Contributors

Gabrielle Williams

Epidemiologist, University of Sydney

Epidemiologist, University of Sydney I started life as a laboratory scientist with a BSc(Hons), then completed a PhD in laboratory human genetics and a few years in laboratory cardiovascular genetic research. By happenstance moved into clinical epidemiology to work closer to home and I've enjoyed it ever since.

Gavin Wade

Senior Lecturer in Computer Games Technology, University of Portsmouth

Senior Lecturer in Computer Games Technology, University of Portsmouth My main area of interest is Games Development and the Games Industry as a whole, being active in games development since the mid-1980s. Subjects include, games programming, games art, games production, business and technology trends, analysis of the state of the industry and future directions. Game Engines including, Unreal Engine, Unity, and bespoke. VR/AR/XR.

Gordon Peake

Affiliate in the Center for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University

Affiliate in the Center for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University Gordon Peake is an Affiliate at the Center for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Studies (CANZAPS). Gordon has crossed back and forth between research and practice throughout his career. Initial scholarship on conflict resolution and peacebuilding informed his work as an adviser to governments in Timor-Leste and Bougainville; practical experience working at the coalface helped provide the substance for a body of work that has focused on the human complexities of implementation. His first book 'Beloved Land: Stories Struggles and Secrets from Timor-Leste' won the 2014 ACT Book of the Year and the People's Choice Award. His second book entitled 'Unsung Land, Aspriring Nation' is about Bougainville and published in 2022 Gordon hosts the 'Statecraftiness' podcast.

Ginny Russell

University of Exeter

University of Exeter

Georgios Christopoulos

Associate Professor & Asst. Dean (Research), Nanyang Technological University

Associate Professor & Asst. Dean (Research), Nanyang Technological University Assoc. Prof. Georgios Christopoulos holds a Ph.D. in decision neuroscience (Cambridge). Georgios enjoys interdisciplinary collaborations, as complex problems need input from different disciplines. His lab examines organizational, entrepreneurial and managerial behavior by combining traditional methods with state-of-the-art experimental, game-theoretic and neurobiological methods. Specific questions relate to (i) detecting mental fatigue using biosensors (ii) dynamics of trust and (ii) the impact of the built environment (including office design) on performance and well-being He holds expertise in a wide range of methods, including computerised testing, computational modelling, fMRI, psychophysiology, whereas he has been developing new methods including wearable devices and Virtual Reality. His research has attracted > USD$4M from both the government and the industry. Lab: www.deonlabblog.com

Gillian Douglas

Professor Emerita of Law, King's College London

Professor Emerita of Law, King's College London Research interests Professor Douglas is a researcher in family law, focusing on the relationship between law and social change across the family life-course. Her work has ranged from examining access to treatment for assisted reproduction through to public attitudes to inheritance law and the courts' approach to challenges to wills. She has conducted a number of empirical studies which have focused on the impact of relationship breakdown on family members, including on the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren and on how children’s views can be taken into account when courts are dealing with parental disputes. She is currently a co-investigator on a study of financial arrangements on divorce, led by Professor Emma Hitchings at the University of Bristol and funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Gillian Douglas has an LLB from Manchester University and gained an LLM at the London School of Economics. In 2011 she was awarded the degree of LLD (Doctor of Laws) by Cardiff University. She has taught at the University of Bristol, the National University of Singapore, Cardiff University and King's College London, where she was Executive Dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law. She is a past Secretary-General of the International Society of Family Law. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2017 and an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn in 2018. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Learned Society of Wales and the Academy of Social Sciences.