Professor of Ethics, Auburn University
O.C. Ferrell is the James T. Pursell, Sr. Eminent Scholar in Ethics and Director of the Center for Ethical Organizational Cultures at Auburn University. He has served on the faculty at Belmont University, the University of New Mexico, University of Wyoming, Colorado State University, University of Memphis, Texas A&M University, University of Michigan, Illinois State University, and Southern Illinois University.
Ferrell holds a doctorate from Louisiana State University in marketing, an MBA in marketing as well as a bachelor's in sociology from Florida State University. Ferrell is president-elect of the Academy of Marketing Science. He was formerly vice president of Publications for the Academy of Marketing Science and was past president of the Academic Council of the American Marketing Association. He serves on the board of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s Center for the Public Trust and is also an advisory board member of Savant Learning.
He serves on the Academic Advisory Committee for the Direct Selling Education Foundation. He received the AMS Cutco/Vector Distinguished Educator Award for contributions to the marketing discipline. Additional recognition includes being the first recipient of the Marketing Education Innovation Award for the Marketing Management Association, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Macromarketing Society, and special award for service to doctoral students from the Southeast Doctoral Consortium. He has chaired 13 dissertations with his former students currently serving as Deans, Associate Provost, CIBER Directors, journal editors, among others. Ferrell is co-author of several leading textbooks including Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases (12th edition), Marketing (19th edition), Marketing Strategy (6th edition), Business and Society (4th edition), Management (3rd edition), and Introduction to Business (12th edition).
He has published in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, AMS Review, Journal of Business Research, as well as others. He writes weekly business ethics summaries and reviews for the Wall Street Journal with a subscriber list of over 6000. Ferrell has served as an expert witness is some high profile ethics, legal, and marketing cases.
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Director General, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development
Obi Peter Adigwe is a Nigerian pharmacist and a doctor of pharmaceutical policy. He was appointed the director general of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development in 2018 by the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. His doctorate is from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Research Associate, University of Nigeria
Obiora Ezeudu holds a Ph.D. and Masters degree from the SHELL Centre for Environmental Management and Control, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) where he is also a research associate.
He had worked for over 10 years in the environmental and engineering services sectors. His experience spans environmental systems analysis, public health engineering, environmental pollution control, marketing, and business development of sustainable engineering products and services. His research interests include circular economy, waste management, cleaner production, environmental modeling, environmental policy analysis, frugal engineering, appropriate technology, energy economics, industrial ecology, water policy, and clean technology mechanisms.
Dr. Ezeudu adopts an interdisciplinary approach to investigating how developing countries can achieve sustainable production and consumption in a bid to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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PhD Candidate in Sports Psychology, University of South Wales
PhD researcher at the University of South Wales, focusing on the motives for participation in extreme sport.
Odette Hornby is a former international fencer who spent over a decade in professional sport. She competed for England and Great Britain.
Odette has put her knowledge and experience into play as sports psychologist with the Welsh netball team, supporting the squad through the 2022 Commonwealth Games and in the run-up to the 2023 netball World Cup.
She now enjoys rock climbing and hiking.
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Doctoral Candidate specialising in the Digital Transformation of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (through the Sharing Economy) | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Digital Marketing Expert, University of Johannesburg
I am studying towards a Doctor of Philosophy with a specialisation in Digital Transformation at the University of Johannesburg. My qualifications are a Master in Business Administration (MBA), a B.Phil Honours in Marketing Management and a B.Com in Marketing Management (University of Pretoria).
I am a digital marketing expert and marketing manager with over eight years of work experience spanning various industries, including education, recruitment, property, conferencing and communications.
Being a strategic, technical and analytical professional helped me build a proven track record of planning, implementing and managing strategies, teams and campaigns. I am experienced in direct and digital marketing (search, social, email, content and mobile).
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Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, UMass Lowell
I am an assistant professor at the Physics & Applied Physics department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to that I was an Astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
My research involves interdisciplinary studies covering wide range of topics from Solar & Space Physics and Planetary Science to Astrophysics and Exoplanets. My research approach is based on the assumption that plasma physics processes are universal, and that we should use the detailed information we have from our own solar system to study astrophysical problems that are less constrained.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Ofer Idels is a Minerva Postdoctoral Fellow at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the author of "Zionism Emotions, Language and Experience" (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
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Professor of Law, Ono Academic College
Dr. Ofer Tur-Sinai is a researcher and senior lecturer. He has worked as a lawyer in leading commercial offices in New York and Israel. Dr. Tur-Sinai has extensive experience in the legal representation of start-ups and other entities in a wide range of commercial transactions, including intellectual property licensing.
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Full Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Administration and Human Resources, University of Kigali
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Chercheur post-doctoral, Institut Pasteur
Oğuzhan Parasayan est Bachelor of Science (Major: Biologie moléculaire et Génétique; Minor: Archéologie et Histoire de l’art) de l’université de Koç, Istanbul, Turquie. Il a obtenu son diplôme de master du Magistère Européen de Génétique à l’Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France. Il a effectué sa recherche doctorale dans l’équipe « Epigénome & Paléogénome » à l’Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod à Paris, France et a obtenu son doctorat en 2022. Actuellement, il est chercheur post-doctoral à l’institut Pasteur à Paris, France, dans l’unité de « Génétique évolutive humaine”.
