Professor of Media and Genocide, New York University
I am an expert in the sociology of media, with an emphasis on genocide, mass violence, and ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa. I have written about global media patterns in covering genocide in Africa, ethnicity, land, and politics in Kenya, and on the Kenyan media's experimentation with social media platforms. My research has appeared in African Journalism Studies, African Affairs, the International Journal of Press/Politics, Global Media and Communication, Media and Communication, Media, Culture, and Society, and Sociological Forum. My book on journalism in Africa is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. I am an assistant professor at New York University's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University.
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Orchestra Director and Assistant Professor of Music, Wake Forest University
James “Aaron” Hardwick has established a reputation as an outstanding conductor, educator, and collaborator — setting himself apart with his engaging, charismatic and musically precise approach on and off the podium. Highly versatile and musically insightful, his artistic collaborations span multiple genres including standard classical repertoire, musical theater, opera, video game music, popular music, and new works.
As a Professional Conductor & Musician
Hardwick has worked with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Ruebush Brass Ensemble, Brevard Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Williamsburg Symphony, Aiken Symphony Orchestra, CICA (Collaborations in Contemporary Art) Ensemble, Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony, University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra, East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia, among others. He was a finalist for the 2021 Erno Lányi International Conducting Competition and participated in the 2020 European Union International Conducting Competition. He is an Eastman School of Music Summer Conducting Fellow with the Rochester Philharmonic, and a two-time Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina Conducting Fellow. As a professional violist, he has performed with the New York City Ballet Company, Shenandoah Summer Music Theater, Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony, University of South Carolina (UofSC) Opera, UofSC Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Philharmonic and Aiken Symphony Orchestras.
Concerning Video Games & Music
In 2020, Hardwick developed the first Video Game Music course offered at Shenandoah University bridging the gap between the Shenandoah Conservatory and Shenandoah University School of Business. Within a year, he led the first-ever research collaboration between music performance and esports entitled “We Play Together: A Collaboration between Music & Esports.” The project won the Shenandoah University Research Expo (SURE) Award and went on to be featured with the Esports Research Network (ERN) in Sweden. Most recently, he created, “Full Lobby, LLC” a company designed to build creative concert series for symphony orchestras that includes live performance of video game music, and new works. Hardwick is a casual and competitive gamer, former Apex Legends coach, and current advisor for the Wake Forest University Esports Association and Dash City Gaming in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
As an Educator
Passionate about collaboration and music education, Hardwick spearheaded the interdisciplinary concert series, “Paving the Way” with the Wake Forest Symphony Orchestra in 2022. The series seeks to change how symphonic music concerts are curated by collaborating with other scholars, building a narrative around the music that is performed, and elevating underrepresented composers and artists. He was named one of Hampton Roads’ “Most Outstanding Music Educators” two years in a row by the Virginia Symphony, was nominated by the Grammy Foundation® and the Recording Academy® as a quarterfinalist for the Music Educator Award in 2014, and received the Distinguished Music Educator’s Award from Yale University in 2011. He continues to work with youth ensembles, educators, and community members as a conductor and clinician.
As a Scholar
Published in 2021, his research entitled “Performing Game Sound: The American Symphony Orchestra and Video Game Music” explores live Video Game Music performance by symphonies and how Video Game Music can help orchestras diversify programming, build audiences and audience engagement, and aid in financial sustainability. His article “A Walkthrough: Connecting Gaming and Your Performance Ensembles” was featured in the North Carolina Music Educators Journal (Summer 2022) and explores how music teachers can engage with their students through video game music. He continues to teach and develop the Video Game Music class, (now taught at Wake Forest University) which has been host to a number of leading video game composers. His research and future publications grow as he continues to develop this course.
