Contributors

Amanda Friesen

Associate Professor of Political Science, Western University

Associate Professor of Political Science, Western University Amanda Friesen is the Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology, Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology and Director of The Body Politics Lab at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Anders Hedenström

Professor of Theoretical Ecology, Lund University

Professor of Theoretical Ecology, Lund University Animal migration is the most fascinating subject of biology and studying it requires approaches from various scientific disciplines. My own research focuses on flight of birds and more recently bats, where these animals are observed when flying in the Lund University wind tunnel dedicated for this. Here, we use state of the art methods to study wing beat kinematics and to visualize wake vortices and flows near the surfaces of wings. By doing so, we can draw conclusions about the magnitude, direction and time history of aerodynamic forces, and the information obtained help us to build better theoretical models about animal flapping flight. For example, recently our lab, the animal flight lab, discovered that bats use a leading edge vortex to generate lift when flying slowly, which is the same mechanism that allows bumblebees to buzz around between flowers. Our main inspiration comes from the animals’ behaviour and performance in the wild, and therefore a long term goal is to be able to transfer knowledge that we gain from wind tunnel experiments to help interpret and explain the flight and migration of birds and bats in the wild. I am currently making an effort to initiate a collaborative study of bat migration across and around the Baltic. These goals agree with the goals of CAnMove, and a dream is to be able to track small wild birds and bats during their migrations to find out more about the strategies and limits of animal migration.

Alicia Phillips

PhD researcher in Climate Policy, Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour (UPPA)

PhD researcher in Climate Policy, Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour (UPPA) My research explores, climate change, the just transition, and loss and damage relative to Small Island Developing states and developing nations. I am a lawyer by profession and now my PhD research, publications and presentations internationally all involve some aspect of the Just Transition and Climate Policy. Recent publications include, 'The forgotten and the earth’s revenge: Energy, Climate Change and Caribbean SIDs' ; a co-authored article with a section on 'Small Island Developing States' and a book chapter titled ‘The Quest for Cosmopolitan Justice in the Energy Transition in Caribbean Small Island Developing States’. I have also presented recently internationally on the following in Scotland on ‘The Key Just Transition Challenge for Small-Island Developing States’; in Poland on ‘Energy Justice for Small-Island Developing States’; and at The University of Oxford, on ‘The Key challenges for Energy Infrastructure in the Caribbean & Latin America’. Further, in April 2024, I presented in The Netherlands on ‘The plight of Solar Energy Justice - Failure or Success’ highlighting the development of Solar Energy in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, South Africa & Mozambique.

Amy-Leigh Rowe

Postdoctoral Researcher in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney

Postdoctoral Researcher in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Dr Amy-Leigh Rowe is a Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport & Exercise) from the University of Sydney (2011), a Bachelor of Psychological Studies with first class Honours from Western Sydney University (2018), and a PhD in Psychology from Western Sydney University (2023). Amy’s PhD research explored the relationship between bipolar disorder and trauma, with a specific focus on the complex interplay between lifetime trauma, stressful life events, and social support, in the experience of illness and recovery. Amy's current research focuses on the development, evaluation, and taking to scale, of preventive eHealth interventions for young people. Amy is coordinating the OurFutures Vaping Study, which is a large multi-site RCT (40 schools across NSW, QLD, and WA) and the first rigorous evaluation of a school-based e-cigarette prevention program in Australia. Amy is also the lead consultant for the NSW Ministry of Health in the development of their next health and well-being policy for young people. Additionally, Amy co-leads the development of a new eHealth module focused on healthy relationship and consent education for secondary school students.

Andrew Kennedy

Casual Academic Performance Psychology and Sports Coaching, The University of Queensland

Casual Academic Performance Psychology and Sports Coaching, The University of Queensland I am a performance psychologist and sports coaching researcher with an interest in understanding how people function to optimise outcomes in dynamic sporting environments. My areas of interest include predictive processing, cognitive functioning, sports coaching expertise, and belief effects.

Agnibha Banerjee

PhD Student, The Open University

PhD Student, The Open University I am a PhD Student at The Open University, UK, studying exoplanet atmospheres with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars beyond our Solar System. When an exoplanet crosses in front of its host star, some starlight filters through its atmosphere, interacting with gas molecules and atoms before it reaches us on Earth. This light contains fingerprints of the gases in that atmosphere if we split it into its constituent colours (a spectrum). We can then deduce the composition of these atmospheres using computer models to compare the spectral features of known gases with the observed spectrum.