Permanent Researchers & Visiting Fellows
Permanent Researchers |
Former PhD Students
Visiting Fellows |
Permanent Researchers
| Marion Allet | ||
Marion Allet is currently untertaking a PhD in Economics and Management under joint supervision between the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB) and at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (IEDES-UMR 201). She holds a Master degree in International Relations and Development Economics (IEP Paris 2006) and a Complementary Master in Microfinance (EMP 2009). She has several years of work experience in the area of international cooperation (Honduras, Papua New Guinea) and in microfinance. Her research project focuses on “green microfinance” and seeks to assess to what extent it is relevant for microfinance to aim at an environmental bottom line. Email: Marion.Allet@ulb.ac.be |
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| Katarzyna Cieślik | ||
Katarzyna Cieślik is currently undertaking a PhD in Management at CERMI under the joint supervision of professors Marek Hudon and Philip Verwimp. Her project focuses on issues pertaining to "social entrepreneurship and microfinance". She benefits from a fellowship from the Marie & Alain Philippson Foundation. Her previous career has focused on translating academic research into policy-making in Latin America and the Middle East. Based on five months of fieldwork in Barranquilla, Colombia, her MSc in International Development (Unviersity of Amsterdam) investigated the inner congruity patterns of the employees and clients of a local MFI. Katarzyna also holds a Masters Degree in Psychology from the University of Warsaw. Her dissertation was based on an experimental research on gender differences in the context of educational institutions. Following this line of research, she completed an internship at ATGENDER, a European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documention where she focused on promoting contact between academic research on gender and NGOs working in this area in the Netherlands and in Hungary. Email: katarzynacieslik@gmail.com |
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| Carolina Laureti | ||
Carolina Laureti is currently undertaking a PhD within the framework of Project ARC research fellowship “Microfinance: Governance and Social Responsibility”, at the Warocqué School of Business and Economics (Université de Mons - UMONS). She holds a Master in Economics (University of Rome La Sapienza, 2001) and a Complementary Master in Microfinance (Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, 2009). She has various working experiences in the field of economics and finance. She worked in Rome for the Minstry of Economics and Finance; in Milan, for a business consultancy company; in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Angola and Iraq, for a Humanitarian Organization. Since 2008, she is mainly involved in microfinance, mixing academic research (a PhD at University of Mons, Belgium) with working experiences (RFA in Brussels, Microsave in India, IFAD in Rome). Email: carolinalaureti@hotmail.it |
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| Jessica Schicks | ||
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Jessica Schicks is currently undertaking a PhD at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB). She holds a Masters level degree in Economics and Management (University of Witten/Herdecke) and earned an MPhil in Development Studies from Cambridge, UK. Her work experience covers a broad range of topics, including microfinance work with KfW, the United Nations Capital Development Fund, and an Opportunity International MFI in Ghana. Since 2007, Jessica has worked as an international banking consultant with McKinsey & Company, focusing on commercial banking for retail and corporate customers as well as inclusive finance. Jessica is currently on an educational leave from McKinsey to do her PhD. Continuing in line with her previous research on the double bottom line character of the inclusive finance industry, her research will focus on customer protection in microfinance. Email: Jessica.Schicks@ulb.ac.be |
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| Anne-Claire Siliki | ||
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Anne-Claire Siliki is currently undertaking a PhD in Economics and Management at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB). She holds a Master in Projects Development and Management from the Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale (UCAC)and a Complementary Master in Microfinance (European Microfinance Programme - EMP). She has several years of experience as projects analyst in Central Africa (Congo Brazzaville, Cameroon, Tchad) and in Mali. Her study focuses on drop outs in MFIs. She is also a researcher and training assistant at the SBS-EM (ULB). Email: Anne.Claire.Siliki@ulb.ac.be |
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| Ritha Sukadi Mata | ||
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Ritha Sukadi Mata is currently undertaking a PhD in Management Sciences at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB), where she is also a training assistant. She holds a Master in business management from the Université de Mons (UMONS) and she also graduated from the European Microfinance Programme (EMP). Ms. Sukadi has had extensive experience with microfinance in the field; in Equator, Burkina Faso, Nepal and Democratic Republic of Congo. She has worked for two microfinance NGOs in Luxembourg and Brussels. Email: rsukadim@ulb.ac.be |
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| Ludovic Urgeghe | ||
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Ludovic Urgeghe is currently undertaking a PhD at the Warocqué School of Business and Economics (Université de Mons - UMONS) where he is also a research and teaching assistant. He holds a Master Degree in Business Management and also graduated from the European Microfinance Programme (EMP). His PhD research, situated in the context of microfinance commercialization, aims at exploring the influence of emerging specialized investment vehicles on the microfinance sector, and especially on the governance of microfinance institutions. Email:
Ludovic.Urgeghe@umons.ac.be |
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Former PhD Students
| Ephrem Niyongabo | ||
