WASD has built a strong network of researchers, policy makers, educators, consultants and employers from all parts of the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss current developments and challenges. This directory can be used to help find, support and collaborate with experts from the WASD network.
Interested in joining the WASD expert directory? Complete the application form. Please check your details in our directory after 48 hrs and if you can not find your name, please contact the directory coordinator at sheema@sussex.ac.uk.
You can also join the expert directories of our sister organisations: Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute (MEKEI) and Sudan Knowledge (SK).
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Dr. Mohammed Abaalkhail
Researcher
Mohammed Abaalkhail is the quality assurance senior staff member at the Saudi Cultural Bureau SACB (UK). He is currently finishing the final year of his PhD programme at the Business School, Brunel University, UK.…
Dr. Alma Swan
Director
Alma Swan has a PhD in cell biology from Southampton University and an MBA from Warwick Business School. After a lecturership at Leicester University, and senior managing editor position at Pergamon Press (later Elsevier Science), in 1996 she jointly founded the consultancy Key Perspectives Ltd, which undertakes business development and market research work in scholarly information, with a particular emphasis on Open Access and new forms of web-based communication.…
El-Khidir Daloum Mahmoud Ahmed (MBE)
International Humanitarian Expert
El-Khidir Daloum built accumulative experience over 25 years in International Development and Humanitarianism. Previously, he worked with Saferworld as their Director of Programmes for Africa and Middle East (2013-15).…
Dr. Nicholas Andreou
Lead
Nicholas leads the Insight & Impact function at Balloon Ventures. He leads on all monitoring and evaluation, research, innovation and programme quality activities. Example projects include overseeing a randomized control trial of Balloon’s programmes in collaboration with Stanford University, and piloting a psychometric tool designed to identify high potential entrepreneurs in the informal sector alongside experts from UCL. …
Raphaelle Faure
Researcher
Raphaëlle Faure is a researcher in the Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE). Her interests and expertise relate to EU development cooperation policy; EU external relations and institutional affairs; and, development agencies institutional setups.…
Dr. Nora Colton
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)
Working with the Vice-Chancellor, members of the Vice Chancellor’s Group (VCG), the University Management Team and the Schools of the University, Nora leads on academic matters with a particular focus on the education strategy, teaching and learning, student support and experience, employability, partnerships, academic development, student recruitment and marketing, international activities, external and strategic planning and the strategic development of Schools.…
Andre Mostert
Development Manager
Andre has over his career been engaged in teaching and developing courses across most business and commercial subjects for different audiences from enterprise resources for primary, secondary and FE schools and colleges, through economics and accounting for HE access (University of Cape Town and London School of Economics) to quantitative methods and development economics for MBA students (Universities of Cape Town and Wales). …
Prof. SURAKSHA GUPTA
Professor
Suraksha Gupta is the Professor of Socially Responsible Marketing at Newcastle University London. She holds a PhD from Brunel University in UK, MBA from Institute of Management Technology in India and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Delhi, India.…
Anastasia Shevtsova
Impact and Insight Intern
UCL alumni, working in social enterprise and running my own sustainability blog. In hope to open my own venture in Tashkent, I network with finance and development professionals that seek and create innovations around the world.
Prof. Robert Allison
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Professor Allison’s research interests examine interactions between earth processes, landforms and material properties. Past projects have been funded by a range of organisations including the Natural Environment Research Council, The Royal Society, and The Nuffield Foundation.…
Prof. John Joughin
Vice Chancellor
Professor John J. Joughin was appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of East London in July 2013 with responsibility for all administrative and academic matters on behalf of the Board of Governors.…
Dr. Sundus Tewfik
Pharmaceutical Scientist
Dr. Sundus Tewfik is a Pharmaceutical scientist, she expertise in conventional and herbal pharmacology. She is a qualified Biologist. She holds Masters in Applied Microbiology and PhD in Pharmacognosy from the University of Westminster.…
Susann Stritzke
Research Associate Renewable Energy
Dr Susann Stritzke is a Research Associate in renewable energy at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment where she is focused on studying the impact of solar energy initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa.…
Shashank Shekhar Tiwari
Researcher
Shashank Shekhar Tiwari is presently a Research Scholar at the Institute for Science and Society, The University of Nottingham, UK. He holds M. Phil. degree in Science Policy Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.…
Stefan Knights
Partnerships Lead
Stefan Knights is a national of Guyana. He is an Environmental Lawyer and holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development. Stefan is also a Commonwealth Scholar and the 2016 Junior Legal Innovator for his work on Environmental Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
Alexander Soderholm
Policy Analyst
Alexander Soderholm is Policy analyst at LSE IDEAS International Drug Policy Project, previously worked with UNODC Tehran, MSc. International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the LSE.
Prof. Mike Hobday
Director
Mike currently researches two fields: (a) innovation in East and South East Asia; and (b) innovation management in complex products and systems (CoPS). He has industrial experience in the semiconductor industry (Texas Instruments 1969-1978), a D.Phil.…
prof. Istemi Demirag
Head
Istemi S. Demirag is Professor of Accounting and Head of Accounting group at Keele University Management School. Previously he was a Professor of Accounting at Hull University Business School and at Queen’s University Management School, Belfast.…
Olivia Joseph-Aluko
CEO
Olivia Joseph- Aluko LLB, B.L, MA (law) is a Social justice advocate and legal scholar with a proclivity for social issues impacting on Black African migrants and Africans. She started her career in law in Nigeria, Africa, where she qualified as a Solicitor and Barrister in 1992.…
