Research Fellow and Lecturer, Lancaster University Charles Weir has forty years of experience as a researcher, software architect, design consultant and company MD, specialising in leading edge software development. He helped introduce object-oriented and agile development to the UK; was technical lead for the world's first smartphone, the Ericsson R380; and was app security lead for the world's first Android payments app, EE Cash on Tap. Charles leads research at Security Lancaster on how to help development teams improve the security and privacy of the software they deliver.
Lecturing in Film Music & Piano, University College Cork I'm a writer and music educator based in Cork, Ireland. My writing foregrounds femininity, eros, and the body as thematic scaffolds for exploring soundtrack ingenuity - and ways in which screen music enables us to hear all "the feels" - particularly in film scores by composers like Jonny Greenwood and Mica Levi with a background in popular music. My work has featured in national radio podcasts and print in the Irish popular press, and in international publications like 'Music and the Moving Image' journal, and 'Women’s Music for the Screen: Diverse Narratives in Sound' – the first book of its kind dedicated to spotlighting the output of female screen composers. My teaching ethos is person-centred, drawing from my background in psychology and pedagogy, and ongoing engagement with modalities of health and holism. As such, I emphasise integrative, embodied educational strategies in order to inspire students, to centre them comfortably in physicality, and to empower them to actualise their musical, intellectual, and creative potential.
Professor in Science Communication and Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney I research and teach evidence-based science communication in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales, where I also teach astrobiology.
Academic Fellow & Psychologist, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne Dr Courtney Walton is a Registered Psychologist and researcher at the University of Melbourne, with expertise in mental health, particularly as applied to sport, exercise, and performance contexts. To date, Courtney has published over 70 peer reviewed scientific articles and book chapters.
