Senior Lecturer, Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Biography Ben Bullock is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Psychological Sciences and the Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences. Ben's research encompasses two broad themes. The first theme investigates the psychosocial and chronobiological correlates of both bipolar disorder and the psychological traits that underpin vulnerability to this disorder. Ben's research has shown that people who exhibit trait vulnerability to bipolar disorder but who are otherwise psychiatrically well often have similar psychosocial and chronobiological profiles to those who have been diagnosed with the disorder. These findings are important because they demonstrate specific psychosocial and chonobiological mechanisms may be underlying risk factors for the onset of manic and depressive episodes. The second theme of Ben's research investigates ways in which psychosocial and chronobiological mechanisms can be applied in vulnerable populations, not just people with bipolar disorder but all people who experience disrupted sleep and mood. The aim is to improve sleep and psychological well-being outcomes in these vulnerable populations. Research interests Clinical Psychology; Mood Disorders; Circadian Rhythms; Sleep
Senior Sustainability Data Scientist, EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute, EDHEC Business School Ph.D. Physics - Senior Sustainability Data Scientist in the EDHECinfra team, and focuses on climate risks and scenario analyses. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Theoretical Physics from Aix-Marseille University. Bertrand went on to pursue a PhD degree at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Toulouse, whereby he specialized in Social Physics, a field of study at the interface of Theoretical Physics, Behavioural Economics, and Social Psychology. After attaining his PhD, Bertrand joined the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin as a Post-doctoral fellow. He then moved to Singapore when he joined Nanyang Technological University as a Research fellow. His research interests include collective behaviour, social influence, collective intelligence, social resilience, and complex networks.
Professor of Glaciology, Aberystwyth University 2022- Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences 2020-2022 Director of Research, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. 2013 Director of Research, Institute of Geography, History, Politics and Psychology, Aberystwyth University. 2011 Director of Research, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. 2011 Professor, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. 2009 Director of the Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. 2005-2011 Reader in Glaciology. Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, UW Aberystwyth. 2001-2004 Senior Lecturer in Glaciology. Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, UW Aberystwyth. 1994-2000 Lecturer in Glaciology. Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, UW Aberystwyth. 1992-1994 Post-doctoral Research Associate. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. ('Water storage, drainage evolution and water quality in Alpine glacial environments'). 1988-1992 Ph.D. Glaciology. Fitzwilliam College and Department of Geography, University of Cambridge ('Basal ice facies and their formation in the western Alps'). 1983-1986 B.A. Geography (First Class). Christ Church and School of Geography, University of Oxford.
Historian, Cardiff University Dr Ben Curtis is a social and public historian of modern Wales and Britain, specialising in mining history. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in Social and Labour History at the University of Wolverhampton, and also a History Tutor at the Department of Continuing and Professional Education at Cardiff University. He is the author of The South Wales Miners, 1964–1985 (Cardiff, 2013) and is also widely published in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of the coal industry, industrial disability, and de/industrialisation, c.1780–2000. He has significant media experience as a historical expert on television (BBC, ITV, S4C) and radio, including on the BBC TV programmes Who Do You Think You Are? and Wales: England’s Colony?, and on BBC Radio 4’s Today with John Humphrys.