Concerning Credentials
Hardwick received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Conducting) at Shenandoah Conservatory. He earned a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from East Carolina University. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Esports Management from Shenandoah University. He is a professional conductor and recently appointed Orchestra Director and an Assistant Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia
J. Kim Penberthy, Ph.D, ABPP, attended Wake Forest University where she majored in psychology and biology. After graduation, she did research for a year at the Center for Alcohol Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She then returned to graduate school at Wake Forest University where she obtained a master’s degree in experimental psychology. She worked at the Duke Cancer Center before obtaining her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Penberthy completed her internship in clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Eastern Virginia School of Medicine in Norfolk, VA. She went on to complete her fellowship in behavioral medicine in the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine from 1998-2000. Dr. Penberthy has also completed her board certification in clinical psychology, as well as a fellowship in humanism in medicine at UVA. She is trained to work with patients who have chronic medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes or HIV. Additionally, she is trained to work with people who suffer with addictions, and conducts research exploring effective treatments for people with co-occurring psychological difficulties, addictions and medical conditions. She is a founding member of the UVA Contemplative Sciences Center and studies the therapeutic components of contemplative practices like mindfulness and a variety of psychotherapies. She is also the co-director of the Effective Coping and Communication Skills for Physicians program, which is a national CME program helping to improve the interpersonal skills of physicians. She joined UVA’s Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences in 2000 and is currently a professor.
Dr. Penberthy is active at UVA and regionally and is on the UVA cancer committee, the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center patient and caregiver advisory board, The Steward School board of trustees and the Bryan Innovation Lab in Richmond. She is married to David Penberthy, M.D., a radiation oncologist who practices in Richmond. They have one daughter, Morgan, who attends Wake Forest University. Kim and her family enjoy standup paddle boarding, cycling and traveling.
Penberthy has published clinical works and guides on persistent depression, including "Persistent Depressive Disorders – Advances in Psychotherapy and Evidence-Based Practice," and co-authored "CBASP as a Distinctive Treatment for Persistent Depressive Disorder," "Group Treatment Manual for Persistent Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Therapist’s Guide," and "Group Workbook for Treatment of Persistent Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) Patient’s Guide."
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Ph.D. Candidate in Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
Maya Hernandez is a interdisciplinary doctoral candidate at UC Irvine with a research focus on understanding the risks and affordances of social technologies on adolescent development and mental health and an emphasis on historically marginalized populations. Her experiences span across developmental science, clinical psychology, public health, and informatics. She leverages quantitative, qualitative, and youth participatory action research approaches with multimodal data collection and analytic strategies.
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Professor Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Reformed Theological Seminary
J. Nicholas Reid (DPhil Oxon) is the author of Prisons in Ancient Mesopotamia: Confinement and Control until the First Fall of Babylon (Oxford University Press). He is Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Hybrid MDiv Program at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. Nicholas is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. His research involves publishing cuneiform texts in various collections around the world, as well as writing on topics of social history, such as slavery, prisons, and labor in ancient Mesopotamia. He has authored numerous articles in leading journals, including Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, International Review of Social History, Revue d’Assyrologie, and Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete. Nicholas also coauthored a monograph on Old Babylonian Letters from Ancient Kish, which will be published later this year in the historic series Oxford Edition of Cuneiform Texts (Oxford University Press).
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Dickinson College
I teach and research contemporary political theory at Dickinson College. In 2020, I published a book on Michael Walzer - Foundation Professor of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Dissent editor emeritus - with Polity Press, as part of its Key Contemporary Thinkers series. I had earlier written my PhD thesis as an historical study of Walzer's thought. I received my PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2011. I am currently writing a book on the concept of community. In 2023, I organized a conference on Walzer's book Spheres of Justice to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its publication. I have an M. Phil in International Relations from University of Cambridge (2001). My major interests are in theories of justice and political ideologies. Some of my teaching and research is at the intersection of the two subfields; for example, I have published on just-war theory, global justice, and migration ethics. My planned next book connects the latter two themes. My teaching interests also include the history of political thought, comparative political theory, and ethics.
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Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
J. W. Traphagan is an anthropologist and professor emeritus of Religious Studies and in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin and a visiting professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. He’s published nine books and numerous articles in scientific journals. His two most recent books are the ethnographic mystery novel The Blood of Gutoku and his anthropological memoir Embracing Uncertainty: Future Jazz, That 13th Century Buddhist Monk, and the Invention of Cultures.
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
Jaana Dielenberg works to improve outcomes for biodiversity through the promotion of robust science and Traditional Knowledge. Jaana is a University Fellow at Charles Darwin University and is the Communications and Engagement Manager of the Biodiversity Council. The Biodiversity Council brings together leading experts including Indigenous knowledge holders to promote evidence-based solutions to Australia’s biodiversity crisis.
