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Dr Meg Peterson is a scholar, artist, cultural leader, and activist whose work has taken her around the globe to use art and creativity as a means of connecting people and communities. She is the Founder of 21 Artists, an artist development project and consultancy focused on fostering, documenting, and evaluating art and social change through artist development, social impact, and research. Projects utilise inclusive, democratic and participatory methodologies to develop research and evaluation frameworks with UK-based organisations such as Whitechapel Gallery, Battersea Arts Centre, LIFT, World Heart Beat, People’s Palace Projects and more. Meg’s international experience has taken her to the US, Brazil, Ghana, Greece and Italy as a consultant, educator, curator, and artist, encouraging learning and collaboration through exchange programmes, research projects, courses, workshops, and seminars. Meg is also a Lecturer in the Department for Culture, Media, and Creative Industries at King’s College London where she is the Course Director of the BA Programme, pioneering research and teaching focusing on cultural entrepreneurship, cultural policy, creativity, and creative social change.

Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir is an academic, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Open University, as a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and as a visiting fellow at the LSE. She completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the LSE, and she has over 10 years of experience in survey research and data analysis, ranging from running small-scale surveys for hard-to-reach samples to running large-scale multi-country surveys for more general, representative samples. Her research expertise and interests involve prosocial behaviour, migration, and meta-science, with a special focus on power dynamics and intergroup relations that influence research, teaching, and learning processes in science and higher education. She has a deep understanding of survey methodology and a strong track record of designing and implementing complex survey projects for a wide range of clients. She has excellent analytical skills, with the ability to turn complex data into actionable insights and recommendations.

My interests broadly lie in literature/ visual media, politics and human rights. I am currently pursuing my Masters in Human Rights and Politics on a scholarship that covers my tuition and most of my living expenses (Margaret Basu Fund Award) at LSE. I am deeply interested in exploring questions around migration, social exclusion, citizenship, marxism, indian politics and cinema, news media, cultural hegemony, nationalism, democracies, and inequality.

  Research and Analysis  ◼ 6 Years’ Experience in qualitative research in both academic and research settings  ◼ Experience of working with migrants, citizens and civic actors in European urban contexts  ◼ Substantial data collection through digital ethnography, interviews, focus-groups, participatory methods (knowledge exchange workshops, urban storytelling walks and expert interviews)  ◼ Data analysis using content analysis, visual analysis, discourse analysis and thematic analysis using NVivo 11 software  ◼ Proficient computer skills in SPSS, Excel, PowerPoint, NVivo, WordPress, HTML    Communications and interpersonal skills  ◼ Experience in conference presentations/research dialogues for academic audiences, practitioners, policy-makers in the UK and the EU  ◼ Ability to liaise with and teach individuals from different backgrounds and cultures    Contributions and outreach  ◼ Experience of publishing in highly respected journals and academic books in the fields of media and communication, urban studies and education  ◼ Familiarity with the existing literature, methodologies and research in the field of migration and displacement  ◼ Experience in producing briefing guidelines for a British Government department and drafting media strategy report    Management and coordination  ◼ Proven experience in working collaboratively with research teams  ◼ Manage administrative tasks related to research projects, teaching and supervision  ◼ Organisation and coordination of workshops and seminars (online and in-person) 

Expert in policymaking, public sector strategy, and digital innovation Passionate about improving governments through projects that are meaningful, realistic and forwardlooking for the client Eight years of experience in public sector research and consulting positions, working with highest level civil servants and politicians Current research focuses on digital innovation and data in public decision-making Country expertise on Finland and the UK Authored several policy reports for Finnish Government on how to improve Finnish policymaking practices

Dr Charles Ebikeme is a Policy Officer in the Department of Health Policy. Charles is currently part of the LSE team working on the  African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems & Policies (AHOP) . Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), AHOP leverages existing national and regional collaborations to form a network of National Centres that currently include leading research institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. AHOP draws on support from a technical consortium including the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, LSE and national, regional and global partners. Charles received his PhD in Parasitology from the University of Glasgow. His PhD focused on understanding how drugs work against parasites and how parasites become resistant to drugs. In the case of African trypanosomiasis, transport related phenomena have been central and a major research area has been associated with understanding drug resistance. His research investigated the inner workings of the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness and the development of novel treatments for the disease. He holds an MSc in Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and a BSc in Biochemistry from University College London. Prior to joining LSE, Charles worked at the intersection of research and policy, focusing on mainstreaming health into sustainable development topics such as climate change and urbanisation. He has managed global research programmes and spearheaded policy and advocacy initiatives globally.

