Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Toby Murray is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. His expertise is in cyber security. He has won various awards for his research, which studies how to build highly secure computer systems, including the 2021 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia. Toby regularly provides expert commentary on cyber security topics to the media, including The Conversation, and has appeared on ABC TV's 7:30, Schwartz Media's 7am podcast, Channel 9's Today Extra TV program.
Toby obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in 2011. He previously worked for the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), between 2002 and 2006; and National ICT Australia (NICTA), between 2010 and 2016. He is currently the Director of the Defence Science Institute.
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PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town
I have had a diverse marine research career to date which has ranged from experience in marine consulting and management in the Middle East to research, education and conservation in South Africa and the UK.
My research interests primarily centre on the spatial ecology of marine predators, conservation and overlaps with commercial fisheries.
Currently I am a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town investigating the spatial ecology of the bronze whaler shark, using a blended approach: tag-recapture, acoustic telemetry and genetics.
I have a strong analytical foundation to apply to research coupled with excellent communication ability, having worked with diverse groups of researchers, NGOs, non-scientists and members of the public.
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Toby Walsh is an expert in the study of Artificial Intelligence. He is a Research Leader at Data61 (formerly NICTA) in the Optimisation Research Group where he leads the Algorithmic Decision Theory project. Data61 is Australia's Centre of Excellence for ICT Research. He is also Professor of AI at UNSW. He has been Editor-in-Chief of two of the main journals in AI: the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, and AI Communications. He is currently Associate Editor of one of the leading journals in computer science, the Journal of the ACM covering the area of Artificial Intelligence.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Organic Geochemistry, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
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Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Todd began his professional career as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy where he learned the practical applications of operating a nuclear power plant as well as how to take a submarine to periscope depth. Following active duty, he built on that practical Navy experience by earning a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering with specific focus on how radiation changes the physical properties of metals.
His first post-Ph.D. position was as a staff scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. While at Argonne, he joined the leadership team tasked with developing the Generation IV Roadmap, the document that framed the resurgence of the nuclear research programs early in the 21st Century.
Following Argonne, he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. While there, he split his time between establishing a premier material science program at the university and supporting the Idaho National Laboratory. At INL, he led the transition of the Advanced Test Reactor into a national user facility, creating a unique distributed network of national research facilities working together to support novel research ideas brought by universities and private industry. He also ran a six-institution Energy Frontier Research Center focused on answering fundamental questions about heat transfer in nuclear fuel.
From 2013-2016, he helped lead the Idaho National Laboratory as the Deputy Laboratory Director for Science & Technology, including being an important contributor to the development of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative announced at the White House in November 2015.
He is the author of over 200 technical publications, many of which are readable.
Todd has degrees in nuclear engineering and management information systems. He is a native of Michigan and tries very hard to find ways to watch baseball. His best summer ever (2016) was 64 different stadiums across the U.S.
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Executive Director, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon
Dr. Braje spent nearly 15 years as a faculty member at San Diego State’s Department of Anthropology, where he conducted archaeological research specializing in long-term human-environmental interactions, the archaeology of maritime societies, historical ecological approaches to understanding coastal hunter-gatherer-fishers, and the peopling of the New World. Dr. Braje also is a former Oregon middle school teacher, a returned Peace Corps volunteer, and the former Irvine Curator of Anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences. Along with over 100 academic manuscripts, Dr. Braje has published several books, monographs, and edited volumes. His newest book, Understanding Imperiled Earth: How Archaeology and Human History Can Inform Our Planet’s Future (April 2024, Smithsonian Books), explores the ways archaeology and history can act as critical guides for addressing the modern environmental crisis.
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Principal Investigator on Deep Space Atomic Clock Technology Demonstration Mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Todd has over 29 years of experience in astrodynamics and space navigation. Since 1999 he has been at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory developing and implementing navigation systems and architectures for many projects - big and small - including the NASA’s Mars Network, the former Constellation Program and Altair lunar lander. His research focuses on new navigation methods, adaptive navigation, nonlinear dynamics, and mean element theory.
Todd is currently the principal investigator for NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock mission being developed to advance our capabilities to navigate effectively in deep space.
He is a graduate of Purdue University and is a former Air Force Officer.
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Mississippi State University
I am Assistant Professor of Economics at Mississippi State University, a CESifo Research Network Affiliate, and an IZA Research Affiliate. My research interests are in applied microeconomics, including the economics of education.
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Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
Todd Lane conducts research on a range of weather and climate phenomena including clouds and thunderstorms, fire weather, aircraft turbulence and extremes.
