Professor of Sexualities & Sexual Health, Sheffield Hallam University
My background lies in education, sociology and health. My research and teaching concerns health, wellbeing and education, with specific interest in sexualities, sexual health and gender, relationships and sexualities education, young people and qualitative research methodologies. This work is informed by theories of power, sex and the body.
Current projects (research, conferences etc) focus on sex-positive relationships and sex education (RSE); perceptions of anal sex; teaching about sexuality, gender & power at arms length through historical materials; RSE for the post-secular classroom; and loneliness and young people.
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PhD student, School of Health, Dalhousie University
Julia Kontak is a PhD in Health student at Dalhousie University. Julia’s current research focuses on Health Promoting Schools, youth engagement and knowledge translation. She also works as a Research Associate at UpLift, a School-Community-Partnership that aims to catalyze and support Health Promoting Schools efforts across Nova Scotia, Canada. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Julia completed her MA in Health Promotion at Dalhousie University and worked at two leading health research organizations in Nova Scotia. Most recently, Julia held the position of the Knowledge Translation Coordinator at the Maritime SPOR Support Unit for four years.
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Professor of Horticulture, University of Connecticut
Dr. Kuzovkina teaches courses related to ornamental and environmental horticulture. Her research focuses on development of new crops and phytoremediation, a process that uses various types of plants to remove, transfer, stabilize, and/or destroy contaminants in the soil and groundwater.
Professional Positions & Education
August 2017: Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut
August 2011: Associate Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, University of Connecticut
August 2005: Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, University of Connecticut
1999 – 2003: Ohio State University, Ph.D. in Horticulture
1988 – 1990: Moscow State University, M.S. Botany
1985 – 1988: Moscow State University, B.S. Botany
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Food (Sensory Science), RMIT University
Dr. Julia Low's research expertise lies in the field of Sensory and Consumer Science, with applications in nutrition and food technology. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Melbourne, followed by a Graduate Diploma in Psychology at Deakin University, where she explored the links between mood-related diseases and eating behavior. She then completed her PhD in Nutrition at Deakin University, focusing on sensory science, particularly sweetness perception and dietary intake. During her PhD, she was part of the team that discovered the human potential to taste a new taste quality: carbohydrates.
Following her PhD, Dr. Low undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the Riddet Institute in New Zealand, working on various projects related to consumers' emotional responses to food choices and the use of digital technologies. Currently, she leads a team at RMIT University, focusing on understanding the utilisation of psychological models to comprehend eating behaviors and food acceptance, particularly among individuals with reduced sensory inputs due to environmental conditions or sensory impairments, such as those experienced in space conditions.
Dr. Low collaborates with researchers to investigate the impact of space conditions on nutrition and well-being outcomes. Her research interests span a wide interdisciplinary spectrum, including the development of eating environments and better ways to capture human perception and performance data using digital technologies and sensory-nutrition approaches.
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Professeure de leadership, EDHEC Business School
Prof. Julia Milner est professeure de leadership à l'EDHEC Business School en France et animatrice de la chaîne YouTube sur les vibes positives au travail, axée sur la diversification du leadership. Ses conférences Tedx et ses vidéos YouTube ont enregistré plus d'un demi-million de vues.
Chaîne YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@prof.juliamilner8941
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Greenwich
Julia's primary research interests are around social justice and inequality; children and young people's health and well-being; maternal and women's health; rural/remote global health and community development; neuro-diversity; and nomadic peoples. She is the co-editor of the following book: 'Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health' published by Routledge in 2023 and is currently working on an edited book for Routledge called 'Comparative Perspectives on Health and Social Care Policy and Practice across OECD countries' which will be published in 2024.
Selected Publications
Morgan, J., (2023). Exploring women’s experiences of diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood: a qualitative study. Advances in Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2023.2268756
Morgan, J & Leeson, C. (2023). Stigma, Outsider Status and Mothers in Prison. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X231162975
Morgan, J., McDonagh, C & Acton, T., (2023). Outsider Status and Racialised Habitus: the Experiences of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Students in Higher Education. British Journal of Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2023.2167702
Morgan, J & Sengedorj, T., (2023) Implementing early childhood education for nomadic children and families in Mongolia: the perspectives of early childhood practitioners. Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106848
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Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington
I am a political anthropologist and migration studies scholar whose research focuses on migration governance regimes. I have conducted fieldwork into the impacts of asylum externalization in Nauru, Christmas Island, Jordan, and Guatemala. My book, Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru, is forthcoming with Cornell University Press.
