Ethnomusicology and African Musical Arts lecturer, Rhodes University Dr. Boudina McConnachie (PhD, PGCE, RULS) is a lecturer in ethnomusicology at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. She co-ordinates various music education courses through the Rhodes University Education department and is integrally involved in the teaching and learning programme at the International Library of African Music (ILAM). Boudina completed her undergraduate music degree majoring in African music (uhadi and mbira) and was a music teacher at a government school in the Eastern Cape for over ten years. She has written two books relating to African music education for school children, Listen and Learn, Music Made Easy (2012) and My Music, My Classroom- Umculo Wam, Iklasi Yam (2016) and is involved in the development of African music curricula for various South African departmental projects.
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Antwerp Fergus O'Leary Simpson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp’s Institute of Development Policy (IOB). His research looks at the intersection of environmental conservation, various forms of extraction and violent conflict in eastern DRC’s South Kivu Province. He obtained a PhD from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, which is part of Erasmus University.
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.
Senior Research Associate - Global Plastics Policy Centre, University of Portsmouth Senior Research Associate Revolution Plastics and the Centre for Blue Governance. I am the lead researcher of the Global Plastics Policy Centre. My expertise is in resource management, the circular economy and marine plastics. I have led the development of a globally recognized plastics policy assessment framework and the delivery of the global review of plastics policies published in 2022. I carry out further work in the development of tools, recommendations and frameworks for blue governance, marine resource management, small-scale fisheries, developing the blue economy, plastics policy, conservation and the social impacts of conservation measures. I’m working towards a PhD via publication. I have 7 years of experience– first 2 years teaching conservation and MPAs in the field. Then in the academic and consulting world for the last 5. I have taught on a number of modules across various universities including: Development economics (BSc, University of Portsmouth) Coastal and Marine Resource Management (MSc, University of Portsmouth) Blue Economy, Law and Fisheries Management (BSc, Open University of Mauritius)
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of the West of Scotland Dr Maria Sapouna is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the West of Scotland. Her main research interest is school bullying, on which she has published widely. Most recently, she led a EU- funded project on prejudice-based bullying involving 4 European countries.
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University Dr Ozan Ozavci is Assistant Professor of Transimperial History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands and associate member at the Centre d’Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques (CETOBaC, UMR 8032) in Paris. After completing his last book titled Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 (Oxford University Press, 2021), he's currently working on a new manuscript on the intimate connections between peace-making and the capitulations at the turn of the nineteenth century. Dr Ozavci is co-convener of The Lausanne Project and the Security History Network.
