Relebohile Moletsane, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Relebohile Moletsane is Professor and the JL Dube Chair in Rural Education in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. As part of her Chair in rural education, she works in South African rural schools and communities, focusing on poverty alleviation, HIV & AIDS, gender inequality and gender-based violence as barriers to education and development.  Her current projects focus on addressing sexual violence with girls and young women in rural communities. She is co-editor (with Claudia Mitchell) of the 2018 book, Disrupting Shameful Legacies: Girls and Young Women Speak Back Through the Arts to Address Sexual Violence. Rotterdam: Brill/Sense Publishers. She is Co-Investigator on the AGEE project.

Helen Longlands, University College London

Dr Helen Longlands is a Lecturer in Education and International Development at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, and Programme Leader for the MA Education, Gender and International Development. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and concerned with gender, inequalities and social justice, with a particular focus on masculinities, transnational relationships of power, and the interconnections between the spaces of education, gender, work and family. Her latest publication is Gender, Space and City Bankers (2021). She is a Co-Investigator on the AGEE project.  

Rosie Peppin Vaughan, University College London

Dr Rosie Peppin Vaughan is a Lecturer in Education & International Development at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. Her research focuses on transnational advocacy on girls’ and women’s education, and also draws on the capability approach and the concept of human development to explore the evaluation of educational equality and social justice. She has completed consultancies for several international organisations including Plan International, UNESCO and the UN Girls’ Education Initiative. She is a Co-Investigator on the AGEE project.

Meaghan Malloy, University College London

Meaghan Malloy is a PhD candidate in Education, Practice and Society at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. Her research focuses on influencing policy and practice at the intersection of education, gender and international development, with a focus on education measurement. Meaghan has 10 years of professional experience as an education and international development practitioner working in Latin America, the Middle East and East Africa. She brings a decade of passion and commitment to advancing quality and inclusive education, particularly for marginalised girls and young women. She has worked and consulted for various international organisations, foundations and nonprofits, including Education Development Trust, Glasswing International, UNDP, and UNICEF. 

Caine Rolleston, University College London

Caine Rolleston is Professor in Education and International Development at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. He has worked on education and international development in a range of countries including Ghana, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Peru and India, including on the Young Lives International Study of Childhood Poverty based at the University of Oxford and on the FCDO funded RISE programme (Research on Improving Systems of Education). His research interests include issues in the economics of education in developing countries, school effectiveness, educational access and equity, privatisation, learning metrics and trajectories, longitudinal studies in education and development, cognitive and non-cognitive skills development and survey design.