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University of California, Berkeley

Post-Doc, City and Regional Planning

Dubai School of Government, Research

Chancellor's Post Doctoral Fellow for Academic Diversity

College of Environmental Design

Thesis Title: The Capability Model of Disability: Assessing the Success of UAE Federal Law No. 29 of 2006 in the Emirate of Dubai

Vinit Mukhija
Leobardo Estrada
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Susan Slyomovics

About

Victor Pineda is an expert in disability policy, planning and regional development.  He has taught courses on Policy Evaluation, Community Development, and International Disability Rights.  He has advised international agencies such as the World Bank and United Nations, as well as state and federal governments, in the development and implementation of programs and policies that include people with disabilities.  In 2009, he joined the Dubai School of Government as a Visiting Fellow to study the implementation of the UAE Disability Act of 2006 across nine dimensions:  health, rehabilitation, education, employment, accessibility, political and public participation, awareness raising, community and independent living, and mobility.  Mr. Pineda has presented his work to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Aid and worked as an associate with the U.S. Treasury.  Mr. Pineda studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained degrees in Political Economy, Business Administration, and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning.  He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California at Los Angeles’s Luskin School for Public Affairs.  For his doctoral work he was awarded the Fulbright-Hays and Sheikh Qassemi Fellow at the Dubai School of Government.

Contact Information

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http://victorpineda.posterous.com

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Skype: victorpineda2

 

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