PhD Candidate in Financial Modelling, Western University
Yuhao (Jet) is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Statistics and Financial Modeling at Western University (UWO). Jet has been certified as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and is currently a CFA level III candidate. Jet has two bachelor's degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), one in business at Lazaridis Business School and the other in Financial Mathematics. Aside from that, he obtained his Master of Science from WLU in mathematics and worked as a research assistant for two years at the Financial Data Analytics Research Lab, Fields Institute.
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Dosen Hubungan Internasional Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Disertasi S3 saya mengenai Pembangunan Berbasis Pemberdayaan Masyarakat di Provinsi Papua. Saya telah menjadi peneliti bidang sosial dan pembangunan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif sejak saya bergabung di Yayasan AKATIGA, Lembaga Analisis Sosial tahun 2000. Tahun 2010, saya mulai bergabung sebagai dosen di Jurusan Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan. Setelah menyelesaikan S3, saya menjadi konsultan peneliti di The Asia Foundation untuk melakukan penelitian dampak jalan Trans-Papua terhadap penghidupan Orang Asli Papua dan studi tata kelola penyaluran bantuan bagi penyintas korban bencana gempa dan likuifaksi Sulawesi Tengah.
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Reader in Mathematics, University of Sussex
I am an applied mathematician with research interests focussed on the use of fundamental methods of applied mathematics, in particular, nonlinear dynamics, to develop new theoretical, computational and experimental tools for solving 'real-world' problems, and to use application-driven challenges to inspire new mathematics. In particular, members of my group and myself are working on:
-Delay differential equations with discrete and distributed delays
-Epidemic modelling with latency and immunity
-Neural network models with delayed connections
-Modelling of genetic networks
-Time-delayed feedback control of chaos in spatially extended systems
-Mathematical modelling and wavelet analysis of cryptocurrencies using Google Trends data
-Understanding the dynamics of blockchain-based technologies using dynamical systems approach
-Applications of complex networks theory to understand and optimise performance of the Internet of Things (IoT) networks
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence (ISTBI), Fudan University
Dr. Sun's research interests are currently focused on the neurobiological bases of early neural development and related disorders, using a multidisciplinary approach that includes large-scale cohort data mining, genetics, and multimodal neuroimaging data analysis. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2016, then completed two postdoctoral trainings in molecular neurobiology (Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019) and computational neuroscience (ISTBI, Fudan University, 2023), respectively. She now works at the MOE-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, affiliated with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
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Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Northeastern University
Yunus Emre Tapan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Northeastern University, specializing in Political Methodology and Comparative Politics. He completed a graduate certificate program in Computational Social Science. He graduated with an MSc in Middle East Studies from Middle East Technical University and a BA in Economics from Bogazici University in Turkey. Before joining Northeastern, he worked as a Lecturer at Kadir Has University and researcher at a non-partisan think tank in Ankara, Turkey. He has a strong background in online extremism and radicalization. He employs machine learning, computational text, and network analysis methods to explore digital trace data.
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PhD Candidate, Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), University of Groningen
Yuru Guan is a Ph.D. candidate at Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES) at the University of Groningen. She obtained her bachelor's and master's degree at North China Electric Power University in China. She has a keen interest in carbon emission accounting from different perspectives and environmental inequality assessment.
She has already co-authored 18 peer-reviewed journal articles in international, high-impact journals, such as Nature Energy, Earth's Future, Applied Energy, and Science Bulletin. Two of her first-authored papers are ESI highly cited papers and one is ESI hot paper.
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Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Amsterdam
Dr. Yuval Engel is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam. He also leads the Amsterdam Startup Lab. Yuval’s research, published in high-impact academic journals, focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion in startups, entrepreneurial networking, and the effects of meditation practice on entrepreneurs and their ventures. He is teaching the courses startup psychology (BSc), startup scaleability (MSc) and scaling up businesses (MBA).
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Research Scientist, CSIRO
Dr Yuwan Malakar is a research scientist based in Brisbane, Queensland. Dr Malakar's research focuses on the risk governance of future technologies. He applies sociological theories to understand risk behaviours, perceptions, and practices, and how risks associated with these technologies can be assessed, managed, and communicated. His particular interest is in examining unquantifiable risks, their systemic presence, and measures to mitigate them by applying a systems perspective. Dr Malakar does multi-disciplinary research and collaborates with scientists from health, environment, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors.
