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4 de junho de 2022, 9h00
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PARSUK PARA TODOS: UNIDOS PELO CONHECIMENTO
O maior evento da comunidade académica e científica portuguesa no Reino Unido.
Queremos que o LUSO 2022 seja uma celebração da diáspora portuguesa
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Explorar as potencialidades da comunidade científica e da ciência feita em comunidade;
Dar visibilidade aos percursos alternativos fora da academia.
Explorar como a ciência e a cultura se impactam mutuamente;
Abordar a conexão entre arte e ciência, com exposições e discussões.
Explorar como a comunicação é parte da profissão do investigador e impacta a sociedade ao seu redor; Discutir como a comunicação em ciência pode capacitar cidadãos para o consumo crítico de informação.
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Oradores
Elvira Fortunato
Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
Elvira Fortunato was born in Almada in 1964. She has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1987, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon); a PhD in Materials Engineering: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics (1995, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon. She is a Chair Professor at the Materials Science Department at the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon and currently Vice-Dean of this university, where she has coordinated the research area since 2017. She is also Director of the Associated Laboratory of the Institute of Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanomodelling. From 2015 to 2020 she was part of the group of seven researchers in the European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism based on scientific evidence. Since 2010 she has been in the Chancellery of the Honorific Orders of Portugal, at the Presidency of the Republic. She is a pioneer in European research on transparent electronics using sustainable materials and environmentally friendly technologies. In 2008, at the 1st edition of the European Research Council ERC grants, she was awarded an Advanced Grant for the project INVISIBLE, considered by the European Commission to be a success story. In the same year, she showed with her group the possibility of manufacturing the first paper transistor, starting a new field in the area of paper electronics. In 2018 she was awarded a second Advanced Grant for the project DIGISMART. Recently, and following on from the exploratory results of the DIGISMART, she obtained Proof of Concept with the e-GREEN project: From forests to Green Electronics, focusing on exploring environmentally friendly and low-cost materials and technology exploration. In 2022, she was part of the group of 27 inspiring European Women, elected by the current French Presidency of the European Union. With over 800 scientific papers published, in the last few years she has been awarded more than 50 prizes and international distinctions for her work, of which we note the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, bestowed by the President of the Republic in 2010, the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2016, the Czochralski prize in 2017, the Pessoa prize in 2020, the Horizon Impact prize by the European Commission in 2020 with the project INVISIBLE, the prize of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations: WFOE GREE AWARD Women in 2020, The Strait of Magellan Prize by the Chilean Government in 2020, the Innovation in Materials prize in 2021 granted by the FEMS and the Human Rights Prize granted by Parliament in 2021. She is an elected member of the Engineering Academy, the European Science Academy, the Lisbon Science Academy, and the Europaea Academy. She has been on the Luso-American Foundation for Development Board of Trustees since 2014. She has coordinated several national and international project, of which we note her pioneering activity at Nova University of Lisbon in the field of equal opportunities through the SPEAR project, a European platform to support and implement plans for gender equality in higher education institutions.
Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
Elvira Fortunato was born in Almada in 1964. She has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1987, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon); a PhD in Materials Engineering: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics (1995, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon. She is a Chair Professor at the Materials Science Department at the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon and currently Vice-Dean of this university, where she has coordinated the research area since 2017. She is also Director of the Associated Laboratory of the Institute of Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanomodelling. From 2015 to 2020 she was part of the group of seven researchers in the European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism based on scientific evidence. Since 2010 she has been in the Chancellery of the Honorific Orders of Portugal, at the Presidency of the Republic. She is a pioneer in European research on transparent electronics using sustainable materials and environmentally friendly technologies. In 2008, at the 1st edition of the European Research Council ERC grants, she was awarded an Advanced Grant for the project INVISIBLE, considered by the European Commission to be a success story. In the same year, she showed with her group the possibility of manufacturing the first paper transistor, starting a new field in the area of paper electronics. In 2018 she was awarded a second Advanced Grant for the project DIGISMART. Recently, and following on from the exploratory results of the DIGISMART, she obtained Proof of Concept with the e-GREEN project: From forests to Green Electronics, focusing on exploring environmentally friendly and low-cost materials and technology exploration. In 2022, she was part of the group of 27 inspiring European Women, elected by the current French Presidency of the European Union. With over 800 scientific papers published, in the last few years she has been awarded more than 50 prizes and international distinctions for her work, of which we note the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, bestowed by the President of the Republic in 2010, the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2016, the Czochralski prize in 2017, the Pessoa prize in 2020, the Horizon Impact prize by the European Commission in 2020 with the project INVISIBLE, the prize of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations: WFOE GREE AWARD Women in 2020, The Strait of Magellan Prize by the Chilean Government in 2020, the Innovation in Materials prize in 2021 granted by the FEMS and the Human Rights Prize granted by Parliament in 2021. She is an elected member of the Engineering Academy, the European Science Academy, the Lisbon Science Academy, and the Europaea Academy. She has been on the Luso-American Foundation for Development Board of Trustees since 2014. She has coordinated several national and international project, of which we note her pioneering activity at Nova University of Lisbon in the field of equal opportunities through the SPEAR project, a European platform to support and implement plans for gender equality in higher education institutions.
