Research fellow, University of Leicester Alexandra Kviat is a Research Fellow at the School of Media, Communication and Sociology and the Institute for Digital Culture, University of Leicester. She works across the fields of consumer and service research, cultural and media studies, urban sociology and human geography. Her interdisciplinary research projects have explored the relationship between digital technology, urban space and everyday consumption in the context of the hospitality, retail and leisure industries. Alexandra's work has been supported by the Leverhulme Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council, the University of Warwick Institute of Advanced Study and Chancellor's International Scholarship, and the Fulbright Program. Alexandra's areas of expertise include: - cafes and other 'third places'; - post-digital culture; - digital disconnection and detox; - board game culture; - servicescape design.
Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Alexander Bacalja is Senior Lecturer of English and Literacy Education in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the Language and Literacy Research Hub. After beginning his career as a secondary English teacher, Alex has been involved in Initial Teacher Education for almost a decade. He coordinates and teaches secondary English curriculum in the Master of Teaching (Secondary) program at the University of Melbourne and works closely with the broader English teaching profession through school partnerships and leadership roles with Victorian Association for the Teaching of English and the Australian Association for the Teaching of English. His areas of research, scholarship and publications include: the impact of digital technologies, especially digital games, on the literacy practices of young people, critical digital literacy education, and English teaching curriculum and policy.
Professor, Politics, Acadia University I am a Professor in the department of Politics at Acadia University. I also teach in Acadia's Environmental and Sustainability Studies, and Social and Political Thought programs. My teaching and research interests are at the intersections of critical theory, environmental politics, political economy, and media/cultural studies.
Lecturer: Physical Geography and GIS, University of the Free State Dr Adriaan van der Walt, Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of the Free State (UFS), focuses his research on biometeorology (a specialist discipline exploring the role and climate change in physical and human environments) as well as climatology and geographic information systems.
PhD student, University of Adelaide Ana came back to university because she had too many questions on animal behaviour, and not enough answers. She is particularly passionate about helping dogs and humans live together successfully, through education, understanding, and researching the human/canine experience. In 2019 Ana published her honours research on sales of dogs on gumtree and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. Her current research centers on understanding puppy owners and their experiences, as well as researching the recently discovered effect of the “puppy blues”. Ana has a background working with dogs who suffer from anxiety disorders and is a graduate of the Delta Institute. She currently lives with a special needs little dog, “Nervous Nina”. For more information see: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/ana.goncalvescosta
Senior Research Fellow, School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Monash University Ana has worked across projects in education and health in urban, regional, and remote locations. Her research focus has been mostly on culture, pedagogy, diversity, and inclusion. She’s has worked in multidisciplinary teams that have co-designed and delivered culturally responsive and evidence-based programs for children, adolescents, families, educations, and institutions, and works closely with industry and government.