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Associate Lecturer in Psychology, La Trobe University
Dr Todd Pickering is an Associate Lecturer in the psychology department of La Trobe University. He has taught across both psychology and sport science disciplines, primarily in areas of Motor Learning and Research Methods. He has also lectured in Sport Psychology at Swinburne University. Todd's research has primarily focused on mental fatigue, and how this can affect people's ability and motivation to exercise.
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Associate Professor of Accountancy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Todd Thornack is the Raymond C. Dein Professor of Accountancy at the Nebraska College of Business at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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Reader in Renaissance Drama, University of Huddersfield
I am a reader in Renaissance Drama at the University of Huddersfield. Before coming to the UK, I taught at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and the University of Washington in Seattle, where I completed my PhD in 2008.
My research focuses on Shakespeare and on the long history of environmentalism, going back to its origins in ancient mythology, magic, and the pastoral. I have published over 30 articles and three books, the most recent of which is entitled Shakespeare Beyond the Green World: Drama and Ecopolitics in Jacobean Britain (OUP, 2023). Forthcoming projects include a new edition of Shakespeare's As You Like It and an edited collection on The Winter's Tale.
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Associate Professor of Public Administration; Director, Center for Local Government, University of Colorado Denver
Todd L. Ely is an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver where he directs the Center for Local Government Research and Training. Driven by the desire to improve financial stewardship, his research and teaching focus on the financing of state and local public services, municipal debt, education finance and policy, and public and nonprofit financial management. He is the co-author of "Essentials of Public Service," an introductory public administration textbook. Todd received his PhD in public administration from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Prior to academia, Todd worked in management consulting and higher education administration.
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Professor and Associate Head of Psychology, University of Tennessee
Animal behavior researcher for over 30 years, 2016-2022 Associate Editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology. Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the Association of Psychological Sciences.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Landscape History, Oxford Brookes University
Dr Tom Breen is a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford Brookes University, with a passion for uncovering the hidden histories of our urban and rural landscapes. He is currently leading the archival research for the AHRC-funded project 'In All Our Footsteps: Tracking, Mapping and Experiencing Rights of Way in Post-War Britain'. This project seeks to bring better awareness and understanding to the complex ways in which rights of way have been mapped, developed, used, and experienced in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
As a Landscape Historian, Dr Breen brings a unique perspective to the project, delving into the fascinating ways the development of the public rights of way network has shaped our English and Welsh landscapes over time, revealing a wealth of insights that will inform future policies and decision-making. Through this project, Dr Breen is charting a new course in the study of our land and its history, and he is passionate about sharing his findings with anyone who cares about the places we call home.
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Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol
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Research Associate in Public Policy, University of Liverpool
Tom joined the Heseltine Institute in 2020 after completing his PhD at the Department for Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on central-local relations and sub-national governance, with a particular focus on the scalar politics of infrastructure planning and development. He has published on regional policy and the ‘levelling up’ agenda and led research projects on topics such as social infrastructure and place-based policy. Alongside his research Tom is also the editor of the Heseltine Institute’s policy briefings. Tom was part of the research team in the UK2070 Commission inquiry into regional inequalities and, before entering academia, spent almost a decade in public affairs and policy roles across Northern England.
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Lecturer in Kinesiology, Strength and Conditioning, Loughborough University
Tom Balshaw graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Exercise Science from the University of Cumbria (2006-09) before pursuing a Neuromuscular Physiology-focused PhD (2009-13) at the University of Stirling. He was appointed as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Loughborough University in 2014 and worked on numerous research projects supported by charity and industry funding prior to accepting his current lectureship role at Loughborough University (2021).
Tom’s research aims to examine the efficacy of novel resistance training-based interventions, and investigate the underpinning nervous system, skeletal musculature, and tendinous tissue adaptations following such interventions for the purposes of enhancing function, informing exercise prescription/rehabilitation practices, and injury prevention.
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Head of School, Biosciences and Chemistry, Sheffield Hallam University
Forensic scientist and analytical science lecturer Tom studied for his PhD in the UK's only World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory. After receiving his PhD, he worked as a forensic toxicologist both in the UK and most recently in New Zealand, testing human samples for drugs using analytical technologies. Whilst working at Sheffield Hallam he has conducted research into doping control methods, contaminated supplements and alternative methods for testing.
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Reading
My research is highly interdisciplinary, mixing ecology, economics and social sciences to explore ways of integrating biodiversity into human systems and decision making by quantifying and recognising the many values associated with ecosystems. Within this sphere, in am particularly interested in:
– How do biodiversity and ecosystem services influence food systems?