Nuno Brito
Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom
Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom
Cristina Pucarinho
Portuguese Consul General in London
Portuguese Consul General in London
Mahmood Ahmed
Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee
Background
• Chairman, Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee (Current)
• Consultant, Adams & Remers LLP, lawyers in London (Current)
• Founder Diplomatic Representative of AKDN in Uganda (2006-2016)
with additional responsibility for Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan,
and acting as AKDN’s liaison with the East African Community
headquartered in Arusha (2012-2016), roles which were pursued
alongside practising law in London England.
• President, UK Ismaili National Council (1996-2002); Vice President
(1993-1996)
• Member Ismaili International Conciliation & Arbitration Board (1987-
1990)
• AKDN Communications Coordinator for the UK (1989-1993)
• Secretary to the Ismaili Constitution Review Committee (1984-1987)
and Convenor of subsequent constitutional assignments (1998), (2018)
and current.
• Legal Member UK Ismaili National Council (1983-1987)
Education
• BA (Jurisprudence) converted to MA, Oxford University
• MBA, INSEAD (France)
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court (UK)
Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee
Background
• Chairman, Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee (Current)
• Consultant, Adams & Remers LLP, lawyers in London (Current)
• Founder Diplomatic Representative of AKDN in Uganda (2006-2016)
with additional responsibility for Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan,
and acting as AKDN’s liaison with the East African Community
headquartered in Arusha (2012-2016), roles which were pursued
alongside practising law in London England.
• President, UK Ismaili National Council (1996-2002); Vice President
(1993-1996)
• Member Ismaili International Conciliation & Arbitration Board (1987-
1990)
• AKDN Communications Coordinator for the UK (1989-1993)
• Secretary to the Ismaili Constitution Review Committee (1984-1987)
and Convenor of subsequent constitutional assignments (1998), (2018)
and current.
• Legal Member UK Ismaili National Council (1983-1987)
Education
• BA (Jurisprudence) converted to MA, Oxford University
• MBA, INSEAD (France)
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court (UK)
José Paulo Esperança
Vice president FCT
José Paulo Esperança is a full professor of Finance and a former Pro-Rector for International Relations and Entrepreneurship at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal. He was the Dean of ISCTE Business School between April 2015 and April 2019, resigning this position to become Vice-president of FCT. He has a degree in Business Organization and Management by ISCTE-IUL and got is MBA by the University of Lisbon. He got a PhD in economics from the European University Institute, Florence on "The Investment Decision by Service Multinationals" and has published in journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Management Research, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Corporate Governance and Management International Review. His research interests include entrepreneurship and small business financing, corporate governance and the impact of language commonality in international business. He was the Chairman of AUDAX-ISCTE, an associated center focused on entrepreneurship and family business. He also co-founded Building Global Innovators (BGI), a technology transfer accelerator in partnership with MIT Portugal. He was the Portuguese Delegate for the SME Instrument of the Horizon's 2020 Program of the European Commission and a member of the board of CPADA, the Portuguese Federation of Environmental Associations. He was born in Vila Garcia, located in the municipality of Guarda, on 13 October of 1957.
