Senior Research Fellow (visual ethnographer), Durham University I am a visual ethnographer, ecologist, human geographer and ethicist - based in the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (Durham Uni). I am interested in how knowledge and ideas are created within our everyday world – focusing on what we do rather than what we think we do. I work with video, camera, paper and conversation. Current research interests: Responsible & Sustainable space science/satellite design (dark skies, dark matter, the darker side of satellites); viable over mythical sources of renewable energy; extension of human senses through technologies, and the mythical rise of robots/AI over humans. I am a nomadic researcher travelling across disciplines. my current home is astrophysics and space science. My background includes: visual anthropology, human geography, environmental ethics (land rights) and educational philosophy. Fieldwork locations include the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, the islands of the Scottish Hebrides, the consulting spaces of NHS hospitals/patients' homes and mountaintop astronomical observatories in the Spanish Canary Islands. Previous projects include the conflict between sufficiency and safety in blood manufacturing, the relationship between creative arts and wellbeing in later life, the role of IT within health professional-patient interactions during the consultation, and the social and ethical implications of a European Nanomedicine (lab-on-a-chip) project.
Senior Research Fellow (visual ethnographer), Durham University I am a visual ethnographer, ecologist, human geographer and ethicist - based in the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (Durham Uni). I am interested in how knowledge and ideas are created within our everyday world – focusing on what we do rather than what we think we do. I work with video, camera, paper and conversation. Current research interests: Responsible & Sustainable space science/satellite design (dark skies, dark matter, the darker side of satellites); viable over mythical sources of renewable energy; extension of human senses through technologies, and the mythical rise of robots/AI over humans. I am a nomadic researcher travelling across disciplines. my current home is astrophysics and space science. My background includes: visual anthropology, human geography, environmental ethics (land rights) and educational philosophy. Fieldwork locations include the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, the islands of the Scottish Hebrides, the consulting spaces of NHS hospitals/patients' homes and mountaintop astronomical observatories in the Spanish Canary Islands. Previous projects include the conflict between sufficiency and safety in blood manufacturing, the relationship between creative arts and wellbeing in later life, the role of IT within health professional-patient interactions during the consultation, and the social and ethical implications of a European Nanomedicine (lab-on-a-chip) project.
Adjunct Fellow, The University of Queensland Fred Cobbo is a Wakka Wakka traditional owner and Chief Investigator on the Binung Ma Na Du: cultural stories and living histories on Wakka Wakka Country project. Fred has extensive experience in education, health, leadership and cultural knowledges.
Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior, INSEAD Frédéric Godart is an Associate Professor (with tenure) of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD. He received his PhD from Columbia University in the City of New York. He also holds an MPhil in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) in the United Kingdom, an MSc in Management from Sciences Po Paris, and was a fellow of the École Normale Supérieure in France. His research explores creative industries (e.g., arts, fashion design, footwear, modeling, watchmaking). He covers the impact of formal and informal social networks on creativity, as well as the role played by stylistic choices and brand dynamics in the formation of firms and customers’ identities. He has received several prestigious awards such as the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division’s 2012 Best Paper Award and the Academy of Management Conflict Management Division’s 2017 Best Paper Award – New Directions. Between 2018 and 2020, he was the Academic Director of the HEC Paris luxury certificate, sponsored by Kering (owner of Gucci, Saint Laurent...) Since 2022, he is the co-editor-in chief of Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts. He has published his research in a wide range of leading academic peer reviewed journals such as Organization Science, the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, the Annual Review of Sociology, and Social Forces, and in several edited books. He is the author of "Unveiling Fashion: Business, Culture, and Identity in the Most Glamorous Industry" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012) and (with Jacques Neatby) of "Leadership Team Alignment: From Conflict to Collaboration" (Stanford University Press, 2023).
Associate Professor of Education, Clemson University Faiza M. Jamil (Ph.D., Educational Psychology-Applied Developmental Science, University of Virginia) is an associate professor in Education and Human Development and the founder of the Context of Learning and Development Lab. Her research follows two complementary strands: 1) understanding the underlying psychological processes – cognitive, social, and emotional – that influence teachers’ classroom behaviors and career decisions, and 2) understanding the ways in which teacher-child interactions influence children’s learning and development. More specifically, Dr. Jamil conducts research that leverages her expertise in rigorous quantitative methodologies and professional development to better understand and improve the educational experiences of teachers and students within these two broad strands, with a particular focus on issues of educational equity. Dr. Jamil teaches courses related to human development in the Clemson’s Learning Sciences Doctoral Program and Teacher Education Programs, to which she brings her own experiences as a K-12 teacher in three countries.
Professor of Environmental Science, Griffith University Frederic Leusch is Professor of Environmental Science at Griffith University (Australia), where he teaches biology and environmental toxicology. His current research focuses on occurrence, fate and toxicity of micropollutants and microplastics and the development of in vitro bioassays for water quality assessment.
