Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University of Portsmouth
Tarek is a researcher and currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Portsmouth. His focus is on contemporary Lebanese politics, as well state-building and nation-building processes more generally. Tarek's work so far has centred around state formation and building political legitimacy in the case of Lebanon during the 20th century, though recent publication have looked at the nuance in conceptualising political legitimacy across non-Western contexts. Separately, Tarek is also active in researching international law, specifically with regard to belligerent occupation.
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Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol
I am the founding Director of the University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship. I have held over 40 grants and consultancies (UK, European and US), have over 35 (co-)authored and (co-)edited books and reports and over 200 articles or chapters in political philosophy, sociology and public policy.
I am the co-founding editor of the international journal, Ethnicities. My publications include Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain (2005), Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea, (2007/2013) and Still Not Easy Being British: Struggles for a Multicultural Citizenship (2010); and as co-editor, Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship: A European Approach (2006), Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship (2009), Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness (2011), European Multiculturalisms (2012), Tolerance, Intolerance and Respect (2013), Religion in a Liberal State (2013), Multiculturalism Rethought (2015) and Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Debating the Dividing Lines (Feb, 2016).
I am highly committed to public engagement and am a regular contributor to media and policy debates. My work is frequently cited by policy-makers and practioners and on several occasions has influenced policy. I have been Adviser to the Muslim Council of Britain and have served on the DfES Race, Education and Employment Forum; the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain (1997-2000); the IPPR Commission on National Security (2007-09); the National Equality Panel (2007-10); and the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life (2013-16).
My impact case study, ‘Influencing law, policy and public discourse on the accommodation of Muslims in Britain’ was one of three which collectively were ranked as 2nd in the UK by the Sociology 2013 REF. The importance of public intellectual engagement is expressed in this biographical interview:
http://www.tariqmodood.com/uploads/1/2/3/9/12392325/modood-interview.pdf
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Professor of Sustainable Operations Management, University of Zurich
Tarkan Tan is a professor of Sustainable Operations Management at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Before this, he held positions at Eindhoven University of Technology and TIAS Business School in the Netherlands. He earned his Ph.D. from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and was a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University in New York. Additionally, he has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Sydney Business School. His research interests encompass inventory theory, capacity management, spare parts management, and supply chain management, with a particular emphasis on sustainability. He has received multiple teaching awards and has extensively collaborated with the industry. He currently serves as an associate editor for the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management journal and has also held roles as a guest and associate editor for various other journals.
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Assistant Professor-Physical Therapy, University of Northern British Columbia
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Northern British Columbia and affiliated with the University of British Columbia. Research includes the surveillance of movement behaviors (sleep, sedentary time, physical activity) among healthy and clinical populations, using context-specific measurement instruments, especially in rural/remote and resource-limited settings. Overall goal is to combine clinical physical therapy and epidemiological/population health approaches in developing and implementing lifestyle behavior interventions to promote active healthy living across the life-course. Also interested in global/international comparisons of movement behaviors among children and adolescents.
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Health Sciences, Macquarie University
Dr Natasha Pocovi is a postdoctoral researcher, physiotherapist, and casual tutor at Macquarie University. Her research interests are in improving care delivery within the physiotherapy profession and preventing musculoskeletal pain. The main trial of her PhD was the NHMRC-funded WalkBack trial, which is examining the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a physiotherapist-prescribed walking and education program for the prevention of low back pain recurrences.
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PhD Candidate in Language and Politics, University of New England
I am an international student pursuing Doctor of Philosphy (PhD) in Language and Politics in UNE. I was a journalist for more than 17 years before commencing the study.
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Head of Operations, Takiwā, Indigenous Knowledge
Tasman Turoa Gillies, of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga descent, is a passionate advocate for kaitiakitanga and indigenous data sovereignty. As Head of Operations at Takiwā and as a part of the Toha Network, Tasman focuses on supporting frontline efforts to tackle the climate change and biodiversity crises. Drawing from his role as a third-generation Tangata Tiaki for Whakaraupō, he brings a unique perspective that blends mātauranga Māori with modern environmental management practices to regenerate mahinga kai. Tasman is particularly committed to democratising data and tech infrastructure for iwi and hapū, recognising the critical role of data in empowering Māori communities to make informed decisions about their whenua and moana. His mahi emphasises the importance of data sovereignty in supporting environmental restoration efforts and strengthening tino rangatiratanga, ultimately contributing to more sustainable and culturally responsive approaches to environmental challenges.
