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Dr Daniel Chavez Dr David Fig Dr Ben HayesIndependentresearcher andlecturer on LatinAmerica’s PoliticalEconomy at theInternational Business School (IBS) inAmsterdam. In 2012, Chavez co-organisedwith the Uruguayan government aground-breaking conference on the roleof state enterprises in development andcontributed research on progressiveelectricity reforms for a book onalternatives to privatisation edited bythe Municipal Services Project (MSP),and co-published in Spanish by TNI.The EU recently described his previousadvisory work for the Parlocal projecton information technologies andparticipatory governance an exampleof ‘best practice’.South Africanenvironmentalsociologist,politicaleconomist, andactivist, Fig specialises in questions ofenergy, the extractive industries, andcorporate accountability. Fig is TNI’snewest Fellow, appointed unaminouslyby the Board in 2012. He chairs theboard of Biowatch South Africa, whichis concerned with food sovereigntyand sustainable agriculture, and worksclosely with various environmentaljustice NGOs. Recent publicationsinclude work on the nuclear and shalegas industries, and the Biowatch legalbattle with Monsanto. Fig was made anHonorary Research Associate of theEnvironmental Evaluation Unit at theUniversity of Cape Town in 2010.Independentresearcher,security policyexpert at thecivil libertiesorganisation Statewatch, Hayesspecialises in EU Justice and HomeAffairs law, police cooperation, bordercontrols, surveillance technologies andcounter-terrorism policies. His in-depthresearch on the impact of regulationsconcerning financing of terrorism on civilsociety (see page 33) has made him arespected commentator and adviserfor civil society organisations worldwide.He also initiated work with TNI on anew book on the securitisation ofclimate policy.“TNI allows me to expand on my knowledge ofevents which are generally not covered in depthby others. Thanks for being there.”Response to email survey42 tni Annual Report 2012 TNI Fellows
Dr Edgardo Lander Prof Achin Vanaik Dr Hilary WainwrightProfessor ofSocial Sciencesat UniversidadCentral deVenezuelaand an Associate of the MirandaCentre in Caracas. Lander’s critiqueof commodification of nature underthe guise of UNEP’s ‘Green Economy’published by TNI was essential readingfor movements engaging with theprocess leading up to Rio+20 summitin 2012 and one of TNI’s most popularpublications in 2012.Recently retiredas Professor ofInternationalRelations andGlobal Politics atthe University of Delhi, Vanaik is an activemember of the Coalition for NuclearDisarmament and Peace (India). His booksand writings range from studies of India’spolitical economy, issues concerningreligion, communalism and secularismas well as international contemporarypolitics and nuclear disarmament. In2009, the Indian Council for SocialScience Research (ICSSR) appointedAchin Vanaik as the General Series Editorpreparing ‘ICSSR Research Surveys andExplorations’ in the discipline of PoliticalScience. Four major volumes werecompleted and recently published byOxford University Press.Senior ResearchAssociate at theUniversity ofBradford in theUK, editor of RedPepper magazine and regular contributorto the Guardian newspaper. Wainwrightcontributed a chapter on the role oflabour in public sector transformationfor the MSP book on Alternatives toPrivatisation (co-published by TNI inSpanish), which was reworked by PublicServices International as an educationalpamphlet. As an activist-researcher,Wainwright is committed to socialisingthe radical practice and alternativesembedded in social movements. Shespent 2012 sharing learning on publicsector reform, solidarity economies andparticipatory democracy with activistsfrom Greece, South Africa and the UK.TNI Fellows tni Annual Report 2012 43
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