Director, Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI), CSIRO Dominic Zaal is the Director of the Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI) within CSIRO. ASTRI is a Federal Government (ARENA) funded Program for the development and demonstration of Solar Thermal systems and technologies within Australia. As ASTRI Director, Dominic is actively involved in promoting the role that Solar Thermal can play in Australia's future energy mix. In undertaking this role, Dominic works closely with industry and governments on a range of Solar Thermal advocacy and commercial uptake opportunities. Dominic is also actively involved in the working with companies on renewable heat options for industrial decarbonisation. The focus is on mid to high temperature (150C - 600C) renewable heat technologies (including thermal energy storage) to displace natural gas. Prior to his work with CSIRO/ASTRI, Dominic worked in the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), where he was responsible for developing strategies for commercial uptake of renewable energy technologies. Dominic also managed an ARENA Program Team responsible for over 100 renewable projects across a diverse range of technologies. As Program Manager, he worked closely with industry and research institutions on the development, demonstration, and commercial deployment of renewable energy technologies. Before joining ARENA, Dominic worked on Energy Programs within the Department of Industry. This included management of the Australian Government’s Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) Program, which assisted large Australian companies to identify and implement energy efficiency savings.
Dr Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga is a lecturer at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Her PhD was on urban music in Zimbabwe and the hybrid forms it takes. She recently published her book titled Music and Urban Youth Identities: A study of Ghetto Youth Identities in Contemporary Culture and Politics in Zimbabwe.
Professeur en droit international pénal, Études empiriques du droit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Professeur de droit à la Faculté de droit et de criminologie de l’Université libre de Bruxelles. Après avoir réalisé des recherches sur les peines prononcées par les juridictions internationales pénales ainsi qu’en droit pénitentiaire, je mène depuis une dizaine d'année une recherche, alliant sociologie et droit, sur l’expérience pénale nationale et internationale des personnes jugées pour crimes de masse. J'ai été chercheur invité à la Columbia Law School et à l’Université d’Oxford et est Professeur invité dans plusieurs universités européennes.
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Windsor Danardo Jones joined the Faculty of Law as an Assistant Professor in January 2021. Professor Jones comes to the Faculty with years of criminal law experience, having worked as a staff lawyer at various Legal Aid organizations across Eastern Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia) and Ontario. He was also the Director of Legal Services for the African Canadian Legal Clinic. In that role, he intervened in precedent-setting cases before the Supreme Court of Canada (Tran v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2017 SCC 50; British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal v. Schrenk, 2017 SCC 62). Professor Jones's research interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, criminal sentencing, and race and the law. His research draws on scholarly literature from law and cognate disciplines, including penology and criminology, law and geography, philosophy of law, critical race theory, and prison abolitionist and restorative justice literature.
PhD Candidate, Centre for Women's Studies, University of York Daisy McManaman is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Glasgow, Scotland. She holds a BA (hons) in Fine Art Photography from the Glasgow School of Art, and an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Daisy is a PhD candidate at University of York’s Centre for Women’s Studies, where her thesis project is currently titled: "A Girl Resembles a Bunny" A Feminist Reanalysis of Representations of Women in Playboy.
Associate Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College Dan is Associate Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College. He teaches behavioral economics, game theory, and microeconomics and his research is on media, sports, polarization, and socially responsible capitalism. He lives in Brunswick, ME with his spouse and two sons and is originally from Charlottesville, Virginia.
