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Calum Carson

Calum Carson

Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University

Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University primarily interested in decent work, corporate social responsibility, living wages, active labour market policy, and the future of work. I am currently employed as a researcher on the Inclusive Remote and Hybrid Working Study, exploring disabled workers' experiences of remote and hybrid working (more information at https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/inclusive-working/). Prior to this I was a Postdoctoral Researcher on the “Universal Credit and Employers” project, led by Dr Katy Jones of Manchester Metropolitan University, which sought to explore employer views of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and the requirements that underpin Universal Credit for people who are unemployed and workers on a low income (final report at https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-01/UniversalCreditandEmployersFinalReportJan2023.pdf). My PhD thesis (conducted at the University of Leeds) explored the multi-dimensional impact of the Real Living Wage on the UK employment landscape through a focus on the experiences of workers, employers and advocates (https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/28221/). Prior to this I was employed as a researcher at the International Labour Organisation, Geneva (focusing on the Decent Work Agenda).

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Caroline Spry

Caroline Spry

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, PhD, La Trobe University

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, PhD, La Trobe University Dr Caroline Spry is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She is lead and co-investigator of several research projects with Traditional Custodians, universities, museums, government agencies and industry partners. Her research has been funded by the Australian Government, universities, foundations and government agencies. Caroline has investigated a variety of archaeological sites spanning the last ~40,000 years to the post-contact period in southeastern Australia, Melanesia and South Africa. Her research interests include lithic technology (refitting/conjoin analysis, and portable X-ray Fluorescence), culturally modified trees, oral history, and working with Traditional Custodians to combine traditional knowledge and archaeological methods. Caroline's PhD research compared Aboriginal people's technological responses to environmental change at Lake Mungo, Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area, between ~24,000-8,000 years ago Caroline has presented at international conferences and published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, including The Holocene, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Lithic Technology, Journal of Lithic Studies, Australian Archaeology, and Historical Records of Australian Science. She has also published articles in The Conversation. Caroline is passionate about public outreach and science communication, and is Co-chair of National Archaeology Week in Australia. She is Advisory Editor of 'Excavations, Surveys and Heritage Management in Victoria', the peer-reviewed proceedings of the Victorian Archaeology Colloquium, held annually in the State of Victoria. Caroline is also an invited expert for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register of Experts. Caroline is a registered Heritage Advisor under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic.).

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Cydney Thompson

Cydney Thompson

PhD Candidate, School of History, Trinity College Dublin

PhD Candidate, School of History, Trinity College Dublin Cydney Thompson is a final year PhD student at Trinity College Dublin in the School of History, doing interdisciplinary research with the Digital Humanities. She is a 2018 graduate of the TCD MPhil in Public History and Cultural Heritage, and has a decade of experience working with cultural heritage institutions around the world, including the Chester Beatty, the National Gallery of Ireland, and Trinity College Libraries. She is currently the volunteer archivist for the Dublin Lesbian Line. She specialises in digitisation, digital archiving, and digital exhibition design. Her research examines use and reuse of digitised cultural heritage materials, like the Hesitant Bride, by examining classical art memes and their development and function on social media. Her research is funded by Trinity College Dublin, and she is an early career researcher in the Trinity Long Room Hub, an interdisciplinary research office.

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