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
My name is Yuxin (pronounced you-SEEN). I'm a paleoclimate scientist in training. I aspire to combine quantitative methods, geochemical analysis, and sea-going campaigns to illuminate the climate system's past and future variabilities.
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Professeur écologie et aménagement forestier, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Titulaire d'un PhD de l'Université de Montréal (1983), Yves Bergeron est professeur à l’UQAM au Département des sciences biologiques et professeur à UQAT à l’Institut de recherche sur les forêts. Ses travaux en recherche portent principalement sur la dynamique des écosystèmes forestiers appliquée à l’aménagement forestier durable de la forêt boréale. Il fait partie des chercheurs du Centre d'étude de la forêt. Il encadre plusieurs étudiants aux cycles supérieurs et collabore à de nombreuses publications scientifiques et vulgarisées chaque année.
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Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong
I'm a physician and philosopher with expertise in applied ethics, empirical bioethics and philosophy of medicine. My current program of research focuses on the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of health and medicine. My other research interests include ethics of cosmetic surgery, social justice, and public health ethics.
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Adjunct Instructor of English and Professional Writing, Widener University
Yvette Kounios works at Widener University as an adjunct instructor in the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Writing Center. She is a Philadelphia Press Association Award recipient. She collaborated with her husband, John Kounios, on the book The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain.
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Professor of Meteorology, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Penn State
Dr. Richardson's research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of severe storms through both numerical modeling and observations. In particular, her numerical modeling studies investigate the influence of temporal and spatial variations in environmental shear and/or convective available potential energy on storm strength, rotational properties, and longevity. Her observational work has focused on understanding storm rotation, in particular tornado genesis and maintenance, using mobile radars to collect fine-scale observations of thunderstorms and tornadoes. Dr. Richardson was a principal investigator in the International H20 Project (IHOP) in Spring, 2002 with a focus on convection initiation and boundary layer processes using mobile radar data combined with other remote and in-situ measurements. She served as a steering committee member and a principal investigator for the second phase of the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) in 2009 and 2010.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropobiology and Genomics, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier
Yvette Running Horse Collin is a Marie Skłodowska Curie IEF post-doctoral researcher in the AGES group. Her project is titled: MethylRIDE: Charting DNA Methylation Reprogramming of Ice Age Horses in the Face of Global Climate Change and Extinction. She is interested in the fields of equine genomics, archelogy, paleontology, metagenomics, indigenous studies, sustainability and climate change.
Yvette is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation (Oglala Sioux Tribe). For more than a decade, she has received specialized training from a number of Lakota traditional knowledge bearers in advanced indigenous sciences, environmental practices, and medicines. Within her culture, these categories of traditional indigenous knowledge are selectively passed to candidates who are viewed as capable of learning, practicing and holding such knowledge in a manner that is preserved accurately for the benefit of the People of her Nation, and as appropriate, for the world.
Yvette received her B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University, and a Joint M.A. from New York University. She completed her PhD work at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (Phi Kappa Phi International Honors Society, Golden Key International Honors Society.) Her doctoral research, which was sponsored by multiple UAF Indigenous Studies Fellowship awards and an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, focused on the history of the horse in the Americas and its relationship with First Nation Peoples.
Upon completion of her doctorate in 2017, Yvette served her Nation as an appointed Presidential Ambassador, and continued her work as an Administrator for the Black Hills Sioux Nation Council. As is aligned with her cultural protocols, Yvette spent the past three years returning her research back to the communities who participated in her doctoral study. In many cases, this took the form of physically returning representative herds of the descendants of the original horses of such Peoples to their communities and actively participating with elders in teaching and sharing the traditions and science surrounding them.
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PhD Candidate and Academic in Law, The University of Queensland
Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria is a PhD candidate and Sessional Academic at the University of Queensland. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with expertise in atrocity law and public international law. Currently, she is researching the relationship between legal obligations of States to prevent atrocity crimes and State responsibility. She is also researching the implications of climate change and other human rights violations on the prevention of atrocity crimes.