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Researcher of Economics, Health, and Governance, United Nations University
Tatenda Zinyemba is a researcher at United Nations University -MERIT and a fellow at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. Her research mainly focuses on development issues related to inequalities in health, education, gender. She engages her research on various platforms and networks such as academic journals, conferences, televised news, newspapers, blogs and social media. She also engages with development agencies such as the UN on various evaluation projects related to her research interests. She has cofounded and participated in nonprofit initiatives that target combating inequalities in health and education access. Tatenda has a PhD in Innovation, Economics, Governance and Sustainable Development from United Nations University-MERIT/Maastricht University, a Master's in Public Affairs from Indiana University , a Master's in Economics from the University of Kansas, and a Bachelors in Mathematics from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Lecturer in Classics, Australian National University
Tatiana is a lecturer in Classics at the Australian National University. Prior to this, she was the Moses and Mary Finley Research Fellow at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. She is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Sydney.
Tatiana is a cultural historian of ancient Greece with particular interests in Greek and Roman technology (especially mechanics), ancient Greek religion, and the intersection of science and religion in Greco-Roman antiquity.
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
My research spans Law and Technology, Legal Theory, and Private Law. I recently published Artificial Justice (OUP 2023), which calls for us to look beyond inequality when we think and talk about algorithmic fairness.
I joined Melbourne Law School from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2020, and received my D.Phil, BCL and LLB from the University of Oxford.
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Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst
Tatishe Nteta is Provost Professor of Political Science and the Director of the UMass Poll at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He received his PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. His research is situated within the subfield of American politics and examines the impact that the sociopolitical incorporation of the nation’s minority population has on public opinion, political behavior, and political campaigns. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and Fox News and his work has been published in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, Political Communication, and Social Science Quarterly.
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Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Taya R. Cohen is a tenured Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. Her research cuts across disciplines to develop and rigorously test new theories about human behavior that can be applied in practice to solve difficult problems in business, law, and health care. Using theory and methods from the fields of organizational behavior, psychology, and business ethics, she investigates the cascading effects of individuals’ honesty and ethical choices on those they interact with and the organizations where they work.
Dr. Cohen earned a B.A. in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the faculty at Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Cohen spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow in the Dispute Resolution Research Center at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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Research Fellow, University of Canberra
Research Fellow at the University of Canberra working in climate adaptation and urban planning since 2013. Current PhD candidate at the Institute of Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.
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Project Manager, Threatened Species Index, The University of Queensland
I am the Project Manager for the Threatened Species Index (TSX) at the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) based at The University of Queensland. The TSX integrates long-term monitoring data for Australia’s threatened and near-threatened species. A key focus of my role is coordinating the growth and expansion of the TSX, including working with data providers from across the country to bring their data into the index, allowing us to generate up-to-date and reliable trends in abundance at national, state and regional levels.
Coupled with my TSX role, I continue to pursue my interests in the field of data science, focussing on the important role it plays in biodiversity conservation. I am particularly passionate about helping streamline the ways in which we collect, analyse, publish, and access data, critical to improving scientific discovery, communication, and collaboration globally.
I hold a degree in Advanced Science (Ecology) with First Class Honours from The University of Queensland and my research experience covers aspects of plant community and invasion ecology, as well as conservation biology.
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British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History, The University of Edinburgh
Taylor Aucoin is a postdoctoral research fellow in history at the University of Edinburgh and an associate of the University of Exeter. His main research interests and expertise are in work, play and festivity in medieval and early modern Britain. He has published on the history of Shrovetide (Britain's Carnival), the subject of his PhD completed at the University of Bristol. His current British Academy research project is on the social and cultural history of football before 1800.
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Research Principal, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Taylor Brydges is a Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures. As part of the Resource Stewardship team, her research focuses on sustainable production and consumption, the circular economy, and the fashion industry.
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Taylor holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies (with Minors in Political Science and Sociology) and a Master of Arts in Human Geography from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Human Geography from Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Registered Dietitian, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Taylor Grasso has been a registered dietitian since 2019. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Iowa State University and completed her dietetic internship in Omaha, NE through Iowa State University in 2019. Taylor believes in a balanced, sustainable approach to nutrition. She specializes in intuitive eating, sports nutrition, and relative energy deficiency in sport recovery. She has worked in a variety of capacities within the dietetics field including sports, private practice, and community nutrition, she is also a content creator.
