Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex I lead the “Threat Lab”, a laboratory dedicated to the study of how people perceive negative valence information, how they interpret both physical (i.e. sensory) and psychological (i.e. symbolic) events as threatening. Some keywords of our projects are therefore "threat", "pain", "anxiety", "emotion", "attention". I am an expert in psychophysics and electroencephalography. My past research mostly concerned the study of nociceptive representation in the brain and the experience of pain. This is still an important current research line (Valentini et al., NeuroImage 2022) and is compounded by research into social and cognitive factors affecting chronic pain patients (Valentini et al. European Journal of Pain 2020). An important part of my work as researcher is also oriented towards contributing to a better understanding of cognitive/emotional mechanisms of people's relationship with the emerging awareness of the climate and ecological emergency.
Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University I am an experienced researcher, teacher and evaluator, and a registered Psychologist, with a PhD in Psychology. My thesis addressed the issue of harmful online behaviours in emerging adulthood, specifically sext dissemination and the motivations for this and related behaviours. I also hold a Masters in Industrial and Orgnaisational Psychology, an MBA and Masters of Management, and Bachelor of Engineering.
Adjunct Instructor, American University School of International Service Esther Brito is completing a PhD at the American University School of International Service. Beyond this, she has a Master’s in Gender, Peace, and Security from the London School of Economics, specializing in genocide and women’s rights. She is a Junior Fellow in the War, Conflict & Global Migration think tank of the Global Research Network, and the author of the book "Cities and Governance: The Rise of Cities as Global Actors". She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the IVolunteer International Writers Council, the Education Director of ITSS Verona, and was previously a Global Shaper within The World Economic Forum.
PhD Candidate, SOAS, University of London I am Project Coordinator at SOAS University of London's Strategic Concept for the Removal or Arms and Proliferation Project (SCRAP Weapons) and a PhD candidate in Global Diplomacy at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University. I have served for years as speechwriter for a government's Ambassador to the United Nations and have worked in the Vatican Dicastery for Communications as Executive Project Assistant on Internet Governance issues and Social Media Editor. My research interests include international relations, cultural diplomacy, the United Nations, and general and complete disarmament. I have recently co-authored an article with H.E. Maritza Chan Valverde, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York, titled "Represented but not always heard: an analysis of the progress of gender equality at the United Nations through the lens of the Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons", published on the Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung Journal in April 2023 (DOI: 10.1007/s42597-023-00095-x).
PhD Candidate, Psychology, Bond University Emily Roberts is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Teaching Fellow at Bond University. She has expertise on and has taught foundational psychological theory, statistics and positive well-being courses.
Professor of Space Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Emmanuel Urquieta holds a medical degree from Anahuac University in Mexico City and a master of science in aerospace medicine from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Emmanuel completed a diploma in emergency medicine and then worked for Mexico City’s Department of Public Safety as a flight surgeon in the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service "Condors" where he participated in hundreds of rescue missions and aeromedical evacuation within the Mexico City metropolitan area. He holds a private pilot certificate and an open water scuba diver certificate. He has volunteered in medical missions in underserved regions throughout Mexico and in Nigeria, Africa. He was a volunteer paramedic for the Mexican Red Cross for more than 5 years. Emmanuel has participated as a crew member of an analog mission at NASA Johnson Space Center: in 2017 he was selected to participate in the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) XI mission where he spent 30 days in a capsule simulating a deep space long duration mission. This mission aimed to understand the behavioral and physiological effects from isolation and confinement. He currently serves as scientist at the NASA funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health, where he manages different research projects in different areas going from radiation protection to psychological changes during deep spaceflight. Dr. Urquieta has a dual faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a FAA private pilot and scuba diver. During his free time he likes to design LEGO rocket ship models and spend time with his wife and daughters.