Jaana has worked in the environmental research and management sector for 20 years. For more than a decade her focus has been research translation, knowledge brokering, communication and stakeholder engagement for multi-partner large-scale science programs, with a particular focus on biodiversity conservation and climate action. She started her career in waterway management and planning in Victoria, and has since enjoyed living in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
She has a Bachelor of Arts (Geography) and a Master of Environment, both from The University of Melbourne.
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Research Fellow in Public Health, Stockholm University
Jaana I. Halonen has PhD in epidemiology and she is docent in environmental epidemiology.
Currently she is RDI programme director at Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) coordinating the programme called Safe and healthy living environments, and senior researcher at University of Stockholm. She has earlier work experience as an environmental and occupational epidemiologist from Harvard School of Public Health (outdoor temperature and cardiovascular health), Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (on various topics, incl. home neighbourhood characteristics and health and work stress) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (traffic-related air pollution and noise and cardio-respiratory health).
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Jacinta is an exercise physiologist and postdoctoral research fellow. Her research focuses on exercise and mental health.
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Senior lecturer in Philosophy and Media Studies, University of Nairobi
Dr Jacinta Mwende Maweu is a senior lecturer in philosophy and media studies. Her research interests include social and political philosophy, media and democracy, media and conflicts, political economy of the media and climate change communication.
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Distinguished Professor of Law and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Māori, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of South Australia
Dr. Jacinta Johnson is a credentialled Advanced Practice pharmacist with over 10 years of experience in hospital pharmacy. She currently practices across two settings as Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the University of South Australia, and as Senior Pharmacist, supporting development of research capacity and culture within the SA Pharmacy, the statewide public hospital pharmacy service. In addition, Jacinta is also a National Board Director of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), and Chairs the SHPA Residency Advisory Group, the body responsible for guiding development and implementation Foundation and Advanced Training Residencies throughout Australia.
Dr Johnson holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the University Adelaide and has a strong track record of conducting applied research to meet needs identified by the health sector. Her research broadly explores topics related to medicines safety and the role of the pharmacist in this field. Additionally, she has a passion for practitioner development and collaborative health care. Her clinical expertise relates to drugs and the brain, with a focus on the fields of pain management, headache and migraine, Parkinson’s disease and addiction medicine.
Dr Johnsons influence and expertise have been recognised through several awards within the pharmacy profession. In 2018, she was named the Australian Early Career Pharmacist of the Year by the peak body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), and in 2019 she was named the National Emerging Leader of the Year by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA). These followed two state awards, the SA/NT PSA Early Career Pharmacist of the Year and the SHPA ‘PL Jeffs’ Early Career Pharmacist award. In 2022, Dr Johnson and her team received the SHPA SA/NT Team Innovation Award for their work supporting hospital pharmacy research capability, and the SA Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research and Building Collaborative Partnerships.
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of South Australia
Dr. Jacinta Johnson is a credentialled Advanced Practice pharmacist with over 10 years of experience in hospital pharmacy. She currently practices across two settings as Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the University of South Australia, and as Senior Pharmacist, supporting development of research capacity and culture within the SA Pharmacy, the statewide public hospital pharmacy service. In addition, Jacinta is also a National Board Director of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), and Chairs the SHPA Residency Advisory Group, the body responsible for guiding development and implementation Foundation and Advanced Training Residencies throughout Australia.
Dr Johnson holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the University Adelaide and has a strong track record of conducting applied research to meet needs identified by the health sector. Her research broadly explores topics related to medicines safety and the role of the pharmacist in this field. Additionally, she has a passion for practitioner development and collaborative health care. Her clinical expertise relates to drugs and the brain, with a focus on the fields of pain management, headache and migraine, Parkinson’s disease and addiction medicine.
Dr Johnsons influence and expertise have been recognised through several awards within the pharmacy profession. In 2018, she was named the Australian Early Career Pharmacist of the Year by the peak body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), and in 2019 she was named the National Emerging Leader of the Year by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA). These followed two state awards, the SA/NT PSA Early Career Pharmacist of the Year and the SHPA ‘PL Jeffs’ Early Career Pharmacist award. In 2022, Dr Johnson and her team received the SHPA SA/NT Team Innovation Award for their work supporting hospital pharmacy research capability, and the SA Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research and Building Collaborative Partnerships.