Vice president FCT
José Paulo Esperança is a full professor of Finance and a former Pro-Rector for International Relations and Entrepreneurship at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal. He was the Dean of ISCTE Business School between April 2015 and April 2019, resigning this position to become Vice-president of FCT. He has a degree in Business Organization and Management by ISCTE-IUL and got is MBA by the University of Lisbon. He got a PhD in economics from the European University Institute, Florence on "The Investment Decision by Service Multinationals" and has published in journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Management Research, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Corporate Governance and Management International Review. His research interests include entrepreneurship and small business financing, corporate governance and the impact of language commonality in international business. He was the Chairman of AUDAX-ISCTE, an associated center focused on entrepreneurship and family business. He also co-founded Building Global Innovators (BGI), a technology transfer accelerator in partnership with MIT Portugal. He was the Portuguese Delegate for the SME Instrument of the Horizon's 2020 Program of the European Commission and a member of the board of CPADA, the Portuguese Federation of Environmental Associations. He was born in Vila Garcia, located in the municipality of Guarda, on 13 October of 1957.
Sandra Carito
The Anglo-Portuguese Society
The Anglo-Portuguese Society
Karim Sacoor
The Anglo-Portuguese Society
Karim Sacoor, as part of an international team of professionals, is a business consultant in various sectors, identifying opportunities and connecting enterprise to international business opportunities and projects with particular interest in promoting Portugal and attracting inward investment.
He is a social entrepreneur, who unapologetically promotes disability rights and challenges discrimination. He is the Deputy President of the Conservative Disability Group that works with the party in Government to influence its policies, having held several senior political positions in the past.
Amongst other positions Karim, is appointed by British Secretaries of State and Ministers and serves the Home Office, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities as an advisor for Faith Communities and Security.
He is an active member of the Portuguese diaspora with strong links to Portugal and is currently the Vice Chairman of The Anglo-Portuguese Society.
The Anglo-Portuguese Society
Karim Sacoor, as part of an international team of professionals, is a business consultant in various sectors, identifying opportunities and connecting enterprise to international business opportunities and projects with particular interest in promoting Portugal and attracting inward investment.
He is a social entrepreneur, who unapologetically promotes disability rights and challenges discrimination. He is the Deputy President of the Conservative Disability Group that works with the party in Government to influence its policies, having held several senior political positions in the past.
Amongst other positions Karim, is appointed by British Secretaries of State and Ministers and serves the Home Office, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities as an advisor for Faith Communities and Security.
He is an active member of the Portuguese diaspora with strong links to Portugal and is currently the Vice Chairman of The Anglo-Portuguese Society.
Diogo Martins
PARSUK
Dr Diogo Martins is a Public Health medical doctor and leads the Snakebite programme at the Wellcome Trust, one of the largest charity foundations in the world whose mission is to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.
He has previously worked at the World Health Organization and participated in the negotiations of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Dr Martins is the incumbent president of the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK) and a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) candidate at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in the United Kingdom.
PARSUK
Dr Diogo Martins is a Public Health medical doctor and leads the Snakebite programme at the Wellcome Trust, one of the largest charity foundations in the world whose mission is to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.
He has previously worked at the World Health Organization and participated in the negotiations of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Dr Martins is the incumbent president of the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK) and a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) candidate at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in the United Kingdom.
Regina Duarte
Camões Institute in the UK and the Channel Islands
Camões Institute in the UK and the Channel Islands
Lara Martins
Freelancer
Lara Martins is a singer and actor whose international success lies both on technical mastery and creative artistry. She has experienced equal success on the recital, opera and musical theatre stages, with the latter seeing her as the longest serving Carlotta Gudicelli in the history of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in the West End.
She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, UK), with a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT) and, whether singing opera, lieder, Broadway tunes or songs from the movies, the critics are unanimous in praising her. The Observer, The Times and many other newspapers from across the globe agree that Lara Martins is “a world-class singer”.
Lara Martins has won the Donizetti Prize of the Jaumme Aragall International Singing Competition (SP), the 1st Prize of the Estoril Music Performance Competition / El Corte Inglés Award (PT) and the
Anne Wyburd Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK). She has performed under
baton of some of the greatest contemporary conductors and in some of the most renowned
European stages, such as the theatre of Modena, Ferrara and the Teatro Comunale di Bolzano in
Italy; the Opéra National de Bordeaux, the opera theatres of Marseille, Toulon and Avignon in
France; the Kremlin and the Glazunov Gallery in Moscow (RU); the International Music Festival Tibor Varga in Switzerland; the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London (UK); and the Trindade and Rivoli Theatres, Centro Cultural de Belém, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Teatro Nacional de
São Carlos in Portugal. She is a long time and assiduous collaborator of the latter.
