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Dr Bhuvanesh Awasthi is a transdisciplinary leader in the science-policy-diplomacy space, currently working as a Senior Behavioural Scientist with the Canadian Federal Government in Ottawa.
Dr Awasthi has worked across North America (USA, Canada), South America (Uruguay), Europe (UK, Denmark, Russia), Asia (China, India) and Australia with various organisations, applying the science of cognition, brain and behaviour in academic, business and public policy contexts. His ongoing and past projects have provided research, advice and inputs at the OECD- International Network on Financial Education (Paris), the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, the Governments of Canada (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), Denmark (Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) and India (NIPFP, LBSNAA, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser) as well as on projects with the national science agencies of USA (NIH), France (CNRS) and Australia (CSIRO).
He has been a MITACS - Canadian Science Policy fellow as well as an Inter American Institute (IAI) -Science Technology and Policy (STeP) - Science Diplomacy fellow. The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is an intergovernmental organisation supported by 19 countries in the Americas. Through these interfaces, Dr Awasthi is applying cognitive, behavioural and neuroscience research for design and implementation of evidence-informed behaviourally-wise policy interventions across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean region. His current interests are in science-diplomacy contexts to develop evidence for policy, facilitate consensus building, conflict resolution and address transnational global change issues.
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