Contributors

Lise Woensdregt

PhD Candidate in Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

PhD Candidate in Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Lise Woensdregt is a PhD candidate in the Sociology Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She uses ethnographic research methods and works with members of marginalised communities to study community organising in the official development aid system, and she is committed to developing alternative methods of knowledge production.

Lucy Gilson

Professor and Head, Health Policy and Systems Division, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town

Professor and Head, Health Policy and Systems Division, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town Dr Lucy Gilson is Professor and Head, Health Policy and Systems Division, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town. Her research addresses the political, social and ethical dimensions of health policies and health systems, with a particular focus on decision-making, leadership and governance. Her work of conceptualizing and investigating health system resilience began before COVID, but has continued over time. She also supports a range of capacity strengthening and system support activities.

Louise Leroux

PhD, Remote sensing scientist, Cirad

PhD, Remote sensing scientist, Cirad Louise Leroux is a researcher at the CIRAD institute in the AÏDA unit. She is geographer with a strong background in remote sensing applied to agricultural monitoring. Her researches are focused on the use of remote sensing technologies combined with statistical or biophysical modelling to (1) improve the cropping systems descriptions and (2) improve the assessment of agronomical and environmental performances of smallholder cropping systems. Over the last years she worked mainly in West Africa, with a focus on agroforestry systems. She was previously seconded to Centre de Suivi Ecologique in Senegal and she is now based at IITA Nairobi in Kenya where she conducts her research on yield gap assessment in Ethiopia .

Lalaina Ranaivoson

Chercheure en agronomie, Cirad

Chercheure en agronomie, Cirad Lalaina Ranaivoson est chercheure en agronomie, spécialiste des systèmes de culture. Elle a rédigé sa thèse sur l'étude des fonctions agro-écologiques des principes de l’agriculture de conservation dans l’amélioration de la production du riz pluviale dans la région du lac Alaotra.

Lisa de Kleyn

Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University

Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Lisa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT University in the Centre for Urban Research. Her research takes an environmental justice perspective on a range of issues including urban greening, housing, and natural resource management. Current projects including housing energy efficiency transitions, urban greening governance, and flood justice.

Lesley Ann Foster

Ph.D Candidate in Cultural Studies, Teaching Fellow, Queen's University, Ontario

Ph.D Candidate in Cultural Studies, Teaching Fellow, Queen's University, Ontario Lesley Ann Foster began her Ph.D. at Queen's University in 2020 exploring feminist reproductive rights movements in Argentina and in the region. Foster is trilingual in English, Spanish and French and has been a Spanish teacher fellow at Queen's for the past two years. In Winter 2024, Foster will teach her own course on social movements, feminist activism and reproductive rights in Latin America. She is part of the inaugural cohort of the Guiding Research on Women and Girls' Health (GROWW) program and is an advocate for reproductive justice and bodily autonomy. Foster is deeply dedicated to her work and the need for access and holistic care that goes beyond trauma, one that is intersectional and centres human rights, health care and community.