Prof. Michaelle L. Browers
Michaelle L. Browers Wake Forest University, United States
Dr Browers is Professor of Politics at Wake Forest University. Her research focuses on Arab and Islamic political thought, political ideologies as well as feminist and democratic theories. She is currently the director of Wake Forest University’s Flow House in Vienna, Austria. Her most recent book is Political Ideology in the Arab World: Accommodation and Transformation (Cambridge University Press 2009).
Elnour Abdalla Elsiddig University of Khartoum, Sudan
Dr Elsiddig is Professor of Forestry at the University of Khartoum and has written widely on tropical forestry, environment and agroforestry. Dr Elsiddig’s research aims at sustainable development and integrated management of the natural resources. He works as consultant for several national and international institutions and has been the lead author, for instance, in the 3rd and 4th Assessment reports of the IPCC.
Dr Wim Naudé
Wim Naudé UN University, WIDER Institute, Finland
Dr Naudé is a Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University’s WIDER Institute in Helsinki. His recent research focuses on spatial economic inequalities, entrepreneurship and African economic development. Previously, he has been Director of the Work Well Research Unit at North-West University, South Africa, and a lecturer and research officer at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
Prof. Aili Tripp
Aili Tripp University of Wisconsin – Madison, United States
Dr Tripp is Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin. Her research focuses on women’s movements and transnational feminism, informal economy and politics in Africa (with particular reference to Uganda and Tanzania). Her most recent (co-authored) book is African Women’s Movements: Transforming Political Landscapes (Cambridge University Press 2009).