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Associate Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management, University of Denver
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Doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology, Swansea University
I am a doctoral researcher at Swansea University studying the functional diversity of sharks through time. This involves examining ecological changes of sharks across the last 66 million years using fossil teeth.
I receive sponsorship from the Fisheries Society of the British Isles and am a member of the Pimiento Research Group, which aims to assess extinction mechanisms of marine megafauna such as sharks through time. The ultimate goal of the team is to use this information to inform ongoing conservation efforts.
Additionally, I engage in outreach of shark palaeobiology through a variety of ways. My outreach, as well as previous work I have published, primarily focuses on the iconic megalodon sharks, its biology and ecology, and what the extinction of this apex predator could tell us about the effects of future shark losses.
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Professor, Politics and International Relations, Monash University
Professor of Politics and Head of the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia. My research focuses on the politics and development challenges of small island developing states. My most recent books are Sustaining Development in Small Islands: Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and the Permissive Liberal Order (CUP) and Statehood à la Carte in the Caribbean and the Pacific: Secession, Regionalism, and Postcolonial Politics (OUP)
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Master's Student in Geography, Planning, and Environment, Concordia University
Dual minored in zoology and philosophy during my Bachelor's. Currently working on a Master's in primatology/ecology.
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Lecturer in English, School of English, Irish and Communication, University of Limerick
Jack Fennell is a writer and researcher who teaches at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is the editor of two fiction anthologies, A Brilliant Void (2018) and It Rose Up (2021), collecting lesser-known Irish science fiction and fantasy stories respectively.
He has written two academic studies, Irish Science Fiction (2014) and Rough Beasts: Monstrosity in Irish Literature, 1800-2010 (2019), as well as twelve book chapters covering topics ranging from comic-book vampires to the work of Flann O'Brien, Dermot Healy, and the representation of transgender characters in the Star Trek franchise. His own fiction has appeared in Silver Apples Magazine, Archive of the Odd, and various anthologies. He also contributed translations to The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien (2013), and was the winner of the 2022 European Science Fiction Society award for Best Translator.
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PhD Candidate in Circular Business Models, University of Adelaide
Jack is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Adelaide, CSIRO, and the End Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre. He is researching the motivators, barriers, and enablers of circular business models, with a particular focus on the Australian dairy sector.
With international experiences, Jack’s research interests relate to sustainable and inclusive agricultural value chains and understanding how we can solve the wicked problems facing society. Jack holds active roles in the Landcare Association of South Australia (LASA) and the Crawford Fund, and has previously been heavily involved with Researchers in Agriculture for International Development (RAID) and the Ag Institute of Australia (AIA).
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Chair, Anishinaabeg Knowledge and Assistant Professor at Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University
Jack Hoggarth is a ceremonial leader, a member of the Midewiwin, and an academic. He currently holds the position of Chair of Anishinaabeg Knowledge and Assistant Professor within the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University.
Jack's communities are Curve Lake First Nation, Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation, Teetlit Zheh (Fort McPherson, NT), and Old Crow First Nation (YT). He is of Anishinaabeg and Gwich'in (Dinjii Zhuh) descent, in which he holds his membership with the Tetlit Gwich'in Band in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. Jack is currently the spokesperson of the Marten Clan for Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation.
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PhD Candidate in Behavioural Science, Durham University
Jack completed his masters in 2020 as a member of the inaugural behavioural science MSc at Durham University with a dissertation focusing on meat consumption habits and producing interventions that can bring the UKs meat consumption in line with the goals outlined by the Committee on Climate Change and IPCC.
Jacks is currently pursuing a PhD at Durham University extending their research on meat consumption by researching and developing food labels that can effectively reduce peoples likelihood to select a meat meal when making food choices.
