Department Chair and Professor, Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Dakota Brian Urlacher received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut in 2007. He also earned a M.P.A. from the University of South Dakota and worked with the NGO Transparency International. He came to the University of North Dakota in 2007 and teaches courses in International Relations. His research focuses on cooperation under difficult circumstances. He has published on topics as diverse as conflict resolution in civil wars, negotiation analysis, and public goods provision.
Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick Ben recently won a highly prestigious Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for a project entitled, ‘The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and the Politics of UK Growth amidst Brexit, Uncertainty and Austerity’. This will run from October 1st 2018 to September 30th 2021. Ben's wider research interests lie in comparative and international political economy, and he has published widely on the IMF, French and comparative capitalisms, the politics of economic ideas, capital mobility and economic policy autonomy, the political economy of social democracy, and French and British politics in journals including The British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Common Market Studies, The Journal of European Public Policy, The Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, Party Politics, and Political Studies.
Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology, University College Cork Benjamin Gearey is lecturer in environmental archaeology, University College Cork, with a wide range of research interests focused on wetland and especially peatland environments. He is PI for the ongoing IRC COALESCE funded project IPeAAT, and was CO-I for the recently completed EU Joint Planning Initiative/Cultural Heritage funded project ‘WetFutures’ and other IRC funded projects. He is a member of the United Nations Global Peatlands Initiative and an elected member of the JPICH Scientific Advisory Committee with expertise in past climate change. He is editor of The Journal of Wetland Archaeology and has published extensively on aspects of peatland heritage, environmental change and human impact, in peer reviewed journals and books, including the recently published 'An Introduction to Peatland Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments' (Oxbow Books, 2023).
Lecturer of Cybersecurity, University of Sheffield Benjamin Dowling is a lecturer of cybersecurity in the security of advanced systems group at the University of Sheffield. His research is concerned with provable security and applied cryptography, and he has works published in top cryptography and cybersecurity venues. His work assesses the security of real-world cryptographic protocols and standards, including secure messaging protocols used by millions today. His work also proposes modifications to such protocols to improve their security, and introduces new cryptographic protocols that improve upon the state of the art, to create and influence future standards.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology, University of Pittsburgh I recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a PhD in Natural Resources and Environment and I am currently working as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at a combination of the University of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Holden Arboretum. Before grad school I majored in Biology at the University of Washington, graduating in 2012. My favorite activities involve being in nature and working as an educator and mentor. I like to ski, hike, and go for long walks with my partner, Elissa, and with my dog, Hendrix.
Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne Bianca is a cell biologist and Honorary Fellow in Agriculture and Food at the University of Melbourne. Her PhD thesis explored the long-term effects of preterm birth on heart development. She is currently the Executive Director of Cellular Agriculture Australia, a nonprofit organisation with the mission to build a new research field and industry for sustainable food production in Australia. Bianca was also one of 60 Australians selected for the Superstars of STEM 21-22 program.
