Experts
The following leading experts from research institutes and think tanks from G7 countries are participating in the 2022 Think7 process and contributing to the work of the various task forces. As more pledges are made to serve on task forces, the list grows.
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Stavros Afionis
Lecturer in International Relations, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

Mehmet Sait Akman
Director of G20 Studies Centre, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)

Fanny Syariful Alam
Regional Coordinator,
Bandung School of Peace Indonesia (SEKODI)
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Marianne Beisheim
Senior Associate in Global Issues Division,
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Kathrin Berensmann
Senior Researcher, project leader,
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Debapriya Bhattacharya
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Doreen Bogdan
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union



Michael Brüntrup
Senior Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
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Ilan Chabay
Head of Strategic Science Initiatives and Programs; Senior Investigator, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies

Brahima Coulibaly
Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Programme, Brookings
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Nicole Deitelhoff
Professor of International Relations and Theories, Goethe University Frankfurt

Andrew Deutz
Director of Global Policy, Institutions and Conservation Finance, The Nature Conservancy

Simon Dikau
Research Officer, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science

Jakob Dirksen
Research and Policy Officer, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford
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Ilaria Espa
Senior Assistant Professor of International Economic Law, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI)
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T. Robert Fetter
Senior Fellow, Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
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Kevin P. Gallagher
Professor of global development policy, Boston University Global Development Policy Center

Miguel Gamino, Jr.
EVP, Enterprise Partnerships & Head of Global Cities and City Possible, Mastercard

Bruce Gellin
Chief of Global Public Health Strategy, Pandemic Prevention Institute, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Derek Hondo
Capacity Building and Training (CBT) Coordinator, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

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Adam Kamradt-Scott
Professor and Chair of Global Public Health, European University Institute

Stephen Karingi
Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, Economic Commission for Africa

Caitlin Katsiaficas
Research & Policy | Migration & Displacement, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)


Elizabeth M. King
Senior Fellow, Managing Editor, Brookings Institution and the Journal of Development Effectiveness

Stephan Klingebiel
Head of Programme Inter- and Transnational Cooperation, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institute für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Georgios Kostakos
Executive Director,
FOGGS - Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability
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Rafael Leal-Arcas
Professor of International Economic Law,
Queen Mary University of London

Tabea Lissner
Head of Vulnerability and Adaptation; Co-head of Programme Strategies,
Climate Analytics

Lea-Marie Löbel
Junior Professional Officer, International Labour Organization (ILO) Berlin

Elizabeth Losos
Senior Fellow, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
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Ali Mehdi
Senior Visiting Fellow and Lead, Health Policy Initiative,
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Katharina Molitor
Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Henrietta Moore
Founder and Director,
University College London (UCL)
, Institute for Global Prosperity
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Birgit Pickel
Director General for Africa, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Stefan Profit
Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
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Walter Ricciardi
President, Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità)

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Karishma Saran
Senior Manager, Advocacy and Communications, FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics

Ambassador Günter Sautter
Director General, United Nations and Arms Control in the Federal Foreign Office

Wolfgang Schmidt
Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Chancellery, Federal Republic of Germany


Imme Scholz
Former Deputy Director,
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
Chief Executive, South African Institute of International Affairs

Tamara Singh
Strategic Advisor, The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)

Moekti Handajani Soejachmoen
Executive Director, Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization (IRID)


Paola Subacchi
Professor of International Economics, Chair of the Queen Mary Global Policy Institute's Advisory Board ,
Queen Mary University of London

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Torsten Thiele
Senior Advisor, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and Global Ocean Trust
U

Sebastian Unger
Head of the Ocean Governance Research Group,
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
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Paul van den Noord
Affiliate Member and Theme group leader , University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES)

Ulrich Volz
Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS, University of London, Senior Researcher,
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

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Martin Wagner
Senior Policy Advisor Asylum, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)


Kate Wilson
Executive Director, Climate Change and Sustainability, NSW Department of Planning and Environment