– How do we integrate biodiversity monitoring into decision making?
– How will changes to landscapes and land management affect the interplay between biodiversity and ecosystem services?
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Professor of Psychology, University of Westminster
Much of my research over the past two decades has centred on how people behave while they are online, as well as considering what the internet has to offer for psychologists in research and teaching contexts. Some of it has been methodological in nature, for example focusing on web-based psychological measurement, validity of online research techniques, and ethics of online data collection. Other work has focused on the application of these techniques to topics including online self-disclosure, self-presentation, privacy concern, effects of recreational drug use, and online fraud and deception. My current focus is generally on factors affecting how people engage with online technologies, potential influences of online stimuli on our behaviour, and questionnaire based measurement of cognitive problems.
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Doctoral researcher in the built environment, College of Business, Arts & Social Sciences, Brunel University of London
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Professor in Theatre, University of York
I am a Professor in Theatre and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students in the Arts and Humanities Faculty. As Associate Dean I lead on the management, strategic initiatives and development of learning and teaching across the faculty. Within the School of Arts and Creative Technologies, I teach on the BA in Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance and the MA in Theatre-Making as well as supervising doctoral research students.
My research addresses questions of performance, approaches to theatre-making and acting processes. To date, I have published four books on acting. I am currently co-editing The Theatre-Maker’s R&D Sourcebook for Bloomsbury and researching the work of the National Theatre Studio. My recent publications have explored acting processes for television, including Acting in British Television and Exploring Television Acting, both written with Christopher Hogg, and documentary theatre, including Acting in Documentary Theatre and Playing for Real, alongside a number of articles.
I have held visiting professorships at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne and Concordia University, Montreal, where I was scholar-in-residence at the Acts of Listening Lab.
My research interests include: acting theory and practice, television performance, verbatim and documentary theatre and television, modern British political theatre, and approaches to research and development in theatre-making.
My research addresses questions of performance and, in particular, acting processes. To date, I have published four books on acting. Recently, I have been researching acting processes for television with Christopher Hogg (University of Westminster), and have published a number of articles on this theme. Our work is the first detailed research into how actors approach the specific demands of television. Most research views performance via textual analysis of the finished product. By contrast, we use interviews with celebrated television actors to focus on their process, and how they bring their skills to bear on this particular medium. We have recently published Acting in British Television (Palgrave, 2017) and an edited collection, Exploring Television Acting, for Bloomsbury (2018).
My previous research has focused on how actors approach playing real people. I co-edited Playing for Real with Mary Luckhurst (Palgrave, 2010), which is a collection of interviews with high-profile actors who have portrayed real people on stage and screen. Interviewees included Ian McKellen, Eileen Atkins, David Morrissey and Joseph Mydell. I continued to pursue my interest in the challenges of playing real people in my monograph, Acting in Documentary Theatre, which was published by Palgrave in 2013. Including new interview material with over forty actors, directors and writers, my book was the first to explore the challenges of acting in documentary theatre.
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Co-president, Australian Science Communicators, and Adjunct Lecturer, Science Communication, The University of Western Australia
Dr Tom J Carruthers is a science communicator, thinker and creative based in Canberra, Australia. He passionately advocates for diversity and equity, the need for science engagement that goes beyond scientific literacy, and to increase the community’s value of specialist expertise across all sectors.
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Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar, Sustainable Rural Futures, Keele University
I am a first year Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar as part of the Sustainable Rural Futures project at Keele University. My research looks at rural protest and the impacts of those protests upon the net-zero transitions.
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PhD Candidate, English literature, University of Glasgow
The Rev. Tom Emanuel is a progressive Christian minister and theologian and a doctoral candidate in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. His current research explores the reception of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings among twenty-first century audiences and is funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) doctoral partnership with the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities (SGSAH). His writing on Tolkien has appeared in journals including Mythlore and Tolkien Studies and he serves on the editorial board of Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society.
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Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway
Tom Felle is an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Galway, Ireland. He has a diverse background in journalism, having worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent for various media organisations in Ireland, the UK, Brussels, Sydney and Beirut for more than a decade before transitioning into academia. He was formerly based at City, University of London, and from 2018 to 2023 was Head of the Department of Media at the University of Galway.
