Deputy Director (Research), Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University With expertise in music education and criminology, Alexis Kallio's research examines music-making as an arena for the negotiation of meaning and power. Focusing on highly complex contexts such as youth justice, community provisions for under-resourced youth, and the policing of popular musicians and fans, her research frames music as a unique form of cultural production that holds creative potentials for agency, equity, and justice.
Visiting Fellow in Education, Nottingham Trent University Dr Adam Brett is a Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Trent University and a Lecturer and Researcher in Education at the University of Derby. He is also the co-founder of Pride & Progress: a network that supports schools and universities to develop their LGBT+ inclusion. Adam has 15 years of teaching experience in secondary schools, holding a variety of leadership positions, most recently as the DEI lead. He also has a Doctorate in Education exploring how schools can become more LGBT+ inclusive spaces. www.prideprogress.co.uk.
Research Associate, University of Oxford April spent eight years in conservation management and research positions in the western Indian Ocean region, including as the science coordinator for Aldabra Atoll, a marine UNESCO world heritage site. April completed her PhD at the University of Oxford and now specialises in marine protected area management in the Western Indian Ocean. This role is geared towards improving the management of island ecosystems to enhance their resilience to the impacts of climate change and other threats.
PhD student, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University Arianne Maraj is a McGill doctoral student and Bombardier scholar, specializing in Education and Society. Her academic background includes a B.A. in cultural anthropology and world religions, an M.A., in Administration and Policy Studies in Education, and teaching qualifications in French as a second language, and Moral Education. Her research and interests address social justice for fair and inclusive education, specifically on the challenges to the academic integration of refugees in the Global North and South, as reflected in her publications. As a visiting scholar with the UNESCO chair for Refugee Integration (2022), at Glasgow University, and the Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (2023) at Geneva University, her research aims to inform policymakers for the betterment of vulnerable youth and ameliorate teacher education for refugees. She has extensive experience as a teacher/lecturer and as an educational program director for disadvantaged and vulnerable youth, in Canada, France, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Lebanon, and Madagascar.
Professor of Small Animal Medicine, University of Liverpool Alex German holds the position of Royal Canin Professor of Small Animal Medicine at the University of Liverpool. He qualified with honours from the University of Bristol in 1994, and completed his PhD at the same institution in 2000. He is a Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Recognised Specialist in Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research Fellow, Obstetrician, University of Sydney I am a research fellow at the University of Sydney, where I am undertaking clinical and population based research about pregnancy and childhood outcomes. I am also a Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Specialist and Obstetrician at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. My areas of expertise and interest include medical complications in pregnancy, infections in pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis and perinatal loss. I am a PhD student at the University of Sydney.
