Alex has over 20 years of experience working in the child protection and out of home care sectors. She has worked in both government and non-government sectors, including homelessness, strategic policy and planning, child and youth engagement and residential care management. Since completing a Masters in Youth Studies with the ACU, Alex’s area of interests is in the connection between youth policy and practice and how best to translate this directly for workers on the ground and the children and young people they work with. She commenced work with the ICPS in September 2017 as a research officer.
Alice Masterson is a Visiting Lecturer in Music at the University of York and Fordham London. Her research interests include posthumous fame; the singing voice and its ascribed meanings; audience perception of ‘authenticity’; and women's experiences in music. Her doctoral thesis explored the posthumous legacies of female musicians who were vilified for their lifestyles while living, particularly the ways in which they seem to find public ‘redemption’ through death.
Anna Kvit is a visiting research fellow at University College London. Her research is focused on women in the military of Ukraine, veterans’ reintegration into civilian life, and the gendered impacts of the war in Ukraine. Anna contributed to the development of programs and policies on the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in Ukraine. She co-taught Military Sociology at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Anna holds a BA degree in Sociology from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine) and MA degree in Global Political Economy from the University of Kassel (Germany).
Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University Dr. Cave joined Mount Royal University in August 2019 as Chair of the Department of International Business & Supply Chain Management. Before starting at MRU, he was the Chair of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) at NAIT in Edmonton. He was also an Assistant Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in Seoul, South Korea and prior to that he taught Kyungsung University in Busan, South Korea. Before embarking on a career in academic he was a Sales & Marketing Manager for a small hi-tech firm in Ottawa, Ontario and Syracuse, New York. Dr. Cave has extensive teaching experience in International Business Strategy, International Marketing Strategy, International Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Mobility and Global Supply Chain Management. He has also conducted a variety of research in CSR, Environmentally Responsible Management, Repatriation Concerns, International Joint Ventures and been published in such publications as International Business Review, Multinational Business Review, Journal of International Business & Entrepreneurship Development and Critical Perspectives on International Business.
Associate Professor in Cognitive Psychology/ Psychobiology, Sheffield Hallam University I have extensive teaching experience and have lead on various Departmental and College roles at SHU. Over the last five years, my research has been concerned with understanding emotional processes and how these affect decision-making and mental health in clinical and non-clinical populations. My expertise lies in understanding the interplay between emotion and cognition by utilizing novel methodological tools to inform relevant mental health promotion interventions. My research involves three main strands: Mental Health; Aging; and Risk-Taking Behaviours. I supervise numerous post graduate dissertations and I am the Director of Studies for two funded PhD students and I am a member of the supervision team for several self-funded students. I am the module leader for the elective Level 6 module "Social and Affective Neuroscience" and I teach in the MSc in Clinical/Cognitive Neuroscience.
Professor Applied Social and Policy Research; Director, Centre for Loneliness Studies, Sheffield Hallam University Andrea is a leading researcher on loneliness and social isolation, specialising in the wider social determinants and implications through research, programme evaluation, and evidence based policy and practice. The key principles which guide her work are academic rigor and evidence based research which is policy driven and leads to impact and change. Many aspects of her research focus on co-production involving all key partners in the research process, including ‘experts by experience’. As Director of the Policy Evaluation Group (2002-11), Deputy and then Co-Director of CIRCLE (2011–2016,) Director of Care-Connect (2014-2017) and currently Director of Centre for Loneliness Studies (2017+) she has spearheaded interdisciplinary research collaboration and established strong networks in both academia and with external stakeholders in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Andrea has been awarded research funding of almost £3 million and has published over 50 books, chapters, articles, and reports, and worked on approximately 90 externally funded research projects.
