KTP Research Associate in Architecture, Northumbria University, Newcastle As a Chartered Architect with a PhD in creating supportive living environments and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Faye is committed to designing, delivering, and advocating for better and more inclusive environments that promote healthy ageing. Currently, Faye leads and manages one of the few Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects within the architectural field. This collaboration between Building Design Northern (BDN) and Northumbria University is driven by a shared goal of fostering innovation to enhance the quality of homes and care environments in the North East. Central to this mission is the development of BDN's Longevity Housing and Care Approach, which draws upon the collective insights of older adults, healthcare professionals, social care experts, and built environment specialists. Faye’s research interests include creating age-inclusive environments, implementing evidence-based design principles, and facilitating cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange. She has collaborated with organisations like the Centre for Ageing Better and the RSA, leading the creation of 'Home Sweet Home', a design brief to inspire the next generation of designers to reimagine age-friendly design. Faye's work has received national and international recognition and has been featured at the London Design Festival, the Royal Institute of British Architects, and the Association of Project Safety. Most recently, she was named as one of the Royal Institute of British Architect’s Rising Stars of 2023.
Profesor contratado doctor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Fernando Camacho Padilla. Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) y la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile en convenio de cotutela. Actualmente es profesor del Departamento de Historia Contemporánea de la UAM. Ha realizado estancias de investigación en la Universidad Nova de Lisboa, la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, y en la Universidad de Teherán, entre otras. Ha sido invitado a impartir cursos y talleres académicos en centros como la Universidad Allameh Tabataba’i de Teherán, la Universidad del Punjab (Lahore, Pakistán), y la Universidad de Azerbaiyán de Lenguas Extranjeras. Antes de su incorporación a la UAM fue profesor en las universidades de Estocolmo, Uppsala, Södertörn y Dalarna (Suecia). Sus principales publicaciones tratan sobre las relaciones entre Chile y Suecia, así como las Comisiones de la Verdad en el Cono Sur. En los últimos años, sus investigaciones se han centrado en las relaciones contemporáneas de América Latina con el mundo islámico, especialmente durante el periodo de la Guerra Fría.
PhD Student & Researcher, post-disaster reconstruction, Université de Montréal Fatma Özdoğan is an architect, GIS specialist, and project manager with extensive international project experience in Qatar, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye. She has also researched in diverse locations such as Türkiye, Colombia, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom. She completed her master's degree in Türkiye, where she focused on the importance of architectural education in disaster risk reduction. Recognizing her expertise in disaster management, Fatma was awarded a prestigious scholarship at Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom, where she pursued a master's program in development and emergency practice. While at Oxford Brookes, she deepened her understanding of the interplay between sustainable urban development and disasters. Her studies specifically explored the impacts of internal displacement and migratory movements resulting from conflicts in Türkiye's cities. Fatma is undertaking her doctoral studies at the faculty of architecture on inderdisciplinary planning at the Université de Montréal. Her research centres around disaster management, particularly post-disaster reconstruction. Through her work, she aims to understand the needs of communities as an architect and propose sustainable solutions that bridge the gaps between these needs and the services provided. By examining the relationship between a country's disaster response and its overall development, Fatma seeks to contribute to effective strategies and solutions in the field. In addition to her ongoing research in the post-disaster reconstruction processes in Türkiye, she is a part-time lecturer at Bahçeşehir University in İstanbul where she leads a course on Architecture, Disasters and Development.
Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University Dr Fiona MacDonald is Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University. Fiona's research sits within the sociology of education discipline. Her research interests include middle childhood, social justice, social inclusion, inclusive education, gender and space and place. She has a particular interest in social and cultural influences in the lives of children and young people. Her research is positioned at the intersection of education, belonging and connectedness for children and young people. Fiona’s research in schools and learning environments, both mainstream and alternative, investigates the significance of these spaces in the everyday lives of children and young people and how they negotiate these spaces. Fiona is currently investigating; educational transitions for young people from custody, schools preparedness and response to bullying and cyber bullying, and building resilience in diverse communities in the face of natural disasters
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria Dube Felix Dube is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, where he teaches environmental law and administrative law. His research interests lie in administrative law, human rights and environmental law. He is also an assistant editor for the Journal of Law, Society and Development.
Associate Professor of Criminology, University of South Florida My research interests include testing criminological theory, stalking, cybercrime, predictive analytic applications in criminology and criminal justice, and evaluative research. I have authored over 30 journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports examining the efficacy of self-control theory, routine activity theory, differential social control theory, general strain theory, and gender/general strain theory in accounting for crime and victimization (both online and offline) as well as gender differences in stalking acknowledgment, victim emotional and behavioral copings to the crime of stalking, and the effectiveness of formal and informal responses to the crime of stalking. My latest research focuses on the comparative performance of conventional statistical methods and machine learning and data mining techniques in predicting inmate misconduct.
