Contributors

Catherine Purse

PhD Candidate, Quadram Institute

PhD Candidate, Quadram Institute Catherine Purse is a PhD student at the Quadram Institute, where her project investigates age related changes to the gut microbiome, the immune system, and the contribution of these changes to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease.

Caroline West

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney Caroline's research addresses fundamental questions about how we should live. Currently she is researching the nature of happiness and its role in well-being and the good life. What is happiness? Why should we want it? And how do we get it?

Christine Huebner

Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences, University of Sheffield

Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences, University of Sheffield Christine is a researcher of political engagement and a lecturer in quantitative social science at the University of Sheffield's Sheffield Methods Institute. Her research explores changes in political engagement, conceptions of citizenship and democracy, in particular among young people. Christine has accompanied and collected evidence on the outcomes of the lowering of the voting age to 16 in Scotland and Wales and is providing evidence-based advice to policymakers wanting to connect with young people around Europe, partially in her role as partner of independent and non-partisan think tank d|part.

Craig A. Foster

Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, State University of New York College at Cortland

Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, State University of New York College at Cortland I am a social psychology professor who studies scientific reasoning and the development of pseudoscientific beliefs. I have published several articles about anti-vaccination, flat Earth beliefs, and God's purported influence on sports. I served as a professor at the United States Air Force Academy for several years. I am currently professor and chair of the Psychology Department at SUNY Cortland.

Caryn Coatney

Lecturer, Journalism, University of Southern Queensland

Lecturer, Journalism, University of Southern Queensland Dr Caryn Coatney is a Journalism Lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland. She has been an investigative news journalist in Australia and internationally and worked in many fields of communication extensively. Dr Coatney has a PhD (Journalism), Master of Arts (Research and Coursework - Journalism), and Bachelor of Arts (Honours in both English Literature and History). Her journalism research has won global awards and has appeared in numerous journals and publications. She also published the book, John Curtin: How He Won Over The Media, after completing a Fellowship at the Australian Prime Ministers Centre in the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Canberra.

Celina McEwen

Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney