Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Life writing, Kingston University Professor Brivati is a writer, project design and delivery expert and adviser and mentor to hundreds of graduates of his university and international development courses and fellowships. He has helped multiple partners advance their missions and achieve their objectives, working with clients across civil society organisations, research councils, trusts and foundations, government and international organisations, high net worth individuals and corporates. He is currently running the Ukraine programme for Optio Venture Partners, acting as a Senior Adviser on Ukraine for at Folke Bernadotte Academy – Swedish agency for peace, security and development, an Adviser at the Ukraine Strategic Initiatives at National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Public Understanding of Security and Defence at Exeter University which he founded with Professor Paul Cornish. As a Visiting Professor at Kingston University, he is running the Unsettlement Project which sets out to suggest "unsettlement" as an organizing idea for humanities research, addressing contemporary crises like war, climate change, and digital disruption that produce various forms of human and intellectual displacement. It emphasizes the need for the humanities to respond practically and meaningfully to these interconnected challenges of physical, digital and information insecurity. The project is UK based with partners in Ukraine, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Current and Previous Roles: • 2021 to Present, Associate, Optio Venture Partners, Ukraine Programme • 2022 to present, Senior Consultant at Folke Bernadotte Academy – Swedish agency for peace, security, and development • 2021 to present, Visiting Professor, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University • 2016 to 2020, Co-Director, The Stabilisation and Recovery Network (TSRN) • 2008-2014, Director and Academic Director, The John Smith Memorial Trust • 1994 to 2008, Professor of Contemporary History, Life Writing and Human Rights, Kingston University • 1992 to 1994, Deputy Director, The Institute of Contemporary British History Academic Appointments 1994-2008 Kingston University • Appointed Lecturer in British History at Kingston in 1994 • Reader in Contemporary History 1997 • Professor of Contemporary History and Director of Graduate Studies in 2001 • Professor of Human Rights in 2004 • Course Designer and Director: BA Human Rights, MA Human Rights, MA Political Communication, Advocacy, and Campaigning. • Course Designer (including): BA Journalism, MA/MFA Classical Acting (With Sir Peter Hall) • Awarded Leverhulme Trust Major Grant Award Other Academic Appointments and Qualifications • Deputy Director, Institute of Contemporary British History, 1992-94 • Visiting Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, 1992-3 and Westminster University, 1992-94 • BA and PhD at Queen Mary College, University of London, 1984-1991
Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Exeter After completing my PhD in marine remote sensing at the University of Plymouth, I worked for eight years as a marine scientist in the remote sensing group at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and for the UK National Centre for Earth Observation. I joined the University of Exeter in 2019 as a lecturer. I am a satellite oceanographer with a keen interest in phytoplankton, optics and citizen science. My research focuses primarily on the use of satellite data for understanding marine biogeochemistry. My interests include: marine optics, marine primary production, marine ecology, bio-optical modelling, and developing algorithms for remote-sensing of phytoplankton groups. I am also interested in using citizen science to expand observations of key environmental indicators, such as water temperature and water quality, in under-sampled regions. I work at global and regional scales, spanning a range of aquatic ecosystems from the lakes to the open ocean, and from tropical to polar waters. I love to spend time in the field.
PhD student, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights, Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University Clinical Research Coordinator, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Public Health Research Unit, Federation Office, Canberra. Clinical Nurse – Clinical Research Coordinator (NICU + trauma), Townsville Institute of Health Research and Innovation (TIHRI), Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health. PhD student, Molly Wardaguga Institute for First Nations Birth Rights, Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University. Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife and clinical background in critical care and aeromedical retrieval.
Traditional Owner; Karajarri Lands Trust Association/UWA, Indigenous Knowledge Braedan is a Karajarri Traditional Owner, with many years of experience as head ranger, looking after desert and sea country. He currently studies marine science at UWA
Professor of English, Clark University Betsy Huang is Professor of English at Clark University. She served as Associate Provost and Dean of the College from 2019 to 2024, as Director of the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies from 2017 to 2019, and was Clark’s inaugural Chief Officer of Diversity and Inclusion from 2013 to 2016. She held the Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein ’64 Distinguished Professorship from 2018 to 2023. She teaches and researches in the overlapping spheres of ethnic American and Asian American literature, genre fiction and theory with an emphasis on science fiction, and ethnic studies. She is a two-time winner of Clark University's Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. Huang has published four books — a monograph, Contesting Genres in Contemporary Asian American Fiction (Palgrave, 2010), and three co-edited essay collections: Asian American Literature in Transition: 1996-2020 (Cambridge University Press, 2021); Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and Societal Contexts (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); and Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media (Rutgers UP, 2015). Her work has appeared in The Cambridge Companion to American Horror, The Cambridge Companion to Asian American Literature, Journal of Asian American Studies, and MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S..
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London Bridget Bryan is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. Her research investigates the links between loneliness, mental health and work using mixed methods approaches. She completed a PhD in Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry at King's in 2024 after completing a Master of Science in Sociology at the University of Oxford and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at the University of Sydney. Bridget has also worked in on projects improving the discoverability of longitudinal mental health data at King’s, as well as research focusing on workplace mental health and the Australian forensic mental health system at the University of New South Wales, the Mental Health Commission of NSW and the University of Oxford.