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Scientific Assistant, Bayreuth University
Julia Plass is a scientific assistant at the Chair for Cultural Geography at the University of Bayreuth. Her research focusses on the effects of climate change on the insurance and reinsurance sector with a special focus on Australia, Germany and Fiji. In this context, she is particularly interested in the distribution of responsibilities, risk perception and risk communication.
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Research Scientist, Harvard University
Julia K. Rohr is a Research Scientist at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies and Project Director of the HAALSA study. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from Boston University and has research expertise in HIV, infectious disease, and women's health.
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Associate Professor of English and Comics Studies, Bournemouth University
Julia Round is a writer and scholar who researches the intersections of Gothic, comics, and children’s literature. Her books include Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels (McFarland, 2014), the award-winning Gothic for Girls (UP Mississippi, 2019), and the co-authored Comics and Graphic Novels (Bloomsbury, 2022). She has also co-edited books such as Real Lives, Celebrity Stories (Bloomsbury, 2014), the Companion to Literary Media (Routledge, 2023) and Multimodal Comics (Intellect, 2024), and written over fifty peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She is Associate Professor of English and Comics Studies at Bournemouth University, UK, one of the founding editors of Studies in Comics journal (Intellect Books) and the Encapsulations book series (University of Nebraska Press), and co-organiser of the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference (www.IGNCC.com). She shares her work at www.juliaround.com.
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Assistant Professor in Labour Studies, University of Manitoba
Julia Smith is an assistant professor in the Labour Studies Program at the University Manitoba. She studies the history and politics of work and labour relations and labour and feminist activism in Canada.
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, Rice University
Julia Szabo is a PhD candidate in sociology at Rice University and a former middle school teacher. Her research examines how lived experiences, structural inequality, and spatial contexts influence schooling decisions.
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Lecturer, Music Business, University of Westminster
Julia Toppin is Lecturer in Music Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at the University of Westminster. Julia lectures across Foundation, BA and MA music business courses. Julia writes about the history of Jungle and women in Jungle Drum and Bass. Julia has a chapter in 21st Century Black British Music edited by Monique Charles and Mary Gani. She is a contributor to the new version of Brian Belle Fortune’s All Crews – Journeys Through Jungle Drum and Bass, and has written for DJ Mag, Disco Pogo, The Quietus, and Beatportal. Julia tweets @Miss_Toppin and broadcasts on Repeater Radio about popular culture (New Nationwide Project) and Jungle Drum and Bass (Conscious Lyrics). Her memoire, Miles To Go, will be published by Repeater Books in 2025.
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Lecturer in Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami
Julia Wester is a lecturer and Associate Director of the undergraduate program in Ecosystem Science and Policy. She completed her master’s at Oxford in conservation biology and management before working on state policy as a legislative aide in the Florida Senate. She then completed her Ph.D. at the Abess Center studying how emotions and norms shape attitudes toward water recycling and related policy development. She has collaborated on projects funded by the Save Our Seas Foundation and National Geographic Explorer to study human-wildlife interactions in south Florida and the southern Caribbean. Her current research focuses on stakeholder engagement and local policy, mostly around Miami and Biscayne Bay.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida
Following graduation from the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002, Dr. Wuerz practiced in a small animal, private practice in Gainesville, Florida for 4 years before returning to UF as a faculty member with Primary Care and Dentistry. She has grown her primary care knowledge to include alternative medicine techniques, while continuing to advance as a primary care and advanced dentistry provider. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Wuerz helped to establish the UF College of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Skills Laboratory and associated clinical skills curriculum. She works to build new models for students to be able to learn and practice technical skills, such as blood draws and palpation, without the use of live animals. She also contributes to student clinical exposure and community support by helping with a monthly after hours student clinic, Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS). During this clinic, she is able to work with veterinary students from all four years with both Western medicine and integrative medicine cases.
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Fellow in Global Journalism, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate in Health Promotion, Western University
As a PhD Candidate in Health Promotion at Western University, my program of research focuses on health-promoting behaviours, including the resilience, wellbeing, and physical activity, of equity-deserving populations, such as children, low socioeconomic parents, and women experiencing gender-based violence. As an equity researcher, my methods are grounded in an intersectional lens wherein I focus on how the various mechanisms of marginalization impact health and wellbeing.
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Julia D. Mahoney teaches courses in property, government finance, constitutional law and nonprofit organizations. A graduate of Yale Law School, she joined the University of Virginia faculty as an associate professor in 1999 and is now John S. Battle Professor of Law. She has also taught at the University of Southern California Law School and the University of Chicago Law School, and before entering the legal academy, practiced law at the New York firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Her scholarly articles include works on land preservation, eminent domain, health care reform and property rights in human biological materials.