I am researcher based in London, UK, currently undertaking an PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with my current research focusing on the politics of agrarian change and conflict in Myanmar. I am Leverhulme Trust Scholar at the International Inequalities Institute at the LSE. My background is in qualitative research methods, and have worked in complex risk environments for extended periods of time.  I am also a photographer and film-maker, and have conducted ethnographic work and photographic projects in countries including Nepal, Myanmar, Bolivia, South Africa, Canada and the UK. Alongside this I have published in several news outlets including the Diplomat, LSE Review of Books and New Naratif. PhD Research Topic:  My research investigates the politics of agrarian change in Myanmar, in particular the role of state building aspirations among minority ethnic groups, legal land regimes, conservation & resource conflicts. My broader interests lie in environmental politics, animism, development and militarism, and how these intersect with processes of state formation and nationalism. I have worked primarily alongside Karen peoples in highland areas of Southeastern Myanmar which have been home to one of the worlds longest civil wars.

Versatile freelance consultant, senior researcher and project lead.  Based on my experience across a range of fields I have set up Innovation Office to work on impactful projects serving private and public clients. Areas of expertise: • Education & Skills • Environment & Energy • Democracy & Governance • Public Policy/EU Policies • International Development • Urban & Regional Development • Trade & Investment • Psychological & Behavioural Science • Media, Communications and Culture • Organisations and management •  Entrepreneurship & Innovation Please get in touch with any collaboration opportunities, happy to provide further information on my experience related to the above areas.

I hold an MSc in Chinese Studies (China and Globalisation) from King's College London and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Milan. My main focus is on China's economic and political development and Europe-China relations. I am fluent in Italian and English and I have an advanced level in Chinese and intermediate in French. 

Alexander is attached to the  Department of Media and Communications  at LSE, where he undertakes research, teaching and other activities. He also teaches on LSE Custom Programmes and the Masterclasses in Social Science, in the UK and Spain. Alexander brings extensive previous international career experience including at C-suite level to the LSE in digital, internet, e-commerce, FMCG, media & broadcasting, aerospace and banking including financial crime/AML. He advises organisations and government and undertakes research in digital, media and communications, socioeconomic analysis, health economics, productivity and management practices, as well as teaching in these and other areas. Many of Alexander's findings are high profile with a number of reports amongst the most downloaded from the LSE including 'The British Cycling Economy' with around 22,000 downloads.  Others such as the ‘Sky High Economics’ report trilogy is recognised as leading industry analysis and has provided the content that has won three international communications awards including the  B2B Campaign Award for Ogilvy-Inmarsat at the International Content Marketing Awards 2018, a SABRE 2020 PR Award beating 6,000 global entries, and the prestigious  2020 CIPR Award in PR in the Transport segment. The 2020 released report quantifying the socioeconomic impact of road traffic accidents globally in children remains one the most detailed reports of its kind and was launched by HM Queen Letizia of Spain in conjunction with the UN and UNICEF in 2020. Alexander continues to undertake detailed research pre-and post the pandemic on the transformative role of digitalisation and how this affects cohort behaviour, social, and consumer activities and organisational responses including defining whether entities are 'hiders, thrivers or survivors'. Expertise: digital; e-commerce; internet; new media; broadcasting; cohort behaviour (social media, digital and non-digital); information systems, cloud; management practices and productivity; innovation; socioeconomic analysis; health, injury and transport economics; financial crime/AML; aerospace. LSE Major Research and Projects (public domain): Digitalisation in the New Normal: Empowering Generation Z and Millennials to Deliver Change .    Freshworks, November 2022 New Era In Experience Adobe, April  2021 Sky High Economics - Chapter Three: Capitalising on changing passenger behaviour in a connected world Ogilvy / Inmarsat Aviation, September 2019 Sky High Economics - Chapter Two: Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Connected Airline Operations Ogilvy / Inmarsat Aviation, June 2018 Sky High Economics - Chapter One: Quantifying the commercial opportunities of passenger connectivity for the global airline industry Ogilvy / Inmarsat Aviation, September 2017 Managing Every Mile:  How to deliver greater return on investment from Travel and Expense Amadeus, September 2017 Industrial Strategy in Practice: Innovation and Management Best Practices in the Automobile, Energy and Aerospace Clusters in Bizkaia May 2017 The Power of Productivity Vodafone, December 2016 Socioeconomic Value of Mission Critical Mobile Applications for Public Safety in the UK: 2x10MHz in 700MHz Motorola, May 2013 Socioeconomic Value of Mission Critical Mobile Applications for Public Safety in the EU: 2x10MHz in 700MHz in 10 European Countries Motorola, March 2013 The British Cycling Economy: ‘Gross Cycling Product’ Report British Cycling/BSkyB, September 2011 The Olympic Cycling Effect British Cycling/BSkyB, November 2012 The Impact of Road Traffic Accidents with Child Victims Abertis in conjunction with United Nations Collaboration Group for Road Safety and UNICEF,  January 2020 The Transformative Effect of Cloud on Firm Productivity and Performance: Defining the Benefits and Impact of Cloud as a 21st Century Digital Enabler Amazon Web Services, March 2019 Confident Collaboration in the Cloud Navisite, June 2018 Modelling the Cloud Employment effects in two exemplary sectors in The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy Microsoft, January  2012 Innovation, Skills Development and Labour: A European Perspective Microsoft, June 2007 Size and Health of the UK Space Industry : Economic and qualitative analysis and input into the 2021 UK Space Agency's survey and report quantifying the size and health of the UK Space Sector and also acting as sector and economic SME. BryceTech, UK Space Agency, 2021. LSE Major Research and Projects (not public-domain): Development of an Index of 'Alpha' Characteristics of Success for Target Firms.   Developing index encompassing qualitative and quantitative factors that can assign a rating reflecting the prevalence of 'alpha' success factors to enable a comparative assessment of the attraction of target prospects for MBOs and other off-market transactions. Confidential, UK/US Venture Capital Firm Identity Capital: Monetising the value of Identity.   Developing algorithm and methodology to quantify the value of social and individual data (business and personal) for GB Group to define a value for 'identity capital' for entities and individuals based on the nature of available data and other factors in an increasingly digitalised identity environment. GB Group Quantifying the Socioeconomic Contribution of Warner Brothers UK:    Deep and wide analysis of Warner Brothers' complex UK operations to define its socioeconomic contribution  to the UK economy including its direct, indirect and induced contribution. Warners Brothers UK Quantifying the Socioeconomic Contribution of One of the UK's Largest Sports and Leisure Events Organisations.  Detailed ground-up analysis and extensive demand and economic modelling of the integrated entity to define its socioeconomic direct, indirect and induced contribution both to the local and national economy. Confidential- Major leading UK leisure and sports organisation Revised Regulatory Impact Analysis of FAA Part 117 Final Rule: Flight Crew Member Duty Rest Requirements ('Cargo Carve Out'):  Analysis of original FAA decision assessing the carve out for the air cargo sector including deep analysis of key variables utilised for the decision.  Confidential- US/UK Air Transport organisation Economic Impact Assessment - UK Spaceport:  Input into the economic analysis of a UK spaceport including deep assessment of direct, indirect and induced contribution and acting as sector and economic SME. Confidential- UK organisation Economic Impact Assessment - Major UK Car Manufacturer: Quantifying the socioeconomic contribution (Gross Value Added) and employment effect for a leading UK global car manufacturer and brand including detailed modelling and report for use with government and other audiences including media. Confidential- UK car manufacturer and leading global brand. Cybercrime and Cybersecurity:  Assessing major trends, risks and mitigation in online digital services and by cohorts and defined segmentation, with recommended best-practices by major geographic regions . Confidential- Global telecom manufacturer: equipment, hardware, software and security