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Professor in Neuroscience, University College Cork
Yvonne Nolan is Professor in Neuroscience, a Science Foundation Ireland Investigator and an Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork (UCC). She leads a research team investigating the impact of inflammation and lifestyle influences such as exercise, stress and diet on brain plasticity, gut health, mental health and memory throughout the lifespan,
especially during adolescence and middle age. She is a cell, animal model and translational neuroscientist. She has secured research funding as Lead PI from Science Foundation Ireland, Reta Lila Weston Trust, Marigot Ltd, Irish Research Council and Vasogen Inc., Canada. She was consortium lead on a European Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (COEN) project. She has extensive experience of graduate education, supervision, and mentoring, having supervised >40 Early Career Scientists.
Yvonne is Vice Head of Graduate Studies in Medicine and Health at UCC, where she has
strategic oversight of education for doctoral degrees in the health sciences.
Yvonne graduated from NUI, Galway with a BSc in Biochemistry and a PhD in Neuropharmacology. She was a visiting fellow at McGill University Montreal, Canada and held postdoctoral positions in Trinity College, Dublin before joining UCC as academic staff.
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PhD in Biomedical Science (Microbiology), Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Dr Yvonne Prince is a senior lecturer teaching microbiology in health sciences. She is very interested in the human microbiome, especially the oral microbiome.
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PhD Candidate in Conservation, Bournemouth University
Zach Boakes is a PhD Candidate studying coral reef conservation in Indonesia.
Zach is the project manager and research coordinator of an Indonesian NGO which he co-founded in 2017.
The volunteering, non-profit organisation aims to conserve coral reef ecosystems, whilst providing local people with sustainable livelihoods. As Project Manager, Zach is responsible for overseeing a team of fishermen and international volunteers to run projects including building Indonesia’s largest artificial reef, establishing a plastic recycling centre and creating a conservation and sustainable living educational programme, taught to over 500 children.
In addition, Zach oversees an internationally funded artificial reef research programme and a turtle conservation area which is supported by the Indonesian government.
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Assistant Professor of Politics, Brandeis University
Zachary Albert is an assistant professor in Politics at Brandeis University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his BA from Fairfield University.
Professor Albert's research and teaching focus on political campaigns and public policymaking, especially through the lens of political parties and in an era of increased partisan polarization. He is currently working on two book projects: the first examines the impact of partisan polarization on policy research efforts by interest groups and think tanks, while the second investigates the positive and negative aspects of "small donor democracy". His work has been published in journals such as American Politics Research, Political Research Quarterly, Party Politics, and Interest Groups & Advocacy.
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Assistant Professor of Engineering, Olin College of Engineering
In his research, Zach helps scientists and engineers make decisions under uncertainty. In his PhD work he discovered long-standing probability errors in aircraft design that expose travelers to risk, and developed alternative design criteria with mathematically-provable safety guarantees. Zach also consults with scientists from other disciplines: He has worked with material scientists to use machine learning for accelerated materials R&D.
Presently, Zach is developing a Grammar of Model Analysis to support the teaching and communication of model analysis under uncertainty.
In his teaching, Zach strives to cultivate an inclusive and supportive class environment. He works to help all students become self-directed learners, emphasizes communication alongside analysis, and encourages students to embrace uncertainty. Zach's classes tend to emphasize student-directed work and open discussion.
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Reader in Political Science, University of Strathclyde
I joined the faculty in 2015 as a Chancellor's Fellow. Before moving to Scotland, I worked as a post-doctoral researcher on the C2 project as a part of the SFB 884 "Political Economy of Reforms" research centre at the University of Mannheim from Summer 2012 to 2015. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 2012.
My research explores the causes and consequences of intra-party politics for elections, government behaviour and public policy. My personal website contains additional information regarding my recent publications, replication datasets and ongoing projects.
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Atmospheric Science Educator, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zachary Handlos, Ph.D., is a senior academic professional within the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. He teaches meteorology, coordinates educational outreach and facilitates the CEISMC “Into the Storm: Analysis and Forecasting of Hazardous Weather” Georgia Tech Summer camp. His research is in the fields of synoptic meteorology and atmospheric science education. Handlos has a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
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Assistant Professor, Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Zachary Robichaud is an Assistant Professor, double alumnus and Ph.D. in Management Student at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. His current research focuses on generational cohort participation in the digital marketplace, smart retail integrations, ethical/sustainable consumption, and accelerated technology adoption/innovation throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. His research has gained recognition at global conferences and has been published in reputable peer-reviewed journals. Prior to joining TMU, Zachary worked for over 15 years in fashion and retail-related industry roles.
