RxC Students: The Power of Youth

There is a long and prolific history of student activism as a catalyst for social change. In this session we will hear from four young scholars at the heart of RadicalxChange talk about building an inclusive movement, the failures and future of the university, and their perspectives on Data Dignity.

SPEAKERS Jasmin Baier has a B.Sc. in Socioeconomics from Vienna University of Economics and Business and an M.A. in International and Development Economics from Yale University. She is passionate about innovative organizations and creative ideas in international development and has spent a significant amount of time working on her Social Entrepreneurship Project in Togo. Before her Master’s, she supported the formulation of a new real-time, forward-looking narrative on global poverty, hunger, and the middle class at the World Data Lab. It is her mission to create impact by finding new ways to use emerging technologies and new economic thinking for the Sustainable Development Goals and to promote a more human-centered approach to development issues.

Antonio Dominguez Palomar is a curious student and RadicalxChange Purdue Leader. Antonio is currently trying to understand how the world works to be able to contribute to improve it. Has a passion for history, programming, and cooking (pa amb tomaca).

Jack Henderson is an independent researcher & writer who works with non-profit leaders to implement Quadratic Finance. He recently graduated from Princeton where he studied economics and co-founded RadicalxChange Students.

Cristina Pérez Claeys is a Master’s student in Comparative Law and Legal Theory at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She graduated in Political Science and Law from Carlos III University of Madrid in 2018 and moved to France to work as a policy analyst trainee at the Public Governance Directorate in OECD. She specialized in anti-corruption laws and transparency. Before moving to France, she spent two years working and studying in Montreal and in Rio de Janeiro. She has also been an active campus member in Spain and abroad, combining her two degrees with real personal commitment in associations and research projects on human rights and migration laws. Cristina is currently conducting a research project to analyze the use of legal language and constitutional law rhetoric through mass media and public debate. She is self-taught in discourse analysis and topic modeling through R-programming and data mining. Above all, she is passionate about exploring interdisciplinary approaches and research methods in legal and social sciences.