Postdoctoral research fellow, Edith Cowan University Dr Georgia Psaroulis, with her extensive 25-year background as a management consultant specialising in cyber security, organisational change, and the innovative field of gamification for cyber executive education. Renowned for her forward-thinking and risk-aware problem-solving techniques, she devises strategies that go beyond organisational boundaries, collaborating with key gatekeepers to steer organisations towards achieving cyber resilience. Her expertise encompasses strategic planning, operational efficiency, and the integration of cybersecurity with business strategies, with a particular focus on the human element in security. Holding a PhD from the University of Adelaide, her thesis "Leadership in Organisational Cyber Security" emphasises the essential role of executive-led cyber governance and the CISO as a trusted strategic advisor. She champions collaboration over traditional siloed approaches. As a Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Centre for Security Digital Futures at ECU, she focuses on "Cyber For Boards" and "Gamification for Executive Education," utilising her comprehensive background in consulting, cybersecurity leadership and organisational change to develop educational programs that enhance cybersecurity awareness and practices among executives and board members thus contributing to the broader goal of strengthening organisational and industry-wide cyber resilience.
Assistant Professor of Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee Dr. Schwartzman is a human geographer who studies economic development and environmental politics. His research focuses on rural economic transitions and the social implications of decarbonization. In his current research projects, he studies the decline of the coal industry in Central Appalachia and the politics surrounding economic transition in the Appalachian region. He has two active research projects: one studying the human dimensions of emerging forest carbon offset regimes in Central Appalachia; and a second project tracing the financial geographies of coal mine bankruptcies, bond forfeiture, and the looming crisis of funding the environmental reclamation of strip mines. Schwartzman has studied the politics of development, climate change, and economic transition on the US Gulf Coast and in the Brazilian Amazon. His scholarship contributes to the fields of political ecology, development studies, and studies of race and gender.
Geoffrey Ditta Ph.D. Profesor de Economía y Negocios Internacionales. Director del Máster Universitario en Internacionalización de Empresas. Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Nebrija Geoffrey Ditta, con un doctorado obtenido de la prestigiosa Universidad Lumière Lyon 2 en Francia, ha demostrado una notable trayectoria en el ámbito académico y profesional. Como profesor de Geopolítica en la Universidad París-Sorbona, compartió su conocimiento en esta disciplina. Actualmente, trabaja en la Universidad Nebrija, donde se desempeña como Profesor de Economía y lidera como Director del Máster en Internacionalización de Empresas. Su carrera no solo se ha limitado al ámbito educativo. Ditta ha ejercido roles de liderazgo en el sector empresarial, dirigiendo operaciones de empresas francesas en Chile, bajo el ala del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Francia. Además, ha gestionado la división industrial de la COMSA Corporación, una multinacional, en México. Geoffrey Ditta es tambien ex empleado de las Naciones Unidas en la Ciudad de México. En esta organización global, contribuyó como asistente de investigación en la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe. Ha plasmado su comprensión sobre la internacionalización y la interculturalidad en varios articulos academicos y tambien su libro 'Internacionalización e Interculturalidad'. Esta obra se centra en el desarrollo internacional de las pequeñas y medianas empresas, ofreciendo una perspectiva única basada en su experiencia.
Lecturer in Social Policy, Research Fellow, University of Bath Dr Geoff Bates is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, and Lecturer and Deputy Director of Studies on the Professional Doctorate in Policy Research & Practice. He was previously based at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Public Health Institute at Liverpool John Moores University. Geoff’s research interests are in public health and health policy. In particular, he is interested in how to tackle the wider determinants of health and health inequalities through policy and individual-level interventions, and understanding health and social behaviours as the outcomes of complex systems. He is interested in the development of interventions, policies and guidance, knowledge transfer and the use of evidence to inform decision-making across systems. Geoff currently works on the ‘Tackling Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development’ (TRUUD) project, a five year, large-scale transdisciplinary project looking at changing urban development systems in the UK to help reduce non-communicable diseases and health inequalities. He also works on research relating to drug use and drug policies, with a particular focus on substances that are used to modify physical appearance or performance. His research projects have focussed on a range of health and social policy topics including: substance use and addiction, homelessness, climate change and sustainability, physical activity and employment.
Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Penn State Today I would probably be called a 20th century U.S. cultural historian with a focus on consumption, childhood, and leisure issues. But, as a historian trained in modern French and German history and with experience in British and Australian libraries and universities, I have also done comparative history on work, political economy, and time. I have an ongoing interest in the modern history of western technology and co-authored a text on the subject. My abiding theme is the origins, uses, meanings, and consequences of 20th century affluence with books like "Time and Money: The Making of Consumer Culture," "An All-Consuming Century," and "The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the 20th Century." Another theme is the modern history of childhood, parenting and generation with "Kids’ Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood," "The Cute and the Cool," and "Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity." My most recent works explore how sensuality was compressed and made mobile by technology and marketing in the generation around 1900 and how memory has recently been impacted by the rapid turnover of consumer goods. Currently I am completing a book on how cars shaped the coming of age of 20th century Americans. I try to reach audiences beyond the academy and encourage students to ask probing questions about the present that can be explained by the past.
