Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center. I received my Ph.D. in Social and Political Science from the European University Institute in May 2020. Currently, I obtained a Humboldt postdoctoral grant to carry out my research at the Institute for East European and International Studies (ZOIS) and Berlin Social Science Centre, Transformation of Democracy research unit. My research interests include elite politics, authoritarianism, indoctrination, business power, regime change, and other fascinating topics in comparative politics and political economy. My largest project focuses on divisions within the ruling elite in electoral autocracies -dictatorships that hold multiparty elections. It provides a novel theory, data, and research to explain the strains and disruptions within authoritarian governments as well as defectors’ contribution to regime change. While I am writing my book manuscript on elite defections in electoral autocracies, I collaborate with two international teams at the University of Oslo and Glasgow in two ERC-funded projects on regime-led indoctrination. I also participate in a project that examines when, why, and how politicians reach law-making agreements, coordinated by the National Distance Education University. see more in my website: www.adelrio.com
Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney Deborah Barros Leal Farias is a Brazilian-born Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations at UNSW Sydney, and co-director of its Globalisation and Governance Network.
Research Fellow, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University Christopher Phelps is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University. Christopher has published research on a range of housing policy issues relevant to Australia, including housing affordability, housing supply, and within-city house price dynamics. Christopher recently completed his Economics PhD at Curtin University, for which he was awarded the 2021 Peter Barrington Gold Medal Award for research excellence in the study of land economy. His thesis presented three independent research essays related by a theme of residential segregation and its implications within Australian cities, specifically those relating to dwelling price movements and housing consumer wellbeing.
Mitacs Elevate Post-Doctoral Scholar, McGill University I take inspiration from nature when designing surfaces to solve engineering problems. This includes anti-wetting, anti-icing, and anti-fouling surfaces.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University I am an Associate Professor, who is teaching and carrying out research at the Department of Chemical Engineering at McGill University, Canada. I head a research program in Biomimetic Surface Engineering, which is built on two fundamental pillars: one being laser-material-interactions and the other being surface wetting. The fields of application are manifold and target tailoring optical properties, adhesion, drag, and friction on metals and dielectrics.
Associate Professor of Sociology, McGill University Jennifer Elrick holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Toronto and is Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Her work focuses on how states classify people in immigration policies and censuses, and how this can lead to different forms of inclusion and exclusion.
