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Joseph Assan (), PhD, is currently assistant professor of International Political Economy of Sustainable Development in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, where he teaches development studies and courses related to social policy in the Master’s in Sustainable International Development Program and the PhD concentration in Global Development and Sustainability. Professor Assan is also a lead investigator with the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School. Until his appointment at Brandeis, Joseph was assistant professor of Development Practice at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to this, he served as the director of the International Development Program at the University of Liverpool, UK. Joseph has extensive field research experience in cross-sector partnerships in international development policy and practice and social policy.

Dinar Kharisma (), PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow and Fulbright Scholar at the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Prior to studying at Heller, he worked with the government of Indonesia, mostly on the development of national social protection programs, including the National Health Insurance, conditional cash transfer, and many types of social assistance initiatives. Dinar has expertise in social policy analysis and evaluation. He holds PhD and MA in Social Policy from Heller, an MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, as well as a BA in Economics from the University of Indonesia.