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Advisory Committee Member External Member of the Advisory Committee, Professor and Chair of Inclusive AI Cultures, Utrecht University

Payal Arora

Payal Arora is a Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and Co-founder of FemLab. A digital anthropologist, she has two decades of experience working with low-income communities to inform inclusive designs and policies. Author of award-winning books like "The Next Billion Users," she is recognized by Forbes and has consulted for major organizations like Google, UNESCO, and Spotify.

Advisory Committee Member Chair and External Member of the Advisory Committee

Marielza Oliveira

Marielza Oliveira was the Director of UNESCO’s Division for Digital Inclusion, Policies, and Transformation, supporting member states in digital inclusion and transformation. She served in various advisory and representative roles within UNESCO and other international internet governance bodies. Previously, she also led UNESCO’s East Asia office and held various positions in UNDP and other organizations, with extensive experience in governance, data analytics, and education.

Advisory Committee Member External Member of the Advisory Committee

Maria Marques

She has been a full professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra since 2003 and a permanent researcher at the Center for Social Studies of that faculty since 1979. She served as the Minister of the Presidency and Administrative Modernization in the XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal.

Blog Post 05 Jun 2024

The Caribbean Community's Guardrail Diplomacy and the Gaza War

Connecting Ideas Blog Post

News 04 Jun 2024

Session Calls for Integrating Quality Education in Promoting Sustainable Consumption

A session of the 19th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology highlighted the crucial link between education and sustainability.

Announcement 04 Jun 2024

Applications Open: Moving the Migration Policy Agenda Forward Programme

Scholarship applications are being accepted until 29 June for the 2024 MMPAF programme.

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Dr. Tatiana González Grandón

Tatiana holds a PhD in applied mathematics from Humboldt University Berlin. She specializes in stochastic optimization and time series forecasting for climate mitigation and energy/water infrastructure. She likes to collaborate with social scientists to explore power dynamics, socio-ecological inequalities and decolonial transformations, aiming for just transitions in the Global South.

Announcement 03 Jun 2024