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Assistant Professor of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University
Dr Creaner is an interdisciplinary scientist who focuses on the application of high-performance computing to astrophysical data analytics challenges. His research has focused on observational astronomy across the spectrum from radio to visible to high-energy particle astronomy.
At DCU, is working on optimised strategies for the observation of exoplanets, for observers from citizen science projects such as Exoplanet Watch to ground-based high-performance observatories to satellites.
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Head of the Department of Human Geography, Lund University
I am a senior lecturer, reader and department head. My research bridges the gap between technical and social sciences, with time spent at institutions like MIT and the Royal Institute of Technology. My work primarily focuses on using satellite data, such as nighttime lights, to analyze economic development in areas with limited statistical data. This approach is particularly impactful in regions with underdeveloped public statistics or restrictive regimes.
I am is also the co-author of "Models for Non-Modelers," a guide for social scientists and researchers in understanding and applying data and statistical models. This work simplifies complex concepts in AI, epidemiology, and climate science, making them accessible to those without extensive mathematical backgrounds.
Recently, I have focused on the use of AI and satellite imagery in poverty analysis. Research in this field involves statistical analysis of welfare and poverty predictions, emphasizing the synergy of machine learning and deep learning in enhancing predictive accuracy. Recently, I combine high-resolution satellite imagery with expert analysis to estimate welfare levels, using the 2015 Tanzania DHS dataset for validation. This innovative approach highlights the potential of integrating human expertise with AI in socioeconomic research.
My mark is to merge technical and social science disciplines, making significant strides in GIS applications for socioeconomic studies and advancing the use of AI and satellite imagery in understanding complex global issues.
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PhD Student in Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton
I am a PhD student at the university of Southampton, studying artificial intelligence. My main focus is on emergent communication, or how AI agents can develop their own langauge.
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Professor Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan
Olajumoke Abimbola Morenikeji completed her BSc in zoology at the University of Ibadan in 1990 and went on to obtain an MSc and a PhD in zoology (parasitology) in 1991 and 1998 respectively from the University of Ibadan.
Following her doctoral studies, she was awarded a MIM/TDR postdoctoral fellowship for training at the Division of Parasitology, National Institute of Medical Research in London, as well as a TWAS-DBT postdoctoral fellowship for training at the National Institute of Malaria Research in Delhi, India. She has a Certificate in International Health Research Ethics from the Harvard School of Public Health, United States.
She is an accomplished academic with a wealth of experience and expertise. Her impressive body of work includes over 100 published papers in local and international journals and four books. She has obtained support, sponsorships, scholarships, fellowships, and grants from a diverse range of institutions and organisations.
She is passionate about the environment and biodiversity conservation. She is the founder and chair of the Pangolin Conservation Guild Nigeria. This is an organisation that educates and creates awareness on pangolin conservation, conducts scientific research, collaborates with relevant organisations, advises policymakers, and facilitates pangolin rescue, rehabilitation and release into protected forest areas. She also chairs the West Africa, IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group.
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Graduate Research Assistant, University of Houston
I am a doctoral candidate specializing in Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy. My research uses data-driven approaches to optimize health interventions, primarily within the field of oncology. I have expertise in pharmacoeconomics and pharmacoepidemiology study designs and poses skills in large electronic database analyses, statistical methods, scientific writing, and grantsmanship. My interests encompass evaluating clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes of novel therapeutic interventions and addressing health disparities. Currently, my research focuses on assessing the safety and effectiveness of cutting-edge immune-oncologic agents, particularly among diverse and vulnerable populations. My drive stems from a personal experience of the transformative impact of medicine and health policies, fueling my mission to bridge the gap between research and meaningful improvements in patient-centered care.
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Full Professor, SARChI Research Chair and Director of Postharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos
Dr. Olusanya is an Employment Relations and Human Resource Management specialist with focus on Informal Economy, Entrepreneurship, Labour Economics, and Development Studies. She has her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Ogun State University in 2004; Master of Science in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management in 2008 from the University of Lagos and a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from the University of Lagos in 2016. Olusanya has over ten years research experience and conducted research on a wide range of subjects in the areas of focus. She has six years teaching experience and is mentor to many students. She is a member of the Nigerian Industrial Relations Association (2006), The Academy of Management Science Nigeria (2013), Nigerian Institute of Management (2017), The Lagos Studies Association (2017) and the African Studies Association (2017). She has over eleven publications in local and international journals and won the Lagos Studies Association Fellowship in 2018.
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Profesora de Antropología, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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Senior Lecturer, organisational behaviour, management, CQUniversity Australia
Olav Muurlink is a social and health psychologist, specialising in work and wellbeing, as well as attitude change. He is a senior lecturer in organisational behaviour at Central Queensland University, with a background in media and manufacturing SMEs. He is also chair of the international education charity, Co-operation in Development, which builds and operates free schools for disadvantaged children the delta of Bangladesh.