Her performances have been widely broadcast by several networks, including live concerts for RAI (IT), Antena 2 (PT) and RTP (PT).
Freelancer
Lara Martins is a singer and actor whose international success lies both on technical mastery and creative artistry. She has experienced equal success on the recital, opera and musical theatre stages, with the latter seeing her as the longest serving Carlotta Gudicelli in the history of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in the West End.
She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, UK), with a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT) and, whether singing opera, lieder, Broadway tunes or songs from the movies, the critics are unanimous in praising her. The Observer, The Times and many other newspapers from across the globe agree that Lara Martins is “a world-class singer”.
Lara Martins has won the Donizetti Prize of the Jaumme Aragall International Singing Competition (SP), the 1st Prize of the Estoril Music Performance Competition / El Corte Inglés Award (PT) and the
Anne Wyburd Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK). She has performed under
baton of some of the greatest contemporary conductors and in some of the most renowned
European stages, such as the theatre of Modena, Ferrara and the Teatro Comunale di Bolzano in
Italy; the Opéra National de Bordeaux, the opera theatres of Marseille, Toulon and Avignon in
France; the Kremlin and the Glazunov Gallery in Moscow (RU); the International Music Festival Tibor Varga in Switzerland; the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London (UK); and the Trindade and Rivoli Theatres, Centro Cultural de Belém, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Teatro Nacional de
São Carlos in Portugal. She is a long time and assiduous collaborator of the latter.
Her performances have been widely broadcast by several networks, including live concerts for RAI (IT), Antena 2 (PT) and RTP (PT).
Ali Asani
Harvard / Institute of Ismaili Studies
Professor Ali Asani is Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University. Professor Asani also serves as a Governor of the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS).
He has served as the Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program. A specialist on Ismaili and Sufi traditions in South Asia, he teaches a variety of courses on Islam, including Ismaili History and Thought.
He is the author of many articles and several books, including Celebrating Muhammad: Muslim Devotional Poetry in Praise of the Prophet; The Harvard Collection of Ismaili Literature in Indic Languages: A Descriptive Catalog and Finding Aid; and Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia. Professor Asani has been engaged in promoting literacy about Islam and Muslim cultures in various forums. He serves on the advisory board of Harvard’s Religious Literacy Project and Pluralism Project.
He has been a member of the American Academy of Religion's Task Force on the teaching of religion in schools and a consultant for the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Project. He is the recipient of the Harvard Foundation medal for his outstanding contributions to improving intercultural and race relations, the Petra C. Shattuck prize for excellence in teaching, and the 2020 Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award for his efforts in promoting inclusion and belonging at Harvard.
Professor Asani has taught for many years on various IIS programmes including the Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities and has served on its Academic Steering Committee. Professor Asani received his undergraduate and doctoral education at Harvard University.
Harvard / Institute of Ismaili Studies
Professor Ali Asani is Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University. Professor Asani also serves as a Governor of the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS).
He has served as the Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program. A specialist on Ismaili and Sufi traditions in South Asia, he teaches a variety of courses on Islam, including Ismaili History and Thought.
He is the author of many articles and several books, including Celebrating Muhammad: Muslim Devotional Poetry in Praise of the Prophet; The Harvard Collection of Ismaili Literature in Indic Languages: A Descriptive Catalog and Finding Aid; and Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia. Professor Asani has been engaged in promoting literacy about Islam and Muslim cultures in various forums. He serves on the advisory board of Harvard’s Religious Literacy Project and Pluralism Project.
He has been a member of the American Academy of Religion's Task Force on the teaching of religion in schools and a consultant for the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Project. He is the recipient of the Harvard Foundation medal for his outstanding contributions to improving intercultural and race relations, the Petra C. Shattuck prize for excellence in teaching, and the 2020 Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award for his efforts in promoting inclusion and belonging at Harvard.
