Research Officer and Data Scientist at the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, Swansea University I am a Research Officer and Data Scientist of National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research. My research focuses on data-linkage, harmonisation and analysis of large-scale routine electronic healthcare and administrative data. I work on statistical analysis and developing data-driven models using advanced machine learning algorithms. I am an early-career researcher and have several top quartile publications in epidemiology and public health and leads investigation in public health projects.
Research Project Leader, German Linguistics, University of Münster Dr. Anna-Maria Balbach is a linguist at the German Department of the University of Münster, Germany. Her research areas are historical and modern socio- and cultural linguistics. Anna is particularly interested in the connections between language and denominational affiliation and language and cultural-historical influence. Her current projects include a study of language and confession in radio (funded by the German Research Foundation), a study of the linguistic design of alchemical recipe collections (funded by the University of Münster), and a study of the development and specificity of given names in Europe.
Lecturer in Sports Therapy, University of East London Alex Walker is a graduate sports therapist with a Master's in Sport and Exercise medicine. Her background is in the prevention of musculoskeletal injury. She gained six years of clinical experience in the field, before stepping into academia.
Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Professor of Sociology at UNC Greensboro, Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families, and author of over 20 peer reviewed articles on topics related to families, relationships, and young adulthood with student loans.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College My current research trajectory focuses on the attention economy; the economies constructed for information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the internet and social media. My book Attention and Alienation: Reflections on the Many promises of ICTs for Social Progress is under contract with Columbia University Press. This book presents quantitative data on internet and mobile penetration across the world from 1990-2020 to unpack the historical impacts these technologies have had on different elements of global change, including international development and social movements. Throughout the book, I weave narratives about my own experiences growing up as a young millennial girl during the Nepali Civil War. These narratives provide the contexts, positions and perspectives that inspire my analysis of the data. Expanding on my interests in the phenomena of technology and attention, my newer projects focus on the study of meditation and mindfulness as radical tools to reclaim our attention from “big tech” firms and social media platforms. As a teacher, I am especially keen to uncover this line of inquiry to support my students for whom digital and social media are integral aspects of living. My next book project will be at the nexus of the study of attention, mindfulness and the future of technology. Finally, I am also continuing my work on communication technologies and society through interdisciplinary collaborative projects on the social dimensions of rapidly evolving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and language models.
Professor of Finance, University of Newcastle Abul Shamsuddin is Professor of Finance at the University of Newcastle. He received his Masters and PhD from Simon Fraser University, Canada. Abul has previously served as Head and Dean of the Newcastle Business School, Assistant Dean, Director of Postgraduate Studies, and Head of the Accounting and Finance Discipline. Abul has led the EQUIS accreditation and AACSB reaccreditation of the Newcastle Business School. He has served as a reviewer for the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative and a Peer Review Team member for the AACSB and EQUIS accreditation bodies. Abul's research interests include Asset Pricing, Islamic Finance, Banking, and Corporate Governance. Abul has published over 40 A/A* ranked journal articles. His publications have appeared in Journal of Corporate Finance, European Accounting Review, Journal of Empirical Finance, International Review of Finance, Financial Review, Energy Economics, Journal of Fixed Income, Emerging Markets Review, Economics Letters, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Accounting and Finance, International Journal of Forecasting, Review of Income and Wealth, Quantitative Finance, and Finance Research Letters, among others.
