Networking & Collaboration

Researcher, facilitator, and consultant in Nonviolent Communication, restorative practices, and conflict mediation, with over 10 years of experience facilitating groups, trainings, and collaborative processes in educational, organizational, and community contexts.

Researcher, facilitator, and consultant in Nonviolent Communication, restorative practices, and conflict mediation, with over 10 years of experience facilitating groups, trainings, and collaborative processes in educational, organizational, and community contexts.

Sociologist, PhD in Sociology, and holder of a Postdoctoral degree in Gender Studies, Macarena Trujillo Cristoffanini has an extensive academic and research trajectory in gender studies, feminist methodologies, and the integration of a gender perspective into research, institutional processes, and public policy. Her expertise focuses on gender mainstreaming, gender equality, care, time poverty, and the structural inequalities affecting women across different social contexts.

Sociologist, PhD in Sociology, and holder of a Postdoctoral degree in Gender Studies, has an extensive academic and research trajectory in gender studies, feminist methodologies, and the integration of a gender perspective into research, institutional processes, and public policy. Her expertise focuses on gender mainstreaming, gender equality, care, time poverty, and the structural inequalities affecting women across different social contexts.

Paulina Pavez Verdugo is a doctoral candidate in Social Sciences at Universidad de Chile (ANID doctoral fellowship), with a thesis examining agrarian counter-reform, agribusiness, and extractive violence in the Aconcagua Valley in central Chile (1980–2021), with a focus on land and water rights dispossession and its gendered effects on rural women's body-territory. Her research draws on feminist political ecology, decolonial feminisms, and ethnographic methods.

I bring together business, research and policy by working at the edge of what energy systems can become, developing next-generation energy-storage technology synthesised from industrial waste, rare-earth-free and pushing new limits, through DevAnanta R&D Private Limited, a deep-tech startup I founded with collaborators and supporters spanning NUS, IITKanpur, IIT Madras, IITDharwad, ARCI, and the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Manchester. My background runs through Indian Space Research Organisation and Mercedes-Benz R&D India.

Loveness Bamala is an Agriculturalist and Climate‑Smart Development Specialist with over 20 years of experience advancing gender-responsive and climate-resilient agricultural systems in Zimbabwe. She holds an MBA, a Master’s in Strategic Marketing, a BSc in Agriculture Management, and a National Trainers Diploma, complemented by professional certifications in project management, climate change adaptation, gender mainstreaming, and IPCC methodologies.

I have 10+ years in social protection and gender equity, focused on social safeguards and practical inclusion. I set direction for gender and economic inclusion portfolios, turn World Bank ESF standards into clear operating practices, and lead social risk assessments and due diligence across multi-partner programs. I build simple systems that scale grievance and feedback channels, survivor‑centered safeguarding, and child‑protection protocols with clear KPIs and regular learning loops.

Sara Rosen is the Program and Operations Manager at Solar Cookers International (SCI), where she works to advance solar cooking as a scalable clean cooking solution. She focuses on helping organizations design strong, locally grounded projects and move from early concepts or pilots toward implementation at scale, working closely with NGOs, governments, and multilateral partners.

Chemical engineer and gender and social inclusion (GESI) expert with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of sustainable energy, climate change, and inclusive development. She combines a strong technical background in climate technologies with expertise in integrating gender-responsive approaches into mitigation and adaptation interventions.