Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Cambridge Charlotte A. Kukowski is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab (Department of Psychology) and the Conservation Science Group (Department of Zoology), University of Cambridge. Charlotte received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Zurich (2022). Her current research investigates how physical and social environments facilitate and obstruct changes in high-carbon behaviours, particularly meat consumption. In adjacent lines of work, Charlotte examines links between the feasibility of behaviour change and policy support, climate and health inequality, climate misinformation, and self-regulation.
Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Birmingham Colin has worked in education leadership roles for over 40 years. He began teaching in London where he was also a youth worker. He has been privileged to be appointed to senior posts including secondary headship, local authority adviser for SEND, director of education and director of children's services (twice). He has worked for the Department for Education leading on quality assurance for the academies and free schools programmes. He was also an Ofsted inspector. He was Deputy Education Commissioner in Birmingham working directly to the Secretary of State for Education. In 2018 he was invited to set up the Education Leadership Academy at the University of Birmingham. It is flourishing and has worked with both local leaders, in line with the university's civic mission to serve the community, and leaders from over 40 nations. He teaches in Birmingham and UoB Dubai. He edited and curated The Birmingham Book: lessons in urban education leadership and policy from the Trojan Horse affair (Crownhouse 2023) His research focuses on urban education, intersectional issues and the role of inspections in the English education system. He writes op-ed pieces for Schools Week, TES and the Education Guardian. Colin is a lifelong Liverpool FC supporter and gets to Anfield whenever he can.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Genetics, Sheffield Hallam University I am Theme Lead for Living Well with Chronic Disease at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, and lead the Health and Disease group in the Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre.
PhD Candidate in Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University PhD candidate in the ERC Consolidator project entitled CAPABLE, a large cross-national study on work-life policies and their impact on gender equality from a capability perspective.
Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg Curwyn Mapaling (PhD), a senior lecturer/clinical psychologist at the University of Johannesburg, integrates psychological principles into education. His research, focusing on well-being in higher education, combines theory with practice. Honoured as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar and Abe Bailey Fellow, he received the 2022 Alumni Rising Star Award from Nelson Mandela University.
Senior lecturer in in Cognitive Psychology, Keele University I joined Keele University in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, having worked previously at the University of Huddersfield for six years. I carried out my PhD work at University College London (UCL) and went on to become a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. My work explores the cognition of how people make a lie or truth judgment. This work has culminated in the Adaptive Lie Detector account (Street, 2015). My research has included working with national organisations to create evidence-based interventions to reduce susceptibility to phishing and smishing scams. I make use of a combination of behavioural, eye tracking and modelling techniques. This work has been recognised through funded projects and an APS Rising Stars award. I am the author of the textbook An Introduction to the Science of Deception and Lie Detection.
