Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals (FHEA) is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Political Communication in the School of Communication of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, as well as a Chief Investigator in the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). He also serves as Book Review Editor for Media International Australia, a Q1-ranked journal in the field of media and communication studies. Previously, he worked as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Journalism at City, University of London. Additionally, he has experience as a practising journalist working for the Financial Times as well as the German government organisation Federal Agency for Civic Education. His research interests lie in the changes taking place in news production and consumption as a result of the internet, with a particular focus on social media and verification, algorithms and automation in contemporary news production, as well as political communication more broadly.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Engineering, University of Exeter I am an experimental materials chemist with expertise in designing, synthesizing, and characterizing materials for solar energy research, including photovoltaics, photothermal, photocatalytic, and passive cooling technologies. My strong background in inorganic chemistry and materials science has enabled me to create custom nano-scale materials for solar energy applications. My current research focuses on developing new technologies to significantly reduce energy demand in the built environment at an acceptable cost. The goal is to reduce heat loss and control incoming solar radiation to maximize solar gain in winter, minimize heat loss, and reverse these effects in summer, all while ensuring optimal natural lighting without glare. I am developing innovative, multifunctional nanocomposite materials that blend Phase Change Materials (PCM), Transparent Insulating Materials (TIM), Transparent Infrared Absorbers (TIA), and Thermochromic Materials (TCM) to create smart coatings for glass panes. Targeting the UK’s colder weather, this multifold nanocomposite coating maximizes solar gain and minimizes heat loss, ensuring optimal natural lighting and indoor thermal comfort. Additionally, the infrared shielding properties of the composite, along with the PCM, control the heat produced by sunlight, providing better thermal comfort.
Profesor e investigador en Fisioterapia y Ciencias del Deporte, Universidad San Jorge Profesor Permanente Laboral en Fisioterapia y Ciencias del Deporte 1 Sexenio de investigación reconocido por la ANECA. 25 artículos en revistas indexadas JCR. Exjugador profesional de balonmano y 4º clasificado en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020 como preparador físico de la selección egipcia de balonmano.
Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Cardiff University Amy Yau is a senior Lecturer in marketing at Cardiff University. She received her PhD from the University of Bath and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests involves exploring various aspects of consumer research and socio-cultural marketing through the use of qualitative methods. Current research areas of interest include consumer acculturation and global mobility, the use of social media and AI, creative small businesses and entrepreneurship, and also sustainable consumption.
Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Cardiff University I am a marketing lecturer at the University of South Wales and a PhD candidate at Newcastle University Business School. My work takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking at consumption through a cultural lens. I have conducted research in the area of consumer identity tensions through an interpretive, narrative approach. For example, I have studied the role of material objects in inter-generational relationships characterised by excess. My PhD thesis explores consumption during external instability, looking at consumer meaning-making and self-identity transformation processes during an extended economic transition in the context of the post 2008 Greek financial crisis.