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Ephrem Niyongabo successfully defended his PhD Thesis in Economics and Management on January 12th, 2011, at the Warocqué School of Business and Economics (Université de Mons - UMONS). He also holds a degree in advanced development studies (ULG) and is graduated in Economics (University of Bejaia, Algeria). His doctoral research has focused on public policy and microfinance in rural and agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. His professional experience started in the field of election planning and management as a United Nations Official in Burundi in 2005. His experience with microfinance in the field is set in Burundi where he did research on sustainability of 3 MFIs (FENACOBU, CECM, and COSPEC) and got in touch with the microfinance actors at the macro and meso levels. Email: ephremniyongabo@yahoo.fr |
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| Koen Rossel-Cambier | ||
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Koen Rossel-Cambier successfully defended his PhD Thesis on "Combined Microfinance Systems" on November 9th, 2011,at the Warcoqué School of Business and Economics (Université de Mons - UMONS). He is an economist with Masters degrees in respectively Applied Economics, International Trade and International Relations. He began his professional career working as an academic assistant for an MBA programme with the EHSAL School of Economics in Brussels. Consequently he worked for the Cabinet of the Belgian Development Cooperation in Belgium. Since he left Belgium in 1998 to work on long-term assignments overseas in countries such as Senegal, Italy, Morocco and Barbados he has been working with international organisations including the ILO, the World Bank and UNICEF, and is currently employed by the European Commission. Mr. Rossel-Cambier has conducted capacity building and technical support missions in more than 30 countries, especially in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. He has authored various publications and text books especially in the fields of social protection and micro-insurance. Email: koenrc@yahoo.com |
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| Anaïs Périlleux | ||
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Anaïs Périlleux has successfully defended her PhD Thesis in Economics and Management on January 28th, 2011, at the Warocqué School of Business and Economics (Université de Mons - UMONS). Anaïs Perilleux is currently a FNRS Research Fellow at the Warocqué Business School (Université de Mons - UMONS). She holds a Master Degree in Economics (Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB), and also graduated from the European Microfinance Programme (EMP). As partial fulfilment for the completion of her academic studies Ms Perilleux worked with a cooperative of cotton producers in South Mali and with a microfinance institution in Calcutta. Other professional engagements included the study of a network of cooperatives in Senegal on behalf of the Belgian NGO, SOS Faim, and the Senegalese farmers movement “FONGS”) and a mission in Kinshasa. Email: anais.perilleux@umons.ac.be |
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| Annabel Vanroose | ||
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Annabel Vanroose has successfully defended her PhD Thesis on February 25th, 2011, at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) She also holds a Degree in Advanced Business Management (Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB) and is also a graduate of the European Microfinance Programme (EMP). She has pursued her doctoral studies in microfinance, under joint supervision by ULB and VUB, focusing on the unequal development of microfinance in developing countries. Annabel has field experience from both Latin America and India. Annabel is currently working as a professor at the Universidad de Piura (UDEP) in Piura - Peru, teaching a course on Impact Evaluation of Development Programs, with a focus on microfinance, and pursuing further research in this area. Email: avroose@vub.ac.be |
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Visiting Fellows
| Ahmad Nawaz | ||
Dr Ahmad Nawaz currently works as a Research Economist at the Pakistan
Institute of Development Economics in Islamabad. In the past he has taught at
the Government College University (in Lahore) and also worked as a planning
officer in the Govt. of Punjab. His research interests are primarily related
to the public policy and ethical issues in microfinance with particular focus
on the sustainability issues. He has also carried out research and
consultancy sponsored by the UNDP, JICA and GDN. He holds a Bachelors degree
from the Government College Lahore, a Masters from the University of
Manchester and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Goettingen in
Germany. Dr Ahmad Nawaz was a visiting researcher at CERMi in Brussels in July and August 2010. Email: Ahmad.Nawaz@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de Web Page: www.pide.org.pk |
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| Joakim Sandberg | ||
Dr. Joakim Sandberg holds a Ph.D. in Practical Philosophy from the University of Gothenburg(Sweden) and is currently research fellow at the same university. He is also honorary research fellow in Global Ethics / Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, and associate researcher at CERMi (Belgium). Joakim’s main academic interests are moral philosophy and applied ethics, especially business ethics. He is currently involved in two major international research programmes: He is a co-organiser of the AHRC Research Network on Microfinance, a research network which discusses ethical issues concerning microloans to the poor, and he is member of Sustainable Investments, a research programme which concerns to what extent pension funds can and should acknowledge environmental standards in their investments. Joakim has published articles in journals such as Business Ethics: A European Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, and has contributed to books such as The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, and Ethics: A University Reader. Dr. Joakim Sandberg is a visiting researcher at CERMi in Brussels in January 2011 E-Mail: joakim.sandberg@filosofi.gu.se |
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