Professor Asani has taught for many years on various IIS programmes including the Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities and has served on its Academic Steering Committee. Professor Asani received his undergraduate and doctoral education at Harvard University.
Ana Faro
Native Scientist
Ana Faro studied Molecular Biology at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa and has a PhD in Stem Cell Biology & Cancer from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. In 2010, Ana moved to the UK to pursue her postdoctoral studies in Developmental Neurobiology, at University College London. Throughout her career as a scientist, Ana was always committed to creating opportunities for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds to access experience and gain insight into a career in STEM. Two years ago, Ana turned her passion into a new career and she currently works at Imperial College London as an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion specialist, with a particular focus on promoting inclusive workplace cultures and wellbeing in Higher Education. In her spare time, Ana Faro volunteers as Impact Report Manager for Native Scientist, a small non-profit organization tackling educational disadvantage through science outreach.
Native Scientist
Ana Faro studied Molecular Biology at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa and has a PhD in Stem Cell Biology & Cancer from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. In 2010, Ana moved to the UK to pursue her postdoctoral studies in Developmental Neurobiology, at University College London. Throughout her career as a scientist, Ana was always committed to creating opportunities for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds to access experience and gain insight into a career in STEM. Two years ago, Ana turned her passion into a new career and she currently works at Imperial College London as an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion specialist, with a particular focus on promoting inclusive workplace cultures and wellbeing in Higher Education. In her spare time, Ana Faro volunteers as Impact Report Manager for Native Scientist, a small non-profit organization tackling educational disadvantage through science outreach.
Ana João Correia
Ugni Lab
Ana João Correia studied Clinical Biochemistry at Aveiro University, and she has been doing research in Computational Biology, Biomaterials, and Bioethics in Portugal, United Kingdom, Belgian, and Luxembourg. She was also involved in the development of training programs in Biochemistry at Timor-Leste University.
In 2012 she founded Luso Academy, a social project that aims to empower the Portuguese-speaking migrant communities through music learning. One year ago, she turned her science passion into an educational project, Ugni Lab, to inspire the young Portuguese-speaking community by teaching them how to code
Ugni Lab
Ana João Correia studied Clinical Biochemistry at Aveiro University, and she has been doing research in Computational Biology, Biomaterials, and Bioethics in Portugal, United Kingdom, Belgian, and Luxembourg. She was also involved in the development of training programs in Biochemistry at Timor-Leste University.
In 2012 she founded Luso Academy, a social project that aims to empower the Portuguese-speaking migrant communities through music learning. One year ago, she turned her science passion into an educational project, Ugni Lab, to inspire the young Portuguese-speaking community by teaching them how to code
Ana Rita Rodrigues
King’s College London
King’s College London
Anjum Halai
The Aga Khan University
Professor Anjum Halai has long standing experience in higher education in low/middle
income countries like Pakistan and those in East Africa. She obtained her doctoral degree
from Oxford University UK. She studied applied and pure mathematics in her
undergraduate programme and pursued her masters degree (Mathematics Education)
from the Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan.
She was an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta Canada (2011-2016) and a
research fellow at the Centre for International Education and Development, University of
Sussex. Currently Professor Halai is serving as Vice Provost and Dean Faculty of Arts
and Sciences at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan.
Dr. Anjum Halai’s research interests are in social justice issues in education especially
based on gender and language. She has a sustained interest in mathematics teacher
education. She has published close to 100 scholarly papers, many of them in peer-
reviewed journals of high international repute and several co-edited books. She is the
elected Vice President in the influential Executive Committee of the International
Commission of Mathematical Instruction: https://www.mathunion.org/icmi/icmi-
executive-committee-2021-2024 .
She has been an active collaborator with the International Commission on Mathematical
Instruction (ICMI). A significant impact of her work with ICMI, has been the creation of
a network in the regions where she worked, and strategic linking of these local networks
with global and regional community of mathematicians and educators.
Besides her professional interests, she has a range of other interests including, listening to
semi-classical and Sufi music, reading, especially contemporary regional fiction and
travel. She is multilingual and is fluent in Gujrati, Urdu, and English. She has travelled
to more than 30 countries and enjoys the exposure to diverse cultures and sightseeing.