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, I am a current doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge in the UK. My work centers on the sociology of education policy, with a particular interest in both curriculum and teacher policy. I have published on educational reform in Aotearoa and at a global level, and have co-produced two reports on literacy policy for NZ-based NGO The Education Hub. Before working in research, I spent five years as a secondary school teacher, working in Manurewa and Lower Hutt.
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Senior independent research fellow, University of Leeds
I am a freshwater biogeochemist with an expertise in quantifying the large-scale impacts that humans have on nutrient and carbon cycles in river networks worldwide. My work focuses on understanding the global impacts that climate change, river damming, and land cover changes have on phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon and silicon cycles in watersheds globally, including associated greenhouse gas cycles, as well as the ecological implications of these changes.
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Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton
I'm a Research Fellow on the Ethics of Doubt: Kierkegaard, Scepticism, and Conspiracy Theory project, led by Prof. Genia Schönbaumsfeld at the University of Southampton. Visit the project's website at: https://www.ethicsofdoubt.org and my personal site at: https://taylorrcmatthews.com.
I previously studied for my PhD at the University of Nottingham, where I was also a Teaching Associate. My research is primarily in epistemology (the theory of knowledge), ethics, and areas where the two intersect.
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Instructor, English, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Dr. Taylor Morphett's research focuses on the histories and pedagogies of writing. Her research considers how literature formed as a concept within English vernacular writing and how this categorization influenced university writing pedagogies. To do this work, her research and methods have spanned literary, composition, and educational studies, taking a historical and critical approach to the underlying assumptions about how we conceptualize and teach writing at the post-secondary level.
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Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Director of the Research Translation Platform, Penn State
I am a community psychologist and social scientist studying policymakers’ and researchers’ behavior related to the use of research evidence in policymaking. In 2017, I was recruited to Penn State University as an Assistant Research Professor to (1) create translational research products, (2) supervise trainees conducting research on policy engagement, and (3) facilitate team science around translating research for policymakers.
My unique experience co-developing and implementing a behavioral model for improving policymakers’ use of scientific evidence, known as the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) model, offered a compelling opportunity to conduct applied research and engage in translational activities with academic partners.
Over the last 5 years, I have become a recognized leader inside and outside Penn State in translational research and science communication. I have received the National Prevention Science Coalition’s System Wide Prevention in Congress Award (2016), APA Division 27 Public Policy Award (2018), and the Society for Prevention Research Public Service Award (2019) for my contributions.
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PhD student, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
Taylor Marie Graham (she/her) is an award winning playwright, librettist, director, theatre scholar, and educator who lives in Cambridge, Ontario / Haldimand Tract. She has an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in theatre from University of Guelph. She works as a sessional theatre professor at universities in Southwestern Ontario and is the Interim Community Engagement Office at the International Institute in Critical Studies in Improvisation. Taylor is published in Canadian Theatre Review, Intermission Magazine, Routledge’s Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, and Canadian Literature. Critics describe her plays and operas as, “arresting and funny” (Slotkin), “uncommonly cool” (MoT), “charmingly twisted” (Toronto Star), “powerful, and courageous,” (OnStage), “meaningful for all ages” (Intermission), “darkly evocative” (IstvanReviews), “psychological, theological, and ornithological” (OurTheatreVoice), “as moving as it is scary” (MyEntertainmentWorld), and “profound, beautifully crafted” (StageDoor). Her book Cottage Radio and Other Plays will be published by Talonbooks this July.
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Ph.D. Student in Marine & Environmental Biology, University of Southern California
I am a PhD student in the Ecological Data Science Lab at the University of Southern California. I am originally from Staunton, Virginia, and received my B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia. My research investigates how human development and agricultural expansion impact the organization and persistence of ecological communities, with a focus on the wild bee communities of North America. By examining how a species’ traits (such as phenology and dietary breadth) interact with the spatial and temporal conditions of modified landscapes, my research aims to understand how and why wild bee species respond to anthropogenic pressures differently. Leveraging tools from statistical modeling, population genomics, and field ecology, I ultimately strive to inform effective conservation strategies in the face of rapid global change.
