Nilima Gulrajani is an assistant professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she has been since 2007. Her research examines the ways in which theories of public management can be applied to enhance the organisational design and performance of development actors.  She has consulted widely on the topic of aid effectiveness and has interests in foreign aid governance, transparency, performance measurement and organisational change.  She is also involved in research that examines the role of corporate actors and social entrepreneurship as potential alternatives to foreign aid dependency. She has previously worked with the Canadian Ministry of Finance, the World Bank and the International Development Research Centre.  Her PhD is in Management studies from the University of Cambridge, which she obtained while attending Trinity College as a Bill Gates Scholar.  She is currently co-editor of the journal Public Administration and Development and also serves as co-convenor of the Development Management Study Group of the UK Development Studies Association. Nilima’s full profile can be found on her personal website here.

She can be contacted at: lindsayw[At]ruc.dk

A full list of her publications and her CV can be found here

Dr Eagleton-Pierce’s primary research interests are in the field of international political economy, particularly the politics of world trade. He also has strong interests in the conceptual analysis of power and legitimacy, international relations theory, and political sociology. Dr Eagleton-Pierce has a particular interest in applying the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu to world politics.

Public email: m.eagleton-pierce[At]exeter.ac.uk
Personal website: http://www.meagletonpierce.com/

Ms Huang Meibo was a visiting scholar in Economics Department of Cornell University (USA) from Jan 1999 to Feb 2000, and was a research associate at GEG, University of Oxford, from Oct 2006 to Sept 2007. From September 2010 to February 2011 she was involved in the Global South Scholar in Residence Program and did research at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Ms Huang Meibo’s current research focuses on international monetary cooperation, macroeconomic policy coordination, regional economic integration and international development assistance. She is author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of 15 books or textbooks on international economic issues, including The Development of East Asia Bond Market (2008), Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation and Integration (2007), World Economy (2006), The Theory and Practice of International Monetary Cooperation(2002). She has also published more than 90 papers in the above field.

E-mail: mbh841123[At]163.com and mbhuang[At]xmu.edu.cn

Ms. Thalwitz holds an M.Phil in economics from the University of Freiburg, completed post-graduate studies at the German Development Institute, and the Executive Management course at Harvard Business School.

Mayur Patel is currently the vice president of strategy and assessment at Knight Foundation. Patel was previously a project associate with the Global Economic Governance Programme at the University of Oxford, involved in research on international institutions and economic affairs, and a fellow with the World Trade Organization in Geneva. He has served as a consultant to Oxfam’s offices in Kenya and the UK, and as a trade and investment policy adviser to Realizing Rights, an NGO based in New York. He has previously worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Zimbabwe, his home country, on issues of civic engagement and parliamentary support.

A Rhodes Scholar, Patel has a doctorate in international development from the University of Oxford, from which he also earned a master’s degree. Prior to attending Oxford, he was awarded a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics (LSE). He is a Junior Fellow with the EVA Business and Policy Forum based in Helsinki and a recipient of a Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award. Recently, Patel was named a 2011 Independent Sector American Express NGEN Fellow and one of ‘30 Under 30 Civic Leaders’ by Splashlife Magazine and the National Council on Citizenship.

He can be contacted at: patel@knightfoundation.org

For Current Publications, see www.munkschool.utoronto.ca/pauly

Email: louis.pauly@utoronto.ca

Previously, Anar worked as the Country Director of the Caucasus Research Resource Centre in Azerbaijan, and headed the Institute of Politics and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan. He has taught courses on public policy analysis, international relations, and research methods for students of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Khazar University, Baku State University, and Leiden University. Anar has also organized and conducted numerous executive education workshops, trainings, and seminars on public policy analysis, political economy of oil, and conflict management for government, civil society, business, and academic audiences from former Soviet Union and several European countries.

Anar completed his doctorate in the Department of Government at the LSE.