Marianne Sison Dr Marianne D. Sison, PhD, FPRIA, is Deputy Dean, International at RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication in Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility discourse, international public relations, values and organisational communication. A published scholar, she is working on a co-authored book on corporate social responsibility, public relations...
Dr Selver B. Sahin Dr Selver B. Sahin is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Selver’s research is focused on the contemporary policies and practices of security, development and democratisation as a peace-building strategy. Selver has published on these issues in scholarly journals such as Asian Survey, Australian Journal of...
Tommaso Durante Dr Tommaso Durante is an academic specialising in global imaginary. He is also an international award-winning visual artist. Tommaso makes regular and valuable contributions to the Global Compact Cities Programme’s visual communications and archives. Tommaso moved from Italy to Australia in 2001 under a visa for distinguished talent for art. His artistic production...
Eduardo Manoel Araujo Eduardo Manoel Araujo has a long standing career as a sustainability practitioner and educator. He has worked for many years as the Environmental and Citizenship Executive Manager and Advisor at Brazilian energy corporation COPEL and is also the Founder of the Arayara Institute of Sustainability Education. He is the author of “A...
Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Ryan is the Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme. She leads the management of the programme’s operations, including communications, city engagement, international liaison and partnerships. Elizabeth has over 14 years’ experience in partnerships, project management, business development and community engagement. Her specific expertise and interest is in bringing...
Eugenie Birch Professor Genie Birch is the Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education and Co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn IUR is known for its ability to serve as a voice, convenor and laboratory for topics related to sustainable urban development, urban...
Felix Attard Felix Attard undertook his internship as part of his studies in middle eastern political science, international relations, history, law and economics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris during his university’s summer break (June to August 2011). Felix was the first of the Global Compact Cities Programme interns and the inspiration for the establishment...
Gary Gannon Gary Gannon co-founded and manages Visual Life Web, an organisation dedicated to helping improve the process of scientific collaboration in support of environmental, political and economic decision-making. He is an Advisory Board Member of Gaia Metrics, a company focused on providing a set of solutions and methodologies that will help value cultural, political,...
Ginger Ekselman Ginger Ekselman completed her research internship with the Global Compact Cities Programme in May 2012 as part of her Master of Social Science (International Development) at RMIT University. Ginger holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work. She works as a Case Coordinator with Adult Migrant Education (AMES) in Melbourne. Ginger’s...
Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation Sustainability and resilience are the two core values heading the partnership between the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme and the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), which was formalised in a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2016. As an independent, non-for-profit Swiss Foundation based in Bagel, GIB has the vision of...
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