Professor of Sociology, University of Stirling
My PhD was an ethnographic study of rural childhoods in Bolivia. I carried out research in Childhood Studies for 20 years and in 2013 I switched to researching the sociology of bridge, the card game. With a team of researchers and several projects relating to the sociology of mindsport, we have set up ‘Bridge: A MindSport for All’. This work is contributing to the development of a new academic field, Mindsport Studies, which sits between sport studies and leisure studies.
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Course Chair and Lecturer, Bachelor of Dermal Sciences, Victoria University
Samantha Reeve is the course chair and lecturer for the Bachelor of Dermal Sciences at Victoria University.
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Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Dr Samantha Schulz is a senior sociologist of education at The University of Adelaide with expertise in race critical theorising, First Nations Education, culturally responsive schooling, gender equity, and decoloniality.
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Senior lecturer in Forensic Anthropology, Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Samantha Tipper is a biological and forensic anthropologist with over 15 years of experience working in both the commercial and academic sectors in human osteology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, and forensic science in both the UK and USA. Samantha has collaborated on projects involving skeletal remains dating from the Bronze Age to Medieval period in Britain as well as skeletal remains from Sudan. She continues to collaborate on both archaeological and forensic cases and is a forensic anthropologist team member at Blake Emergency services. Samantha is also currently an associate fellow in the History and Heritage department at the University of Lincoln, chair of the University of Lincoln Archaeology group and treasurer for the Norton Disney Archaeology Group.
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of California, Davis
Samantha L. Vigil is a PhD student in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis. Samantha studies childhood and adolescent media usage as it relates to human development, with a specific interest in examining and informing public policy in this area.
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Lecturer in inclusive education, RMIT University
Dr Samantha Vlcek is an academic in Inclusive Education. She has been employed across a range of research and teaching positions, within primary schools and the tertiary sector. Sam’s research and teaching interests focus on investigating relationships between key stakeholders in the education of students with diverse needs, and developing innovative strategies for improving collaborative partnerships between teams. Through a systems approach lens, Sam’s research examines education systems to understand dependent, independent, and interdependent variables influencing the experiences, perspectives, and priorities of internal and external stakeholders at each level of the education system.
Sam's research has explored funding models for students with diagnosed and imputed disability, the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD), the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as well as teacher decision-making for use of evidence-based practices to support students' opportunities and outcomes. Her research focuses on equitable practices for all students, with a specific emphasis on the rights of students with disability and students facing forms of educational disadvantage, such as students living in out of home care arrangements and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Sam's expertise expands into gifted and talented education and the roles and responsibilities of teachers and school leaders for developing, implementing, and reviewing appropriate educational adjustments to ensure equitable access, participation, and opportunity for every student.
Sam is a member of the Consortium of Inclusive Teacher Education and Development (CITED) network of international inclusive education academics, practitioners, and advocates. She is proud to promote the rights for all students in Australia and abroad to receive equitable educational experiences and outcomes.
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Lecturer Zoo Animal Biology, Nottingham Trent University
Dr Ward's research interests are linked to human-animal interactions and animal husbandry and management techniques to investigate impacts and improve captive welfare and reintroduction of species.
Previous work has investigated the impacts of stockmanship on the behaviour and welfare of zoo species and the impacts on behaviour, welfare and production of different management techniques during lambing on a commercial sheep farm.
Trustee of The Sumatran Tiger Trust an international charity working to protect the Sumatran Tiger and its habitat.
Secretary of the South Lakes Red Squirrel Group working to preserve the UK red squirrel population and encourage local support and populations of the red squirrel in the south lakes area.
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PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology, Western University
I am a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Western University, supervised by Dr. Lindsay Bodell. My research is focused on the long term influence of body weight perceptions and attempt to change weight on the development and maintenance of eating disorders.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
I am work as an applied ecologist investigating the dynamics and drivers of change across ecological communities.
