STEERING COMMITTEE
Jeremy de Beer
Prof. Jeremy de Beer is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law (Common Law) and a member of the University...
Caroline Ncube
Prof. Caroline Ncube is an NRF rated researcher and holds the DST/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development. She received herPhD...
Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Prof. Erika Kraemer-Mbula is Professor of Economics at the University of Johannesburg and is currently the Chair holder of the DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair...
Chidi Oguamanam
Dr. Chidi Oguamanam is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) and holds a Research Chair in...
Nagla Rizk
Nagla Rizk is Professor of Economics and Founding Director of the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the American University in Cairo’s...
Tobias Schonwetter
Dr. Tobias Schonwetter is Director of the Intellectual Property Unit (IP Unit), Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town (UCT). He is also the...
Melissa Omino
Dr. Melissa Omino is an intellectual property expert whose current research focuses on the development and negotiation of IP provisions in trade agreements involving...
RESEARCH CAUCUS
Isaac Rutenberg
Dr. Isaac Michael Rutenberg is a practicing intellectual property (IP) lawyer and Associate Professor of ICT Policy and Innovation. As Advisor to the CEO...
Bassem Awad
Prof. Bassem Awad is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Area of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Information, and Technology (IPIT) Law at Western...
Tesh Dagne
Prof. Teshager (Tesh) W. Dagne is a tenured Associate Professor in the Professorial Stream at York University’s School of Public Policy and Administration and...
Alexandra Mogyoros
Prof. Alexandra Mogyoros is an Assistant Professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research explores the relationships between...
Desmond Oriakhogba
Prof. Desmond Oriakhogba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He holds a...
Chijioke Okorie
Prof. Chijioke Okorie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and a National Research...
Dick Kawooya
Prof. Dick Kawooya is an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina (USC), where he teaches and conducts research in the field of...
Florian Martin-Bariteau
Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau is the University Research Chair in Technology and Society, a tenured Associate Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law, Common...
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Yvonne Nyake Ndelle
Yvonne Ndelle is a Postdoctoral Fellow with Open AIR, researching digital and data-driven agriculture. Yvonne holds a Master of Public Administration and a PhD...
PROJECT SUPPORT
Elsabe Gelderblom
Elsabe Gelderblom of Farm Design, has been responsible for the visual design for Open AIR since its inception. Projects have included web design,...
