Valérie Berset-Price is a doctoral candidate at the Grenoble School of Management. Her research focuses on the understanding and interpretation of the impact M&A and stock buybacks have on chronic layoffs in the United States. Valerie is a Swiss-American citizen…
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Reed Young
Reed Young is a marketing and operations professional currently living in Buenos Aires, but planning to move back to Cambridge soon. He holds a BBA in Operations and Information Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is working on…
Wally Patawaran
Wally Patawaran, MPH Principal, Cobourg Advisors Wally Patawaran advises non-profits and philanthropic foundations on issues of strategy, implementation, communications, impact measurement, systems thinking, and evaluation. He is an accredited professional coach, and a published author on next-generation foundation practices and…
Jonas Algers
Jonas Algers is a PhD student at the division for Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at Lund University, Sweden where he studies the political economy of steel decarbonization. Algers have participated in a number of research projects, most recently the…
Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy; Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & Environment of the London School of Economics (LSE); member of the Board…
Hélène Lesterlin
Hélène Lesterlin focuses on regenerative finance, community-building, and helping Just Transition-aligned entrepreneurs and activists find pathways to resources for their work. She currently serves as co-Executive Director at the Good Work Institute, launching Kingston Common Futures, a community-designed democratically-managed fund….
Maryann P. Feldman
Maryann P. Feldman is the Watts Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University and research director at the Global Center for Technology Transfer. Professor Feldman chairs the…
Susan Holmberg
Susan Holmberg is a political economist and the Senior Editor and Researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. She shapes the strategic direction of the Independent Business initiative’s research and manages the publication quality for all team content. She writes…
Leonhard Kersten
PhD candidate and Researcher, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord & The Academic-Industry Research Network (theAIRnet) Leonhard Kersten is a PhD candidate in the Economics department at the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord in France. His research focuses on the evolution of the…
Les Leopold
After graduating from Oberlin College and Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (MPA 1975), Les co-founded the Labor Institute (1976), a non-profit organization that designs research and educational programs on occupational safety and health, the environment and economics…
