Isabelle Hillenkamp, Research Associate, Institute of Socio-Economics, University of Geneva,Frederic Lapeyre, Senior Employment and Informal Economy Specialist, International Labour Organization,Andreia Lemaitre, Lecturer in Development Studies, Universite catholique de Louvain

Isabelle Hillenkamp is Research Associate at the Institute of Socio-Economics, University of Geneva, attached to the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research - LIVES. Her research focuses on the informal and popular economy in Latin America, with particular interest in community and solidarity projects. Before joining the University of Geneva, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the University San Andres of La Paz (Bolivia) and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in Paris. She holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.


Frederic Lapeyre is senior employment and informal economy specialist and Manager of the ILO-Technical Cooperation Project for Youth Employment in Katanga (PAEJK), International Labour Organization. He holds a PhD in Development Studies. Previously he was Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, Chairman of the Belgium Post-Graduate School for Development Studies, and Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellow at Brown University (Watson Institute for International Studies). His recent publications include 'The Contributions of the United Nations to Development Theory and Practices' (with R. Jolly, L. Emmerij and D. Ghai) and 'Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World' (with A. Bhalla).


Andreia Lemaitre is socio-economist and Lecturer in Development Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. She is a member of the Centre for Development Studies (DVLP) and of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Work, State and Society (CIRTES). She holds a PhD in political and social sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, France. She was also a post-doctoral Fellow at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague. Her research focuses on popular and solidarity-based economy in the South, mainly in Latin America, and on substantive approaches to the economy.

An Ansoms, Catholic University of Louvain
Genauto Carvalho de França Filho, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Sergio Ferragut
Dharam Ghai, consultant based in Geneva
Georgina M. Gómez, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Isabelle Guérin, Institute of Research for Development, Paris I Sorbonne
James Heintz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Isabelle Hillenkamp, University of Geneva
Basak Kus, Wesleyan University
Frédéric Lapeyre, International Labour Organization
Andreia Lemaître, Catholic University of Louvain
Maïté le Polain, Catholic University of Louvain
Solène Morvant-Roux, University of Fribourg
Jude Murison, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB)
Marthe Nyssens, Catholic University of Louvain
Jean-Philippe Peemans, Catholic University of Louvain
Lynda Pickbourn, Keene State College, New Hampshire
Marc Roesch, University of Montpellier
Hadrien Saiag, University of Pretoria
Ariádne Scalfoni Rigo, Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Jeová Torres Silva Júnior, Universidade Federal do Ceará
Edoardo Totolo, University of Trento
Pierre-Germain Umuhire, Catholic University of Louvain
Gonzalo Vázquez, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento