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…
RESEARCHERS
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…
Kenneth J. Lipartito
Kenneth J. Lipartito is Professor of History at Florida International University. He has held academic positions at Middlebury College, Rice University, and the University of Houston. A specialist in business and economic history and the history of technology, his work…
Sophie van Huellen
Sophie van Huellen Sophie van Huellen is a Lecturer in Development Economics at the Global Development Institute (GDI) at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on production/extraction and processing of primary commodities; financialisation of commodity markets and sectors; financialisation…
Michael Hillard
Michael Hillard has taught and written about the history of US corporate governance, and especially the pernicious effects of financialization since the 1980s on the US paper industry and as a driver of labor market forces that have debased the quality of employment and undermined efforts to create organizational capacity in the late 20th and early 21st century.
Ulrike Schaede
Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at the University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy. She is also the Director of JFIT (the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology), where she organizes a weekly “Japan Zoominar”…