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Lecturer in East Asian History, University of York
BA (Alaska Fairbanks), MA (Reitaku), PhD (British Columbia)
Oleg Benesch is Lecturer in East Asian History, specializing in the history of early modern and modern Japan and China. Before arriving at the University of York, Oleg was Past & Present Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. He has spent almost six years living and researching in Japan, including two years at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.
Oleg’s publications and teaching interests cover a variety of fields, including Japanese intellectual, religious, and social history, Chinese intellectual history, as well as the transnational history of modern East Asia. He has presented his research findings at academic conferences and invited lectures throughout East Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. Oleg’s recent monograph, Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. He is a co-author of the 2015 book, Civilizing Emotions: Concepts in Nineteenth-Century Asia and Europe, also published by Oxford University Press.
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Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Arkansas
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Adjunct faculty, environmental engineering management, Asian Institute of Technology
Environmental engineering management, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change
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Assistant Professor in History, Western University
Professor Drachewych specializes in the history of Soviet and Modern European foreign policy, international communism, transnational human and civil rights movements, and transnational anti-imperialism. He is the author of The Communist International, Anti-Imperialism and Racial Equality in British Dominions (Routledge, 2018) and the co-editor of Left Transnationalism: The Communist International and the National, Colonial and Racial Questions (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020). He is currently writing a book comparing Soviet atrocities in the Second World War and Postwar period to Russia's atrocities in Ukraine.
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Medical Physicist, Netherlands Cancer Institute
I am a medical physicist with a broad background in medical image analysis and molecular imaging, currently responsible for radiation safety and personalized dosimetry in radionuclide therapy at the nuclear medicine department of the University Medical Center Groningen. In addition to my work, I am one of the main coordinators of a volunteering initiative #ScienceForUkraine.
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Lecturer in International Business, University of Portsmouth
I am a lecturer in International Business at the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of Portsmouth and a PhD student at Swansea University. I hold a BA and LLM degrees in International Business Law and MSc in International Business Management.
My research interests are within the field of Strategic Management and Innovation Management, specifically protection of trade secrecy and other IP rights. Throughout my professional career, I have had various work experience as a legal associate working for a trade company and compliance specialist working for a large bank.
As a lecturer now, I deliver business and law-related content on different modules and supervise postgraduate
dissertation projects.
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Profesora asociada, Facultad de Filología y Comunicación, Universitat de Barcelona
Olena Vasylets es Profesora Asociada en la Universitat de Barcelona. El foco prinicipal de su investigación son los aspectos cognitivos en adquisición de segundas lenguas. Su trayectoria investigadora incluye participación continuada en proyectos de investigación financiados en convocatorias competitivas, publicaciones científicas, participación en congresos internacionales y organización de encuentros científicos. Sus publicaciones han visto la luz en varias obras colectivas publicadas por editoriales internacionales (Cambridge University Press, John Benjamins, Routledge) y en revistas de prestigio, incluidas Journal of Second Language Writing (Q1/índice de impacto: 6.1), Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (Q1/índice de impacto: 4.3), Language Learning (cuartil/índice de impacto: 5.2), Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (Q1/índice de impacto: 1.9), Studies in Second Language Acquistion (Q1/índice de impacto 5.4).
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Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide
Dr Olga Anikeeva is a Research Fellow in the Environment and Health Research Group within the School of Public Health. She has a research and teaching background in epidemiology and public health, with experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Her research interests include the impacts of extreme heat and climate change on health and wellbeing, particularly among vulnerable populations, such as outdoor workers, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and older individuals.
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Professor of Management, Durham Business School, Durham University
Prior to joining Durham University Business School, Olga was Professor of Organizational Behavior at ALBA Graduate Business School at the American College in Greece where she held the "Stavros Costopoulos" Chair in Human Resource Management and Development. She previously worked at Aston University and the Institute of Work Psychology at Sheffield University.
Her research has been published in top refereed journals, such as the Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, the Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, among others. For her doctoral thesis, she won the 2001 Jepson School Award for Outstanding Dissertations in Leadership Studies, and she was among the six finalists for the 2000 Newman Best Dissertation Award for the Academy of Management.
She has served as Senior Associate Editor of the Leadership Quarterly, Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology: Organizational Psychology. She is also a member of various Editorial Boards.
She has further worked for many years as a consultant and executive trainer for numerous Greek and multinational companies such as AIG, AstraZeneca, Athens International Airport, Bancpost, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Boeing, EFG-Eurobank, Erste Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, Minerva, Interamerican, ING, National Bank of Greece, National Power Corporation, Nissan, Novo Nordisk, Pepsico, Phillip Morris, Piraeus Bank, Sanofi Aventis, Titan Group, Vodafone, Xerox and others.
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Research Associate, King’s Russia Institute, King's College London
I am an experienced researcher specializing in social media analytics, driven by a passion for understanding digital culture, social media communication, and the power of influence marketing.
With a proven track record in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, I bring a unique perspective to the table.
My commitment to staying at the forefront of social media trends and emerging technologies ensures that I provide innovative and forward-thinking insights to drive success in today's ever-evolving digital landscape.
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