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Curator of the Apollo Collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Affiliate Adjunct, Georgetown University
Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of spaceflight and the curator of the Apollo Collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Her research focuses on the political history of exploring the Moon, from debates about lunar governance to the use of spaceflight as soft power, the topic of her most recent book, Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo (Basic Books, 2020). After earning a Ph.D. from MIT, she held positions at the American Institute of Physics and the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum. She is the author of Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (National Geographic, 2018) and an advisor to the television series Apollo’s Moon Shot. Her work has been featured by CBS, NPR, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and numerous other media outlets. She co-organizes the Space Policy & History Forum, serves on the Executive Council of the Society for the History of Technology, is a member of the American Astronautical Society History Committee, and participates in the US State Department’s Speakers Program.
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University Professor, Bergles Professor of Thermal Science, and Director of the Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education, Iowa State University
Ted Heindel is an ISU University Professor, the Bergles Professor of Thermal Science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Director of the Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE); he also holds a courtesy professor appointment in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He directs the Experimental Multiphase Flow Laboratory at ISU, which houses a unique instrument for performing X-ray visualization studies of large-scale complex fluid flows. His research currently focuses on multiphase flow hydrodynamics (e.g., mixing in gas-liquid, gas-solid, and gas-liquid-solid flows), multiphase flow visualization and characterization using X-ray imaging technology, and particle-particle mixing. This work has applications in petroleum-based and bio-based chemical and fuel processing, energy generation, food processing, agricultural waste management, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and wastewater treatment. Dr. Heindel’s research program has been funded by over 60 projects supported through the NSF, ONR, USDA, DOE, the State of Iowa, and industrial partners. He has co-authored one book and published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and over 280 conference papers, abstracts, and technical reports.
Dr. Heindel currently directs the ISU Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE). This is a collection of over 25 ISU faculty with interests in multiphase flows. CoMFRE also has 5 member companies whose dues support research that they direct. Dr. Heindel is co-founder and co-organizer of the International Journal of Multiphase Flow Spotlight Virtual Seminar Series, which organizes 6 international seminars each semester. He also has an appointment as an associate editor of the International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
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Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
Olson has received a range of recognition for his work as a music historian, including nine Grammy nominations. He holds a Ph.D. in English and Southern studies and has produced and curated a number of documentary albums of Appalachian music, including four boxed sets for Germany’s acclaimed Bear Family Records label (complete recordings from the 1927-1928 Bristol Sessions, from the 1928-1929 Johnson City Sessions, and from the 1929-1930 Knoxville Sessions, as well as a compilation of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s early recordings); four albums for the Gatlinburg-based Great Smoky Mountains Association; Rhino Records’ 50th anniversary edition of a seminal Elektra/Folkways 1960s-era folk music anthology; and a retrospective collection of Doc Watson’s greatest recordings.
Additionally, Olson has written or edited numerous books centered around Appalachian music and folklore, along with numerous articles, essays, encyclopedia entries, reviews, poems, creative nonfiction pieces, and oral histories. He was also music section editor for the “Encyclopedia of Appalachia,” and has served as book series editor for the Charles K. Wolfe Music Series (University of Tennessee Press) since 2008. He is presently co-producer and co-host of the six-part podcast series for the Great Smoky Mountain Association, “Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music.”
Olson was co-chair of the curatorial committee for the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival's “Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony” exhibition, which drew a million attendees to the National Mall. From 2003-2005 he was president of the Tennessee Folklore Society, and in 2008 he served as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in American Studies in Barcelona, Spain. He was the committee chair for “Tell It to Me: The Johnson City Sessions 90th Anniversary Celebration,” which received the Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association’s Pinnacle Award for Event of the Year for 2019.
A solo performer of traditional and contemporary ballads and songs from Appalachia as well as the British Isles, he has performed in a range of music festivals and other educational venues.