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Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
I investigate fundamental questions about the emergence and utility of nonverbal behavior for the communication of emotion, personality, and social rank. I rely on a variety of methods, including structured group interactions, human-robot interactions, experiments, and longitudinal designs, while leveraging different measurement and analytical techniques including automated and manual nonverbal behavioral coding, peer-reports, machine learning, and psychophysiology. To examine the generalizability of my research findings, I explore these questions around the globe and across ages, including in non-western and small-scale traditional societies, and children as young as two.
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Lecturer in Media and Doctoral Researcher, Nottingham Trent University
I am a Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer (Media and Communication Studies - across three academic years) at Nottingham Trent University. My current research practice is largely centred around gender and queer-based studies, whilst my academic background has been focused around theatre and performance studies. My doctoral project, titled: 'Locating Regional Cultures of Drag in Medium-Sized English Cities: An Ethnographic Case Study of Nottingham’s Drag Scene', sits between fields of: gender-based, cultural, queer, performance-based, and ethnographic research. It ethnographically explores the socioeconomic dimensions of regional and lesser-metropolitan drag scenes in the UK (physically and virtually), with specific focus on the infiltration of neoliberal ideologies. Observations are made around: socioeconomic dimensions of drag scenes and their geographic positioning, historical shifts relating to queer visibility within queer communities, and the experiential qualities observed by those constructing UK drag scenes.
I have experience in publishing within UK-based journals, and I currently have a chapter in the final stages of peer review for a drag-performance based edited collection to be published by the University of Delaware (USA).
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PhD Researcher, Staffordshire University
Zack Kowalske serves as a Crime Scene Detective with the Roswell Police Department (Georgia, United States), where he has spent the majority of the past 15 years assigned to the Crime Scene Investigations Unit. Mr. Kowalske holds a Masters of Science with a Concentration in Forensic Science, and a Bachelor of Science in Investigative Forensics with a Minor in Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure. He is a PhD Researcher with Staffordshire University, completing his Doctoral dissertation research in Forensic Science focusing on the discipline of bloodstain pattern analysis.
A graduate of the National Forensic Academy (US), he was awarded the Dr. William Bass Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Forensic Investigations. Mr. Kowalske was first certified as a Crime Scene Investigator by the IAI in 2007 and then obtained the IAI certification of Crime Scene Reconstructionist. Concentrating on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Shooting Incident Reconstruction, he has been court-qualified as an expert witness in Crime Scene Investigations, Crime Scene Reconstruction, Crime Scene Analysis, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Shooting Reconstruction, and Physical Fit Examination. Mr. Kowalske is an active member of the IAI, AAFS, and IABPA, serves on the ACSR Board of Directors, and is a sitting member of the Federal OSAC Subcommittee on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. He has published both Journal and Magazine articles on Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction topics. Outside of his Police Agency Career, Mr. Kowalske conducts private forensic casework for prosecution and defense clients and teaches with his consulting firm, Foxen Forensic Laboratories.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Communication, University of California, Davis
Zackary has PhD in Sociology and Complex Systems from Indiana University. They mostly use large scale and crowdsourced data to study culture and culture. Recently they've been using LLMs to do social science and studying them as sociocultural objects.
Research & teaching interests:
culture; social AI; complexity; organizations; networks; text analysis; computational social science
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed is a researcher focusing on peace and security in South Asia and the Middle East.
His work examines the impacts of sectarianism and violent extremism on domestic, regional and global peace and security. He is also engaged in research and educational projects on countering violent extremism.
A Pakistani citizen, Dr Ahmed brings a much-needed citizen’s perspective to research on the country. He also brings rich grassroots level experience in the development sector in Asia to his research.
He has worked on numerous research assignments with Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Commonwealth Foundation, United States Institute of Peace, Transparency International, Global Integrity, and International Centre for Nonviolent Conflict during a decade long engagement with the development sector.
Dr Ahmed has published and presented papers on a wide range of issues, such as foreign policy, international organizations, Islam, peace and conflict, regionalism, and regional security. His recent papers have looked at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Dr Ahmed received his PhD in the area of Political and International Studies from the University of New England (UNE) in Australia. He has an MA in Peace Education from the United Nations mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica), and an MA in Sociology from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan).
