Renuka Thakore, Ph. D.

Lecturer, School of Law and Policing, University of Central Lancashire

Dr. Renuka Thakore, Founder of the Global Sustainable Futures Network, UK, provides leadership to a global Network and the Centre for Social-Legal Studies, administering multidisciplinary activities and research partnerships worldwide. Renuka is the winner of several Awards, including the "Star Volunteer Award 2023", "Entrepreneurial Thinker 2023", and the "Development Leadership: Governor Enrique Tomás Cresto Award 2022". Renuka has embarked on an innovative challenge of building the capacities of the Global South nations, to increase the national capacities to respond to climate change while bringing prosperity to people through fair and equitable sharing of benefits. She is recognised for her vision, connecting academics, businesses, and individuals, bringing together Global South and Global North to involve them in climate adaptation resilience and transition. She has created a vibrant, strategically performing community that attracts enthusiastic, like-minded coordinators worldwide. The network welcomes diverse sections and societies worldwide and is committed to 'leaving no one behind' while contributing to sustainable development goals (SDGs). Renuka loves to dig into real-world problems and solve them by applying systems thinking and transdisciplinarity.

Tonejit Gad-Harry, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Business School, University of Bristol

Tonejit Gad-Harry is in the University of Bristol Business School, with a background in human resource management, leadership, and strategy. Bringing a socio-technical approach to social research, my research interests lie in digitalization, inter-organizational relationships, organisational behaviours and interactions, strategy, leadership, and work futures, as I explore social constructs within technological settings. My current research investigates how technology influences the future of knowledge-intensive work through interactions in synthetic environments while identifying challenges and opportunities for organisations adapting to a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Abdullah Laghari, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Department of English, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology

Dr. Abdullah Laghari is a regular faculty member at the Department of English, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah. He joined this University on 27th November, 2018. He pursued M.A in English Applied Linguistics from the University of Sindh in 2011. He joined Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh, Jamshoro on 5th April, 2012 as Research Associate which continued till 5th August, 2013. He joined Education and Literacy Department under the Government of Sindh as a Lecturer English (BPS-17) on 6th August, 2013 which continued till 26th November, 2018. He joined this University on 27th November, 2018. He holds a Doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics from Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh. His areas of interest include Classroom Management, Teaching through Technology, Large Classes, and English for Specific Purposes et cetera. He has attended many national as well as international conferences. He has also facilitated chairs in national conferences. In addition, he has launched several trainings for Professional Development of teachers. Concerning this, he has been actively working at ORIC and Directorate of Executive Training Centre, QUEST for many years.

Mohamed Arafa, Ph.D.

Professor, Faculty of Law, Alexandria University

Mohamed Arafa is a Professor of Law at Alexandria University Faculty of Law (Egypt) and an Adjunct Professor and Clarke Initiative Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research (IDP). He previously taught at Prince Sultan University (Saudi Arabia), Chandigarh University (India), the University of Brasília, and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon), among others.

Prof. Arafa holds an LL.B. from Alexandria University (2006), an LL.M. from the University of Connecticut (2008), and an S.J.D. from Indiana University (2013). His teaching and scholarship focus on criminal law, white-collar crime, Islamic law, transitional justice, international and comparative law, and Middle Eastern law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as the Cornell Journal of International Law, Seattle Law Review, Marquette Law Review, and others, and with publishers including Oxford, Cambridge, Springer, and Edward Elgar. He is a contributor to JURIST, the American Society for Comparative Law Blog, and LSE’s Religion and Global Society Blog.

He has lectured across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Arab world. He was formerly Managing Editor of Arab Law Quarterly and now serves on the editorial board of the LexisNexis Journal of Law in the Middle East.

Enrique Mallen, Ph.D.

Professor, Sam Houston State University

Dr. Enrique Mallen earned his PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University. He is Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Sam Houston State University. He has published numerous articles and books on linguistics, poetic language, semiotics and art history. Since 1997 he is director of the Online Picasso Project, a Digital Humanities publication dedicated to the analysis and dissemination of the works by the multilingual and multidisciplinary Pablo Picasso. Among his books are: Pablo Picasso: A Period of Transformation (1906-1916) (2023), Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar: A Period of Conflict (1936-1946) (2021), Pablo Picasso: The Aphrodite Period (1924-1936) (2020), Eduardo Espina: Poesía del Deslenguaje (2019), Pablo Picasso: The Interaction Between Collectors and Exhibitions, 1899-1939 (2018), Pablo Picasso: A Critical Chronology (2017), La Pulsión del Lenguaje: Diálogos y Poemas de José Kozer (2015), La Muerte y la Máscara en Pablo Picasso (2013), A Concordance of Pablo Picasso's French Writings (2010), A Concordance of Pablo Picasso's Spanish Writings (2009), Antología Crítica de la Poesía del Lenguaje (2009), Poesía del Lenguaje: De T. S. Eliot a Eduardo Espina (2008), La Sintaxis de la Carne: Pablo Picasso y Marie-Thérèse Walter (2005), The Visual Grammar of Pablo Picasso (2003) and Con/figuración Sintáctica: Poesía del Des/lenguaje (2002).

Kurt Buhring, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Saint Mary's College Kurt Buhring is Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Theology at Saint Mary's College (IN). Born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he earned his BA in Religious Studies from Grinnell College and his PhD in Theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Buhring is the author of Spirit(s) in Black Religion: Fire on the Inside (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and Conceptions of God, Freedom, and Ethics in African American and Jewish Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). Both of these texts are a part of Palgrave Macmillan's "Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice" series.

Buhring's research is focused in Black Theology of Liberation. In particular, he is interested in concepts of understanding the divine-human interaction in ways that foster human agency and positively transform the self and society. His research has also explored issues in modern Jewish theology, religion during the Great Depression, and religious expressions in film. At Saint Mary's College, Buhring teaches courses in social justice, Black theology, interfaith relations, religion and science, and Islam. He has also taught at Westville Correctional Facility as part of the Moreau College Initiative.

Renuka Thakore, Ph. D.

Lecturer, School of Law and Policing, University of Central Lancashire

Dr. Renuka Thakore, Founder of the Global Sustainable Futures Network, UK, provides leadership to a global Network and the Centre for Social-Legal Studies, administering multidisciplinary activities and research partnerships worldwide. Renuka is the winner of several Awards, including the "Star Volunteer Award 2023", "Entrepreneurial Thinker 2023", and the "Development Leadership: Governor Enrique Tomás Cresto Award 2022". Renuka has embarked on an innovative challenge of building the capacities of the Global South nations, to increase the national capacities to respond to climate change while bringing prosperity to people through fair and equitable sharing of benefits. She is recognised for her vision, connecting academics, businesses, and individuals, bringing together Global South and Global North to involve them in climate adaptation resilience and transition. She has created a vibrant, strategically performing community that attracts enthusiastic, like-minded coordinators worldwide. The network welcomes diverse sections and societies worldwide and is committed to 'leaving no one behind' while contributing to sustainable development goals (SDGs). Renuka loves to dig into real-world problems and solve them by applying systems thinking and transdisciplinarity.

Title of Speech: Human Rights and Climate Change