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Professor of Criminology, Associate Member of Dept. of Indigenous Studies, Simon Fraser University
I was hired to teach research methods and have published texts on qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches -- most recently "Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences" (published by Sage) -- and am an expert on research ethics issues, particularly with respect to research confidentiality (see Protecting Research Confidentiality, published by Lorimer). More recently this interest led to me looking into internet governance issues, particularly regarding privacy and surveillance, and the impacts of artificial intelligence on the research process and the sociology of knowledge. My interests in the sociology of knowledge was also what led me 30+ years ago to begin learning about Indigenous issues as well, not only in terms of Indigenous methods and ways of knowing, but also with broader issues of Indigenous justice. I have written about and helped facilitate the development of Indigenous community-based justice systems in Canada and participated internationally in meetings of the former UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Peoples, who developed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Associate professor, Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University. Author of Displacing Blackness: Planning, Power, and Race in Twentieth-Century Halifax (University of Toronto Press, 2018) and Out to Defend Ourselves: A History of Montreal's First Haitian Street Gang (Fernwood Publishing, spring 2023).
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Professor of History, Case Western Reserve University
Ted Steinberg has worked as a U.S. historian for more than 25 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1961, Steinberg received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1989 under the supervision of David Hackett Fischer, Donald Worster, and Morton Horwitz. He spent three years at the Michigan Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. He has also received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2006 he was the B. Benjamin Zucker Fellow at Yale University.
Steinberg’s publications have focused on the intersection of environmental, social, and legal history. His books are: "American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn" (W. W. Norton, 2006); "Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History" (Oxford University Press, 2002; 2nd ed., 2009; 3rd ed., 2013; National Outdoor Book Award; Pulitzer Prize Nominee in History); "Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America" (Oxford University Press, 2000; 2nd ed., 2006; Ohio Academy of History Outstanding Publication Award; Pulitzer Prize Nominee in General Non-Fiction); "Slide Mountain or the Folly of Owning Nature" (University of California Press, 1995); and "Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England" (Cambridge University Press, 1991; Willard Hurst Prize in American Legal History; Old Sturbridge Village E. Harold Hugo Memorial Book Prize).
Steinberg has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Natural History, Orion, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Guardian and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows including Radio Times With Marty Moss-Coane, The Leonard Lopate Show, The Dennis Prager Show, The Michael Smerconish Show, Marketplace Money,You Bet Your Garden, The Jerry Doyle Show, The Mischke Broadcast, Martha Stewart Living Radio, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Penn and Teller: Bullshit and CBS Sunday Morning. His work has been discussed in print by Malcolm Gladwell, Ellen Goodman, Elizabeth Kolbert, Jeff Sharlet, and Margaret Talbot.
Steinberg’s latest book is titled "Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York" (Simon & Schuster, 2014). It examines the ecological changes that have made New York the city that it is today.
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Ghana
Teddy Ossei Kwakye has extensive teaching experience across the accounting and finance curriculum at different higher education levels within different learning settings. His research expertise is applying panel data analysis and other quantitative research techniques to accounting, finance, business management and sustainability issues with an interest in interdisciplinary research. He is currently the CGMA Academic Champion for AICPA & CIMA for the University of Ghana, where he leads, mentors and educates future finance leaders by pioneering the CGMA finance leadership program on the university campus.
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PhD Candidate in Ocean Governance, University of Portsmouth
Tegan Evans is a PhD candidate at the University of Portsmouth and a research assistant with Revolution Plastic.
Her research focuses on transitions and transformations in ocean governance, the blue economy, plastic policy and governance.
Before joining the University of Portsmouth in 2020, she completed a Master's in Marine Geography at Cardiff University researching the governance of offshore wind power in the Celtic Sea.
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PhD Candidate, Bond University
Temitope Lawal is currently a PhD candidate at Bond University, Australia. He has extensive policy and regulatory experience in the telecommunications industry, having served as legal and regulatory services manager at the Nigerian Communications Commission.
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Professor of African Studies, University of Leeds
I have worked as a British Academy Global Professor at the University of Leeds’ School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies since February 2023. I have also been a Research Fellow in the Department of English at the University of the Free State in South Africa since 2017.
Before joining the University of Leeds I was an Associate Professor in the English and Media Studies Department at Great Zimbabwe University, where I taught African literature. I received my PhD in African literature from Leiden University in 2015.
Since then, I have held different research fellowships that include the Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship and Fulbright Research Scholarship in the Department of Comparative Literature and Languages at the University of California (Riverside) in the US.
My research interests lie at the intersections of African/Zimbabwean literary and cultural studies, including onomastics, with a focus on questions of gender, sexuality, politics, power and (in)justice.
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