My research explores the life histories, environmental requirements, and processes threatening species and ecological communities, with the aim to create more effective conservation and management strategies. I also apply ecological principles to enhance restoration efforts with a particular focus on leveraging species traits to promote biodiversity.
As a dedicated conservation ecologist, I advocate for integrating proper value systems, community perspectives, and rigorous data into ecosystem markets. With a focus on sustainability, I work to ensure that ecological conservation and restoration efforts are guided by sound science and holistic principles, fostering a harmonious relationship between nature and society.
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Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia
Dr. Samantha Dawson is an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of British Columbia. She is a registered psychologist with expertise in sex and couple therapy. Since 2009, her research program has focused on identifying mechanisms contributing to sexual function in individuals and couples, with the goal of using these mechanisms to develop targeted interventions for sexual dysfunction.
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Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care, The University of Western Australia
Professor Samar Aoun is 2023 WA Australian of the Year and Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care at The University of Western Australia and Perron Institute. She is a global leader in the fields of Public Health Palliative Care and Compassionate Communities research and has influenced rapid system change and informed practice and policy at national and international levels.
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Research Fellow Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT University
I am working as a Research Fellow at RMIT University, Australia. I recently completed PhD at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Through my research, I aspire to explain the role of emerging technologies in society's gains. My PhD research investigated AI planning and deployment at the government and public agency levels. In my current research program, I am exploring components of AI governance such as fairness, transparency, explainability, ethics and accountability through AI system design, development and allocation.
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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Broadly, my research concerns the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle, and in particular the complex interplay between climate, ocean circulation, and ocean biogeochemistry. Understanding and modeling these interactions is one of the fundamental challenges in science, and the key to unraveling the human impact on Earth’s climate. My research addresses many different aspects of this broad theme.
For instance, I use geochemical tracer observations in combination with inverse methods to quantify the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 by the ocean. I also develop coupled physical circulation and biogeochemical models to address a variety of problems in climate science such as the role of the biological pump in partitioning CO2 between the atmosphere and ocean.
I use a wide range of tools and approaches in my work, and am actively engaged in the development of mathematical and computational models and tools that enhance our ability to simulate the climate system. I believe that a balanced approach, in which theory, simulation, and observations play complementary roles, is critical for advancing our understanding of the ocean and climate.
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PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney
Samara is a Worimi/Biripi woman born on Awabakal Country in New South Wales, Australia. She is completing her PhD in Law at the University of New South Wales, focusing on Indigenous Peoples' right to education within the context of histories of assimilatory schooling. She is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Manitoba and is also a co-founder of the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition, a youth-led organisation in Australia dedicated to backing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to reclaim their rights in education.
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Professor of Economics, University of Sussex
Sambit Bhattacharyya is a Professor of Economics and Head of Department of Economics at University of Sussex. His research interests are in the areas of development economics, macroeconomics, and economic history. His latest book is 'A History of Global Capitalism: Feuding Elites and Imperial Expansion'. He also published widely and advised numerous PhD Dissertations in the abovementioned areas. He is an Associate Editor of the Review of Development Economics. For a full list of downloadable papers, see his personal page using the following link: https://sites.google.com/site/sambitbha/
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Lecturer in International Development, University of Birmingham
Sameen’s research focuses on the impact of bureaucratic politics on state capacity and service delivery. She is particularly interested in the dynamics of bureaucratic reform, the implementation and impact of donor programs, and the intersection of party politics, citizens’ interests, and bureaucratic incentives. In published work, she centres bureaucratic politics in understanding the distribution of public goods, the success or failure of donor-led reform packages, the ups and downs of party politics, and in citizens’ experience of state services such as immunization.
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Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway University of London
Sameer is Professor of Marketing and Head of Department, School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway University of London. He is recognised as a research pioneer by applying advanced quantitative methodologies at the intersection of psychology, marketing, and tourism. Professor Hosany has published influential and highly cited papers and his works have won multiple awards.