During 2013-2015, he served as Assistant Professor at the Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad. He has previously taught at University of New England (Australia), Charles Sturt University (Australia), Iqra University (Pakistan) and Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan).
In July 2018, he presented a paper at the 25th World Congress of Political Science in Australia.
He has an excellent record of publications. He is the author of Regionalism and Regional Security in South Asia: The Role of SAARC (Routledge, 2013). He has published in prominent academic journals, including Democratization, Third World Quarterly, Asian Studies Review, Journal of Contemporary China, Global Policy, and Middle East Policy. He is regularly invited to write opinion pieces and do media commentary.
In recognition of his research, Dr. Ahmed has received several prestigious research awards/grants, such as Mahbub ul Haq Research Award (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka); Conflict Transformation Award (WISCOMP, India).
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Professor of Sustainable Operations Management and Founding Dean of College, Brunel University London
Zahir is Professor of Operations and Information Management in the Brunel Business School, which he joined in August 2006 as the Head of School. Prior to this, he was the Head of the Department of Information Systems and Computing (now, Department of Computer Science). He completed a BEng (Hons) at Salford University before then accepting a research position where he completed a MPhil. His has a PhD from Brunel University in the area of investment evaluation before undertaking his leadership development at the Harvard Business School.
During 2014, Professor Irani enjoyed a full time secondment to the Cabinet Office, where he was a Senior Policy advisor. He currently maintains strong links across several Government departments and often advises on matter.
Zahir’s research interests are multidisciplinary in nature, and developed from early work on the area of evaluating investments in Manufacturing Information Systems through to more recent works in Transformational Government. He has received significant levels of funding from across the world as Principal Investigator, including from the UK Research Councils (EPSRC, ESRC), European Commission, Qatar Foundation, Australian Research Council and QinetiQ. He also publishes in leading scholarly journals. Zahir manages to find time to write press and thought leadership pieces on higher education and graduate employability that have appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times (FT), Thomson Reuters, University Business, Research Foresight and Times Higher Education (THE).
Under his leadership, Brunel Business School received the 2013/14 Times Higher Award – Business School of the Year.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
Zahra Stardust is a porn studies scholar interested in the regulation of sexual cultures. Her work specialises in sexual media and sextech, focusing on the politics of sexual content moderation (including the production, distribution and regulation of explicit media), and the development of community-led, social justice sextech. Her first book Indie Porn: Revolution, Regulation and Resistance (Duke University Press, 2024) explores the clash between indie porn producers, governments and big tech. Her next co-authored book, Sextech: A Critical Introduction (Polity Press, 2025), explores key debates in sextech design, manufacture and governance. Zahra is a Lecturer in Digital Communication at the Queensland University of Technology, an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard University and an Associate Researcher at the Sex Tech Lab at the New School.
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Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne
Postdoctoral research fellow in plant-soil microbiomes in agriculture.
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Researcher at SCRAP Weapons, SOAS, University of London
Zahraa Kapasi is a consultant for SCRAP Weapons, a project housed at SOAS University of London, which advocates for General and Complete Disarmament, and is also a researcher on the United Nations War Crimes Commission. At SCRAP Weapons she focuses on youth engagement and strategic outreach, with a particular interest in cultural diplomacy, interfaith dialogue on disarmament and archival research. She is an alumnus of SOAS University of London with a Masters in International Studies and Diplomacy.
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Research associate UK in a Changing Europe, King's College London
Zain Mohyuddin is a Research Associate at UK in a Changing Europe. He has PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. His research focuses on electoral behavior in advanced democracies.
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Marine Heritage Analyst and PhD Candidate, Flinders University
I graduated from Hasanuddin University in South Sulawesi, majoring in Archaeology and
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Australia, focusing
on Marine Protected Area Management. I am working as a Marine Heritage Analyst for the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia. My major responsibilities are conducting assessments for underwater site management, overseeing collections, and supervising the management activities of the Marine Heritage Gallery in Jakarta and underwater artifacts storage in Cileungsi, West Java.
Currently, I am a Ph.D. candidate at Flinders University with a research focus on Underwater Cultural Research Management for shipwrecks and their associated cargoes.
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