Professor, Queensland University of Technology Professor David Rowlings is a soil scientist in the Sustainable Agriculture program at the Centre for Agriculture and Bioeconomy. His research sits at the nexus of the environmental and agricultural science, enabling high impact research outcomes that benefit both fields for positive global change and food security. He specializes in the development and utilization of improved sensing and monitoring technologies for mitigating environmental greenhouse gases, improving crop fertiliser-use efficiency and monitoring soil carbon, reactive nitrogen and biogeochemical processes. His work spans the Australian beef, dairy, grains, sugar and horticulture industries and he has worked internationally in cropping and rice systems.
Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, The University of Western Australia David Pannell is Professor and Head of the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia, Director of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, and an ARC Federation Fellow (2007-2012). He has been a regular commentator on environmental policy within Australia, arguing for policies that better reflect scientific, economic and social realities. He was President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in 2000, a member of the WA Government’s Salinity Taskforce in 2001, and a director on the Board of Land and Water Australia 2002-05. His research includes the economics of land and water conservation; environmental policy; farmer adoption of land conservation practices; risk management; and economics of farming systems. His research has been published in six books and 200 journal articles and book chapters, and has been recognised with awards from the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK, including the 2009 ARC Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Research.
Assistant Professor, Queen's University, Ontario I am an urban and economic geographer who studies finance. Prior to completing my PhD I worked as a planner and researcher in both the public and private sector.
Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Montana State University I am a vegetation ecologist interested in the distribution of floral biodiversity and the analysis of biodiversity more broadly.
Doctoral Candidate in Legal Psychology, Florida International University Devon received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Iowa State University. She is pursuing a PhD in Legal Psychology at FIU. Her research interests broadly include jury decision making, interrogations and false confessions, and topics related to police psychology.
Professor in Education, Liverpool John Moores University I am interested in the ways in which psychology can be used to understand, inform and improve the education of leaners of all ages. My research has focused on how competence beliefs, motivation, emotions and the classroom environment influence engagement, learning and achievement.