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Associate professor, Jordan University for Science and Technology
Dr. Samer Talozi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, where his research focuses on water resources, planning, and management at the national and regional levels. His work has been published in several journals, including Nature Sustainability, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Water Policy, and more.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Dermatology, University of California, San Diego
Originally from Troyes in Champagne Ardenne, France, I have always wanted to work in the field of biology. So I turned to a degree in Biology and Biochemistry in Reims in the Marne. Having thirst for knowledge, I then joined a Master of Applied Microbiology and Biological Engineering at the University Paris Sud, in which I fully bloomed. After completing a six-month internship, I had the opportunity to continue on the same theme, thanks to a thesis conducted within the UMR Micalis in collaboration between CLARINS.
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Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
Samia is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University. Her research focuses on identifying the most effective policy practices to improve health outcomes of disadvantaged populations.
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PhD Candidate, Department of Government and PhD Fellow UNU-WIDER, University of Essex
I research post-revolutionary violence, ethnic representation, public opinion, democratisation and foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. My thesis looks into the role of expectations in shaping political violence in a post-revolutionary context. Using survey data after Burkina Faso's latest uprising in 2014, I argue that post-revolutionary political discontent can lead to the increase and diffusion of violence. My doctoral research is funded by the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS).
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Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems, University of New Brunswick
Sampath Bemgal is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) within the Faculty of Management. Sampath holds a PhD in Information Systems from the Ivey Business School - Western University, an MBA from David Eccles School of Business - University of Utah and a MS in Computer Science from University of North Dakota.
Sampath’s research focuses on understanding and theorizing complex digital changes in organizations. Specifically, he focuses on digital transformation occurring in organizations across different sectors.
He currently teaches courses in the field of Information Systems at the undergraduate and graduate levels
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Principal Academic in Marketing, Bournemouth University
Dr. Samreen Ashraf is a Principal Academic in Marketing and is a Post Graduate Researchers Lead in the department of Marketing, Strategy and Innovation at Bournemouth University Business School. Additionally, she is the Programme Leader for the first cross-faculty 4 years degree BSc (Hons) Marketing. Samreen has also taught at London School of Economics for their summer school in 2021.
Samreen is the first Pakistani to win Jane K. Fanyo Award from the Academy of Marketing Science for best research paper. She is a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy of UK and was invited to be on the Judging Panel for renowned American Stevie awards for Women in Business Awards. Samreen has also been featured on SAGE Publishers researchers interview series.
Samreen has completed her PhD in 2021 and her thesis focused on 'The role of consumer multiple identities in bank choice in Pakistan'. Samreen has been on the guest editorial panel of Journal of Financial Services Marketing.
Samreen has presented her research at various national and international conferences and has published in peer reviewed journals and has also been invited as a guest speaker on various occasions.
Her research areas include : multiple identities, digital identity, financial services, trust repair, religious influence on consumption, sustainable consumption, and consumer behaviour.
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Dr Samuel Alexander is a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of Melbourne, teaching a course called ‘Consumerism and the Growth Economy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ in the Masters of Environment. He is also a research fellow with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and co-director of the Simplicity Institute. In 2015 he published two books of collected essays, 'Prosperous Descent: Crisis as Opportunity in an Age of Limits' and 'Sufficiency Economy: Enough, for Everyone, Forever' both available from the Simplicity Institute publications page. His other books include 'Simple Living in History: Pioneers of the Deep Future', 'Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation', and 'Voluntary Simplicity: The Poetic Alternative to Consumer Culture.'
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Associate Professor, Open Distance Learning, University of Ghana
Samuel Amponsah is an Associate Professor with a demonstrated history of working at all levels of education in Ghana and South Africa. He holds a Doctor of Education (DEd) degree in curriculum studies from the University of South Africa. Amponsah currently heads the University of Ghana Distance Education Department. His areas of research focus on Adult Learning, Open Distance Learning and Inclusive Education
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
Samuel Bagg is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, where he teaches courses in political theory. Before coming to UofSC, he taught at the University of Oxford, McGill University, and Duke University, where he received his PhD in 2017.