Alex Gillespie is a Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science  at LSE and Editor of  Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour . He has published six books and over a hundred papers. He is an expert on communication, divergences of perspective, misunderstandings, trust and listening. He has been involved in developing several tools, including: the Interpersonal Perception Toolkit for Communication Disorders, GUIDE, and the Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool. Expertise:  behavioural science; fieldwork in health care; psychological science

I am currently a Lecturer at the UCL Social Research Institute where I teach on the highly competitive Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in the Social Sciences, with particular focus on Sociology and Politics (since 2018). I am also a Research Associate at LSE IDEAS (LSE's foreign policy think-tank) engaged on the Visions of Europe study that maps, tracks, and monitors developments in European civil society in order to inform the EU’s Conference on the Future of Europe (since 2019). I have also been working as a freelance researcher for a number of think-tanks studying migration and the impact of Brexit in the UK (since 2013). Prior to that, I was employed as a Communications Manager and Research Officer at the LSE European Institute (2015-2021) implementing their Programme on Brexit, and a Project Manager at a marketing agency delivering sustainable energy solutions. I have also taught on several Social Sciences, Politics, and International Relations courses at LSE as a Guest Teacher between 2011 and 2018. I was enrolled in a PhD programme at LSE between 2010 and 2015. I would particularly highlight 4 key areas from my professional background: Expertise: my knowledge of national and supranational politics and global policy developments; sociological literature and research methods in the social sciences; environmental and social governance Capability: my track-record of rigorous academic and evidence-based policy and advocacy research; university-level teaching; copy-editing; delivery of strategies; supervision and motivation of research assistants; speeches at international conferences and panels; media appearances; marketing Network: my extensive professional network encompassing decisionmakers, policymakers, non-governmental organisations, journalists, and academic stakeholders across Europe and the US Global outlook: my tertiary schooling in the United States and the United Kingdom; work experience encompassing European (particularly EU, British, and Polish) politics, policymaking, and regulation; British & Polish (EU) citizenship

Marit is responsible for the creation and implementation of marketing and communication strategies at LSE Consulting. She has been working as a researcher, writer and producer in the film and TV industry for over seven years. Marit holds an MA in Film and Television Science and a BA in Communication and Information Science from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. She speaks native Dutch, is fluent in English and has working knowledge of German and Spanish.