The courses she teaches include Property, Constitutional Law, Feminism and the Free Market, and Nonprofit Organizations.
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Professor of Biology, University of Victoria
Trained as an ecologist and marine conservation biologist, I am now a Professor of Biology and a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
My research interests lie at the intersection of psychiatry and development economics. My work focuses on developing and implementing cost-effective and scalable interventions to treat depression in low-resource settings.
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ESO Research Fellow - visiteuse long durée Lab Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Européen Austral
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Distinguished Professor and Borden Chair of Leadership, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
I received all my university education in the Department of Psychology at WITS University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He is the author of "Brave new workplace: Designing productive, healthy and safe organizations" (2023). You can find more information about the book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/brave-new-workplace-9780190648107?cc=ca&lang=en&
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Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Russian, Eurasian and European Studies, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate in International Relations, University of Kent
Julian de Medeiros is a PhD candidate and Assistant Lecturer in Politics & IR at the University of Kent. He is Editor and Columnist at 'Independent Turkey'. His writing appears frequently in Open Democracy.
Julian writes about paranoid politicians, (fictitious) conspiracies, and Turkish/Brazilian Politics. He is currently finishing a book (I.B. Tauris 2017) explaining why politicians benefit from conspiracy. The book analyzes the Gezi Protests and argues that, contrary to popular belief, politicians are the real champions of conspiracy theory.
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Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
I am a researcher on place, space and public policy, working with the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University. My PhD examined sustainability transitions and institutional change, and I worked with the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield on green space and wellbeing. Outside academia, I have been a journalist and consultant, specialising in UK community regeneration. I am the author of How to Save Our Town Centres (Policy Press, 2015) and co-editor of Urban Crisis, Urban Hope (Anthem, 2020) and Naturally Challenged (Springer Nature, 2020).
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Researcher at Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Universidad de Costa Rica
Julián obtained a Lic. in microbiology and clinical chemistry from Universidad de Costa Rica (2007), followed by an MSc in the Graduate Program in Microbiology, Parasitology, and Clinical Chemistry at UCR (2010), and a PhD from the Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology at Università di Padova (UNIPD), in Italy (2014). Currently, he is a researcher at Instituto Clodomiro Picado at UCR, where he studies the proteomic composition of snake venoms and mechanisms of action of snake toxins. Julián has participated in studies involving the proteomic composition of the venoms from multiple species of snakes, as well as in the isolation, sequencing and characterization of novel proteins from various Costa Rican snake venoms.
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Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
Julian Hoerner is Lecturer in Politics at POLSIS. His research focuses on the interaction of electoral behaviour and political institutions in shaping representation, accountability, and the quality of democracy in Europe. He also has an interest in the politics and policies of the European Union and the impact of historical legacies on contemporary politics. Before joining POLSIS, Julian was a Senior Research Analyst covering the European Union and Germany at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and a Fellow in European Politics and Public Policy at the LSE.
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Dr Julian Meyrick is Strategic Professor Creative Arts at Flinders University.
The son of an English father and Australian mother, Julian studied politics and economics at Exeter University. He took an MA in theatre directing in the US and was later Associate Director and Literary Adviser at Melbourne Theatre Company. He has a PhD in the history of Australian theatre and was a Research Fellow at La Trobe University.
He is a co-editor of Australasian Drama Studies, a member of the Currency House Editorial Board and Artistic Counsel for the State Theatre Company of South Australia. He is a regular media commentator on matters of Australian theatre and Australian cultural policy.
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Jury Professor of English and Language and Literature, University of Adelaide
My research concentrates on the interface between literature and other media, on the history of US literature, and on the ethical dimension of cinema.
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Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Physiology, Bangor University
After several years of working as an applied sport scientist within various performance pathways and professional sports, I gained my PhD from Bangor University and have since led several research projects within the field of sport and exercise medicine. My main research interests lie in sport injury epidemiology and the prevention and diagnosis of sport-related brain injury, with a particular emphasis on the community rugby union setting. In addition, I contribute to research focusing on talent and long-term athlete development predominantly in rugby union.
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Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University
I am a vegetation ecologist with a special interest in plant functional ecology, biogeography, and conservation biology. I work as a Lecturer at Macquarie University. I have a broad interest in ecological research spanning from plant adaptations of single species to community assembly processes and patterns of biodiversity at a global scale.
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