The Aga Khan University
Professor Anjum Halai has long standing experience in higher education in low/middle
income countries like Pakistan and those in East Africa. She obtained her doctoral degree
from Oxford University UK. She studied applied and pure mathematics in her
undergraduate programme and pursued her masters degree (Mathematics Education)
from the Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan.
She was an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta Canada (2011-2016) and a
research fellow at the Centre for International Education and Development, University of
Sussex. Currently Professor Halai is serving as Vice Provost and Dean Faculty of Arts
and Sciences at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan.
Dr. Anjum Halai’s research interests are in social justice issues in education especially
based on gender and language. She has a sustained interest in mathematics teacher
education. She has published close to 100 scholarly papers, many of them in peer-
reviewed journals of high international repute and several co-edited books. She is the
elected Vice President in the influential Executive Committee of the International
Commission of Mathematical Instruction: https://www.mathunion.org/icmi/icmi-
executive-committee-2021-2024 .
She has been an active collaborator with the International Commission on Mathematical
Instruction (ICMI). A significant impact of her work with ICMI, has been the creation of
a network in the regions where she worked, and strategic linking of these local networks
with global and regional community of mathematicians and educators.
Besides her professional interests, she has a range of other interests including, listening to
semi-classical and Sufi music, reading, especially contemporary regional fiction and
travel. She is multilingual and is fluent in Gujrati, Urdu, and English. She has travelled
to more than 30 countries and enjoys the exposure to diverse cultures and sightseeing.
Arif Babul
University of Victoria
Arif Babul is a University of Victoria Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He received his Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Engineering Sciences — specialising in Physics and Aerospace — from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D in Astrophysics from Princeton University. Professor Babul is a theorist and a computational cosmologist who, over the course of his career, has made a number of groundbreaking contributions to the field of physical cosmology, the study of how galaxies and other observed structures in the Universe formed. More recently, he had also published several papers on computational neuroscience and neurophysics. He has been interviewed about his work on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's renowned Quirks and Quarks radio program and appeared on the BBC World Service’s The Forum. He has received many of awards and honours, including the Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellowship, a NATO Science Fellowship held at the University of Cambridge, the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at Universities of Oxford and Durham, a Lagrange Institute Visiting Fellowship at the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris, a Pauli Centre Fellowship and Gastprofessorship at the University of Zurich, and he holds the only Distinguished Professorship in the Faculty of Science at the University of Victoria. Professor Babul has given several acclaimed public lectures on astrophysics, including at the Ismaili Centres Dubai and London, and to the various chapters of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Prof. Babul has also given lectures and published an essay on the relationship between faith and science within the Islamic context. He has a strong interest in the history of science and the relationship between faith and science during the Islamic Golden Age and is the author of two invited book reviews on the subject. Prior to the pandemic, Prof. Babul was the lead organiser and the host of the Ismaili Centres Canada Public Lecture Series in Science and Technology.
University of Victoria
Arif Babul is a University of Victoria Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He received his Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Engineering Sciences — specialising in Physics and Aerospace — from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D in Astrophysics from Princeton University. Professor Babul is a theorist and a computational cosmologist who, over the course of his career, has made a number of groundbreaking contributions to the field of physical cosmology, the study of how galaxies and other observed structures in the Universe formed. More recently, he had also published several papers on computational neuroscience and neurophysics. He has been interviewed about his work on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's renowned Quirks and Quarks radio program and appeared on the BBC World Service’s The Forum. He has received many of awards and honours, including the Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellowship, a NATO Science Fellowship held at the University of Cambridge, the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at Universities of Oxford and Durham, a Lagrange Institute Visiting Fellowship at the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris, a Pauli Centre Fellowship and Gastprofessorship at the University of Zurich, and he holds the only Distinguished Professorship in the Faculty of Science at the University of Victoria. Professor Babul has given several acclaimed public lectures on astrophysics, including at the Ismaili Centres Dubai and London, and to the various chapters of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Prof. Babul has also given lectures and published an essay on the relationship between faith and science within the Islamic context. He has a strong interest in the history of science and the relationship between faith and science during the Islamic Golden Age and is the author of two invited book reviews on the subject. Prior to the pandemic, Prof. Babul was the lead organiser and the host of the Ismaili Centres Canada Public Lecture Series in Science and Technology.