Their research interests broadly span many areas of the environment, he leads projects on meat consumption, environmental activism, diversity in environmental movements, and public perceptions of rewilding and greenspace management. In addition to this Jack has done research on conspiracy theories, risk perceptions and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology, Durham University
I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Anthropology at Durham University. At Durham, I work on the European Research Council-funded project 'ALIVEAfrica: Animals, Livelihoods and Wellbeing in Africa'. Within ALIVEAfrica, I lead a case study on hunting and bushmeat-related livelihoods in Sierra Leone, exploring topics such as the legitimacy and local knowledge of wildlife laws, dynamics of trust and secrecy among different actors, zoonotic disease risks in markets, and livelihood impacts of the bushmeat trade. This research builds upon my previous work investigating rural lives and livelihoods in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which examined how improved transport connectivity contributes to development in areas like agriculture, education, employment, community cohesion, health, and women's economic empowerment. Through my research, I aim to contribute to interdisciplinary understandings of the complex relationships between transport, mobility, livelihoods, and development in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Associate Professor and Chair of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies Department, Brandon University
Jack Lindsay is an Associate Professor in the Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (ADES) department at Brandon University where he combines 30 years of research and applied experience in emergency management. Jack worked in New Zealand for six years, first as a hazard analyst in Wellington and then managing the Auckland City Council emergency management program. He returned to Canada, joining Manitoba Health as a disaster management specialist from 1999 to 2005. He began teaching part time at Brandon University in 2001, joined the ADES department full time in 2005 and received tenure in 2009. He received the degree of Master of City Planning from the University of Manitoba in 1993 with a research focus on urban planning and emergency management. Jack contributes to the disaster management profession through research publications and at numerous conferences as both an organizer and speaker. He has served as a member of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee on Emergency and Continuity Management and the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council. At BU he has served two terms on Senate and as ADES department chair from 2005 to 2010 and since July 2015. He is also a member and current chair of the Brandon Planning Commission.
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Ph.D. Student in Anthropology, Yale University
Graduate student within the Department of Anthropology at Yale. Interested in primate morphological evolution and using morphology to understand what separated the earliest primates from other lineages. Additionally, I am interested in the evolutionary history of twinning in primates and the evolution of other life history characters, such as increased longevity relative to body size, seen in primates and other mammal groups such as Chiroptera (bats).
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Lecturer in Animation at the University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
Jack McGrath has a background in Fine Arts from the University of Sydney and has lectured in film and animation for a number of years at the University of Sydney, Australian Film Television and Radio School and The University of Technology Sydney. McGrath’s background in fine arts has led to a unique experimental style of animation, working and collaborating with other artists in different disciplines has given birth to a different perspective and aesthetic in animation. He has written and directed a wide range of short films that have been screened around Australia and internationally, and has founded the company Conceptavision; a Sydney based production company that creates animation and video content for academic institutions, non for profit organisations and businesses.
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Associate Professor in Cultural Industries and Media, University of Nottingham
I have a BA in English Literature from the University of Sussex, and an MA and PhD from the University of Nottingham. Before joining the Department in 2017 I taught at the Department of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester.
My research and teaching interests are in the cultural and creative industries with a focus on policy and cultural labour. I'm interested in how the development of the creative industries as a policy formation and sector of the economy impacts and shapes cultural practice and the working lives of creative practitioners, particularly around questions of inequality and diversity. My work is collaborative and interdisciplinary, drawing upon social science and humanities research traditions, and I have worked extensively with local and national organisations in the cultural sector.
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Researcher in Health Economics, University of Oxford
Jack is a researcher at the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC). Jack’s current research involves a programme of work aimed at modelling the mental health outcomes and economic impact of elevated child anxiety, as part of a wider multidisciplinary NIHR-funded 5-year research programme – identifying Child Anxiety Through Schools (iCATS).
Prior to his current position, Jack worked as a health economist and analyst at RAND Europe on a variety of projects. His research included investigating the impact of poor indoor climate on child health and examining the associated economic burden, as well as investigating the economic burden of physical inactivity. He also worked on the outcome and economic evaluation of the national Liaison and Diversion scheme, and the economic modelling of the future cancer workforce in England.
Jack was awarded a studentship from the NIHR to study for an MSc in Economics and Health Economics at the University of Sheffield, where he graduated with distinction. His master’s dissertation examined the association between well-being and the existence of a partner who is problem drinker. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Sheffield.
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Research Analyst, Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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