Associate Professor: Environmental Change, Faculty of Law, North-West University I am an associate professor at the North-West University, where I undertook my undergraduate and postgraduate studies. I currently teach aspects of environmental law and moot court. My research interests lie in African human rights systems and environmental rights. My expertise is in environmental law; sustainability governance; and African judicial environmentalism.
Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School Bobbie joined Brighton and Sussex Medical School as Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics in 2006. She had previously held posts at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College London (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer 1996-2006) and the Department of Philosophy, Keele University (Lecturer 1986-96). She is a graduate of the London School of Economics (B.Sc Econ Government) where she also studied for her PhD under the late Professor Sir Maurice Cranston. Professor Farsides has been involved in developing the academic field of Bioethics for over thirty years. Whilst at Keele she was part of the team that established innovative master’s programmes which continue to this day, and whilst at King’s she was part of the team delivering their highly successful MA in Medical Law and Ethics. As the Ethics team has grown at BSMS the opportunity arose to develop a new postgraduate offering and in 2021 BSMS will be launching its MA in Contemporary Bioethics. Since joining BSMS Professor Farsides has been able to expand her activities in relation to global health issues and she is an active member of the Global Health Bioethics Network. She has supervised doctoral projects in The Gambia, Ethiopia and now in China, and has strong links to the ethics and public engagement teams in all the Wellcome Trust Major Overseas project sites. As a long-standing member of faculty Professor Farsides sees an important part of her role as offering mentorship and support to junior colleagues, and she is an enthusiastic and committed mentor to a number of colleagues within BSMS, partner universities and beyond. She was Deputy Chair of the BSMS Research Ethics and Governance committee for ten years and served as Deputy Director, and then Director of Student Support.
Professor of Film and Screen Studies, Monash University Belinda Smaill has published widely on documentary screen culture. Her research currently focusses on the aesthetic, ethical, and institutional conditions that shape the presentation of the environment and biodiversity on screen. She is the Leader of the Environment and Media Research Program at Monash University and is lead chief investigator on the Australian Research Council funded project, "Remaking the Australian Environment through Documentary Film and Television."
Associate Professor in History, Australian Catholic University My research focuses on the history of the British Empire, Global History, and Australian History. I am the author of Britain, China and Colonial Australia (OUP 2016) and co-editor of Fighting Words: Fifteen Books That Shaped the Postcolonial World (Peter Lang, 2017) and A Global History of Gold Rushes (Uni of California Press, 2018).
Assistant Professor of Research in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California I have studied the murine and human immune systems for more than 10 years and have made several key findings in the field that have significantly changed the prevailing disease paradigms. Much of my career has been dedicated to the understanding of the complex early innate mechanisms driving long-term diseases, yielding 30+ peer-reviewed publications. I have a broad background in Immunology with expertise in key research areas including innate immune regulation, mucosal immunity and immunometabolism.
Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University Volmert is a Ph.D. candidate in the MSU College of Engineering’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. He obtained a B.S. in biomaterials engineering from the University of Illinois and is the recipient of the James Scholar Honors Award and Academic Achievement Withrow Fellowship Award.
