Environment - Global Experts

Massimo Buonomo

March 1st, 2011, Academia, Brazil, Business and Globalization, Civil Society, English, Italian, Latin America and the Caribbean, Migration and Integration, Non-Governmental, Portuguese, Sao Paulo, South America

Professor Massimo Buonomo is an expert in Brazilian financial system and he has been working for more than 10 years in financial markets and research, specializing in emerging markets and Brazil in particular.

William Powers

Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute

December 7th, 2010, Civil Society, Development, English, German, Latin America and the Caribbean, New York, North America, North America, Spanish, Subsaharan Africa, Think tank/Research center, USA

William Powers hails from Long Island, NY and has worked for over a decade in development aid and conservation in Latin America, Africa, Washington, D.C., and Native North America. He is currently based in New York City, and is freelance writer, speaker, and senior fellow at the the World Policy Institute.

Olav Kjørven

Assistant Secretary-General and Director of Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme

June 30th, 2010, Business and Globalization, Development, English, Europe, Law and Human Rights, New York, North America, North America, Norwegian, Spanish, United Nations, USA

Olav Kjørven is the Assistant Secretary-General and Director of Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Ismail Serageldin

Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

February 12th, 2010, Activist/Humanitarian, Africa, Alexandria, Arabic, Asia, Author/Novelist, Civil Society, Development, Egypt, English, Euro-Med, French, Government, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Religion

With twenty-one honorary doctorates and a PhD from Harvard University, Dr. Ismail Serageldin is considered a specialist on sustainable development issues, particularly related to scientific and agricultural development. He is a former Vice President of the World Bank, and the current director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Bernard Haykel

Director, Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, Princeton University

February 8th, 2010, Academia, Arabic, Author/Novelist, Civil Society, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Law and Human Rights, North Africa and Middle East, North America, North America, Princeton, Religion, Spanish, Terrorism, Think tank/Research center, Urdu, USA, Women's Rights

Professor Bernard Haykel is a professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, specializing in the study of the politics and history of the Middle East, particularly Islamic political movements and law.