His research aims to ground democratic theorizing in a realistic picture of the dynamics of social inequality and political power. Among other venues, it has appeared in the American Political Science Review; the American Journal of Political Science; the Journal of Politics; Perspectives on Politics; the Journal of Political Philosophy; the European Journal of Political Theory; Philosophy, Politics, and Economics; Social Philosophy and Policy; Social Theory and Practice; and Political Research Quarterly. His first book (The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy) synthesizes much of this work, offering a distinctive and comprehensive account of why democracy matters and how to make it better. It is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
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PhD candidate in cultural leadership, Deakin University
Samuel Cairnduff is an experienced arts and cultural management professional, a researcher in the field of leadership and an advocate for the transformational capacity of cultural institutions through ethical and empathetic engagement. He is in the final stages of completing a PhD examining the concept of cultural leadership in Australian symphony orchestras; the outcome will be a new model of leadership for performing arts organisations. His research interests include art and cultural leadership, ethical leadership, stakeholder engagement and leading through change.
He teaches in the fields of arts and cultural management, media and communications at Melbourne University, creative and cultural industries management at Monash University and is a lecturer in Deakin’s Arts and Cultural Management program.
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Scientific project officer, Joint Research Centre
Samuel Carrara holds a Bachelor and a Master Degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering (major: energy and mechanical plants) and a PhD in Technologies for Energy and the Environment, all from the University of Bergamo, Italy.
After working as an energy engineer in the gas turbine field, in 2011 he joined Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), an Italian research institute in the area of climate change and sustainable development, where he worked as an energy modeller until 2019, mostly focusing on the renewable energy modules.
In early 2016 he was granted a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship by the European Commission, jointly developed at the University of California, Berkeley and at FEEM. His research project was titled “MERCURY – Modeling the European power sector evolution: low-carbon generation technologies (renewables, CCS, nuclear), the electric infrastructure and their role in the EU leadership in climate policy” (www.mercury-energy.eu).
In 2019, he joined the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Petten, the Netherlands (Directorate C: Energy, Mobility and Climate – Unit C.7: Energy Transition Insights for Policy), where he carries out technical and policy analyses on raw materials and supply chains, mainly focusing on technologies for the green transition.
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Senior Lecturer in Human Movement, University of South Australia
I have a keen and active interest in exercise physiology, particularly relating to how humans interact with the environment. I have a research and industry focus in the development of extreme heat policies in sport and exercise. This covers both youth and adult involvement, and community through to elite competitions. Secondly, I research injury prevention in youth sports, ranging from injury surveillance projects through to testing the efficacy of injury screening tools.
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PhD Candidate, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Sam is working with the BSRG on a PhD which seeks to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of using location-based social media safety messaging to reduce injuries and fatalities at aquatic locations, popular with Instagram users.
Research Interests:
Risk communication
Social media effects on risk taking and drowning
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bioengineering, Imperial College London
I am a keen scientist, photographer, and science communicator. My primary objective is to obtain and disseminate scientific understanding of the natural world, particularly concerning aspects usually taken for granted or rarely considered. My passion is for the diversity of animal life and deciphering the root causes and functions in their different anatomies. I achieve this using a mixture of advanced photography techniques and applying concepts derived from engineering backgrounds.
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Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Samuel Garrett is a Research Associate at the United States Studies Centre. He works across the Centre’s research programs, with a focus on US politics and economic security issues.
Prior to joining the Centre, Samuel was a Junior Analyst with Geopolitical Futures, tracking daily geopolitical developments and long-term trends across the Indo-Pacific region. He was also a research assistant in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney, where he coauthored multiple research papers on anatomical history.
Samuel holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Politics & International Relations) from the University of Sydney, where he majored in Arabic. He completed an academic exchange at the American University of Beirut, and study programs at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Indonesia.
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