Associate Professor of Demography and Deputy Research Director in the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL I am Associate Professor in Demography and Research Director at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies located in the UCL Social Research Institute. My research interests span a number of substantive areas in social demography and epidemiology. My research has examined the association between advanced maternal age and child well-being, with a particular focus on whether and how it varies across different groups of the population and time periods. I am currently the PI of an ERC Starting Grant investigating families the effects of Medically Assisted Reproduction on children, adults and families. More generally, I am interested in whether, and if so how, family processes are associated with children and adults’ well-being. My research has been published in demography, multidisciplinary and medical journals such as the Lancet, PNAS, Demography and the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Lecturer in Climate Variability and Change, Monash University Ariaan is a lecturer in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University. She is interested in understanding coupled ocean-atmosphere-sea ice interactions across the Southern Hemisphere, with a particular focus on Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate variability and change. Her recent work includes investigating drivers of the current low sea ice around Antarctica and examining the sensitivity of climate responses to different Antarctic meltwater projections. Ariaan previously held post-doctoral research positions in the ARC Specical Research Initiative Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, and in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. Ariaan submitted her PhD in 2018, undertaken at UNSW and CSIRO, where she investigated drivers of recent Antarctic sea ice and surface temperature trends in both observations and climate models. Prior to this, Ariaan worked at CSIRO, and completed her MSc at McGill University, where her research focussed on understanding drivers of precipitation changes across the Southern Ocean and Australia, and heat waves across Australia.
Sessional Lecturer in Writing, The University of Queensland Amber Gwynne is a stakeholder advisor in the Queensland public service, production editor for the Journal of Australian Studies, and an adjunct lecturer in the Writing, Editing and Publishing program at The University of Queensland. Her research focuses on self-help books, reader reception, publishing ecosystems, and content production in the neoliberal capitalist environment. Her creative non-fiction essays have been published in Griffith Review, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, and others.
Assistant Professor of Art History, Southern Methodist University Abbey Stockstill received her B.A. in Near Eastern languages and civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in the history of art and architecture from Harvard University. Her most recent work focuses on the intersection of architecture, landscape, urbanism and identity in the medieval Mediterranean, particularly in the region of the Islamic West known as the Maghrib (comprising present-day Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). Her first book manuscript, Marrakesh & the Mountains: Landscape, Identity, and Urban Planning in the Medieval Maghrib (forthcoming), addresses the way the landscape of Marrakesh helps define the ethnosocial identities of two medieval dynasties, the Almoravids and the Almohads. This research has been supported by a number of international institutions including the American Institute of Maghrib Studies, the Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (TORCH), Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections and the École Nationale d’Architecture du Maroc. She welcomes applications from prospective M.A. and Ph.D. students with interests in Islamic art and architecture, especially those whose topics may fall under the research categories listed below.
PhD student, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University I work in paleoclimatology in Eastern Canada, specifically on reconstructing paleo-storm in the Maritimes region.
Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney To help people achieve optimal mental health and wellbeing across their lifespan, Dr Milton's focus is on working with communities to co-produce child, youth and adult mental health and wellbeing programs using participatory design and evaluation methodologies. The goal is to make face-to-face and digital programs more meaningful to the people who use them. Dr Milton is a Psychologist, a Researcher Fellow at The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine & Health and the Deputy Director of the People Program for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Dr Milton is a scientific advisor for multiple non-government organisations such as SANE Australia and the Raise Foundation, has founded and directs an Australia-wide Qualitative Research Network. Dr Milton has worked for two decades across academic and senior management roles in the mental health sector in Australia and the UK. She was a Principal Research Associate/Senior Research Clinician and lecturer for University College London (UCL) where she advised on, and implemented, interventions delivered across NHS mental health services.
