Agriculture Organization. I was a Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer at UN WFP Bangladesh office, and contributed in the Rural Sectors division of Katalyst, a market development based project. I obtained a PhD from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, USA.
Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford I am an Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. I am an affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and the Centre for the Study of African Economies. My work has been published in leading journals including the American Economic Review and Journal of the European Economic Association. I have an MPhil and PhD in International Development from Oxford. I was a Rhodes Scholar, a Proctor Fellow at Princeton University and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Cambridge. My work is in labour, public, behavioural and development economics. I create new public policy interventions with NGOs and governments which aim to reduce poverty or improve employment and earnings. I test these programmes in large-scale field experiments, producing both papers relevant to academic debates and findings which can be applied in policy and programme design.