His research interests encompass digital news, verification, data-driven journalism, so-called “fake news” and disinformation, and democracy-related topics such as trust, transparency, and accountability. He has provided advice and testimony to national governments and the EU, and collaborated with the United Nations migration agency, IOM, as the lead academic partner for the Global Migration Media Academy from 2020-2022. He has authored or edited five books on journalism and democracy issues.
He is currently a Fulbright Scholar based in Los Angeles for the 2023/24 academic year.
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Tom is a lecturer in New and Digital Journalism at City University London. He is a former career journalist and worked for a decade as a reporter covering politics and as a regional correspondent at the Independent (Dublin); as Bureau Chief of the Leb News Agency (Beirut); and as Deputy Editor of the Irish Echo (Sydney).
He has contributed to a number of books on local newspapers; press regulation; digital journalism; and has co-edited two books on FOI; FOI 10 years on: freedom fighting or lazy journalism (2015, Abramis) and Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act (2015, MUP).
He was appointed by the Irish Government to sit on a national expert committee examining the Freedom of Information Act in Ireland in 2013, and gave evidence to a committee examining the UK's legislation at the House of Commons in 2015.
He continues to write on media issues, contributes to radio regularly and is an active conference speaker.
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Professor of Social Philosophy, University of Cumbria
I am a Professor of Social Philosophy and Head of the Graduate School at the University of Cumbria. My research explores the intersection between professional practices and philosophy, looking at specific sites where intellectual pursuit and its material conditions are placed in tension with one another: whether in applied service delivery (such as the concepts underlying health provision or social work practice), or in cultural discussions (such as irony, cliche, silence and ignorance). I work mainly in the hermeneutic tradition, drawing together philosophy with contemporary art, video games, film and public debate.
I also lead Health and Society Knowledge Exchange (HASKE), which is a contract research and evaluation centre that has a particular focus on cultural change in health and care provision, exploring new intervention pathways, allied health role change and training, and regional health determinants.
My main research interests are:
- Philosophical and political issues in social work, social care and health
- Cultural and Philosophical Hermeneutics
- Critical and Post-Critical Theory
- Rhetoric, Contemporary Applications of Rhetoric, particularly in Visual and Gaming Culture
- Social and Applied Ethics
- Philosophy of Research Methodologies, particularly Evaluation
- Gender and Feminist Philosophy
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Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia
Tom chaired the Western Australian EPA from 2015 to 2020.
He is on the Board of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, the Western Australia Parks Foundation, and the UWA Oceans Institute, where he is Adjunct Professor.
He previously served on a numerous board and government appointments including the Australian Government’s Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development, the WA Conservation Commission, the Chair of the Western Australian Marine Parks and Reserves Authority, and the Chair of the 2011 Australian State of the Environment Committee .
Dr Hatton retired as CSIRO’s Group Executive for Energy in 2014, where he previously directed national water and marine research programs. In 2008, Tom received the CSIRO Chairman’s Medal and the Australian Public Service Medal for his contributions to the management of Australia’s water resources. Tom completed his BSc and MSc degrees at Humboldt State University and his PhD at Utah State University, followed by a post-doctoral appointment in the Mathematics Department of the UNSW (ADFA). He is a native of San Benito County, California.
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Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
Tom Hemingway is a Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies. He holds a BA in Film and Literature (2016) and an MA (2017) and PhD (2021) in Film and Television Studies, all completed at the University of Warwick. His PhD thesis, ‘The Aesthetics of Post-Broadcast Comedy Television’ explores questions regarding style, authorship, and temporality in the original comedy programming for two of the largest subscription-based streaming services - Netflix and Amazon Video. He leads BA and MA classes on Television Criticism, Television Analysis, and US Comedy Television at University of Warwick.
His publications include:
'Autofictional Authenticity: Bo Burnham's Inside, Netflix Comedy, and YouTube Aesthetics' (co-authored with James MacDowell), The Lesser Feat (YouTube), March 2023 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_CocjBaaM.
‘“Next Episode in 5…” Binge-Watching and Narrative in Streaming Television Comedy’ in Mareike Jenner (ed.) Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021) pp. 224 – 235.
'On the Beach: The 400 Blows', South Atlantic Review, 85:4 (Winter 2020), pp. 51 - 67.
'Irony, Control, and Distance in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou', Offscreen, 22:5 (May 2018), https://offscreen.com/view/irony-control-and-distance-in-the-life-aquatic-with-steve-zissou.
'The Objectification of Jennifer Lawrence in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema', Offscreen, 21:4-5 (May 2017), https://offscreen.com/view/the-objectification-of-jennifer-lawrence-in-contemporary-hollywood-cinema.
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