Past Speakers
Dr. Sonia Mairos Ferreira
Keynote Speaker
Currently serving as a PME (Research Specialist) at UNICEF Lesotho, she brings over 20 years of experience as an accomplished Assistant Professor and researcher
Empowering Voices, Building Futures: UNICEF Lesotho's Journey for Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth
Her expertise lies in assisting populations affected by crises, disasters, and/or conflicts. She has a strong background in capacity building, training, and applying anthropology to humanitarian contexts. Her work has spanned various nations, including, among others, Lesotho, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ukraine. With a Ph.D. in Permanent Education and Adult Training, complemented by degrees in Educational and Psychological Sciences, she has also pursued postgraduate studies in crucial areas such as Gender Equality, Human Rights, and Crisis Intervention.
Dr. S. Krishna
Analytical English Professor with outstanding analysis, critical thinking, and writing skills. Anchored in Strong philosophy of classical teaching and knowledge of various methods to excite students about literature, language, and communications Area of Specialization and Interest: Cultural Studies, Indigenous Literature Feminist Writings, ELT, Eco Criticism, Personality Development, Media and Film Studies.
Mr. Razique Anwar
Razique Anwar, a final-year Ph.D. Scholar in Economics and Public Policy at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, India. Before enrolling in the doctoral program, he completed my MBA and MA in Economics. His areas of research interest include Monetary economics, Developmental economics, and public policy. He has two publications in ABDC-indexed journals.
Tatiana Bolshova
Tatiana Bolshova,Final year PhD Student at Aston University, UK.
She is PhD research area is International commercial law, particularly how business laws in French-speaking African countries can be changed to open access to finance for smallholders. Research interests include the application of soft and hard law norms in international commercial law and concepts of path dependency and legal evolution.
George Gabedava
George Gabedava is a Associate Professor and Deputy Rector for Academic Affiars at the Batumi Navigation Teaching University (Georgia) with eigth of experience. Holding a PhD in Business Administration from Georgian Teachnical University, He specializes in Management; Maritime Transport Management and Economics. Mr. George is an Expert in Accreditation of Educational Programs of Higher Educational Institutions.
Isabel Epistelomogi
Isabel Epistelomogi is a USC student studying Computer Science and Business. She is the VP of Education Research & Analytics at the Institute for Youth in Policy. She is the first and corresponding author of a study exploring the efficacy of discourse and was an invited speaker at College Board events. Her research interests include civics, polarization, media, and AI.
Prof.Ricky Munyaradzi Mukonza
Prof Ricky Munyaradzi Mukonza is an Associate Prof in the Department of Public Management and
the current Academic Manager in the Faculty of Humanities, Polokwane Campus at Tshwane
University in South Africa. He is a member of the South African Association of Public Administration
and Management (SAAPAM); his areas of interest in research include E-government,
Intergovernmental Relations, Public Financial Management, Local Government, Public Policy,
Migration, Public Administration and Governance. Prof Mukonza has successfully supervised over 80
Master’s students and over 10 Doctoral students. He also has attended and presented academic
papers at both national and international conferences. He has presented papers at Public
Administration conferences. His publications include numerous conference proceedings, over to 60
journal articles in peer reviewed journals and 3 book chapters. In addition, Ricky has been appointed
a reviewer by five local journals and seven international ones. He has received numerous awards
from his University for his research work. Currently he has been nominated for the TW Kambule-
NSTF Researcher Award ( a South African national research award). Ricky’s views on governance and
politics are sought out by many media houses.
Maryam Zoweil
Maryam Zoweil is a freshman at UT Austin studying Business Honors. She serves as the Director of Education Data Analytics at the Institute for Youth in Policy. She is the secondary author of a study exploring the efficacy of discourse in civics curriculum and has been featured in national civics events. She is interested in civics education and depolarization.