Gillian England-Mason is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is an interdisciplinary researcher who is interested in examining the complex biological, environmental, and psychosocial factors that impact development. Her primary research objective is to examine the associations between early environmental exposures and child neurodevelopment. Her secondary research focus is to inform and evaluate evidence-based interventions which target emotion regulation in young children.
Brian Simon Professor of History of Education, UCL Gary McCulloch is the inaugural Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education at the founding director of the International Centre for Historical research in Education at UCL Institute of Education. He is currently (2017-2019) the president of the British Educational Research Association and is the Editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies. He is a past president of the UK History of Education Society (2005-2007) and a previous Editor of the international Journal History of Education. He has supervised a wide range of research students in the history of secondary and higher education, both nationally and internationally. He has attracted funding for research projects from the ESRC, Leverhulme Trust and the Society for Educational Studies, among others. Gary’s recent publications include The Struggle for the History of Education (Routledge, 2011), Secondary Education and the Raising of the School Leaving Age (with Woodin and Cowan, Palgrave, 2013), a special issue of Paedagogica Historica on ‘Education, war and peace’ (edited with Georgina Brewis, based on the London conference of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education, July 2014), and A Social History of Educational Studies and Research (with Steven Cowan, Routledge, 2017).
Reader in Education for Social Justice and Inclusion, University of Wolverhampton Gurpinder is a Reader in Education for Social Justice and Inclusion in the School of Education. Trained as a sociologist and ethnographer, he has a track record on conducting research on the school meals service with a focus on inequity in education. He is the research hub lead for Education, Leadership and Social Justice. He is module lead for Critical Approaches to Diversity, Equality and Social Justice in Education (7ED002, MA Education). He has led doctoral students to completion and is currently supporting students as Director of Studies. Gurpinder completed a PhD in Education at the University of Leicester following the award of a studentship. He authored the award-winning book titled, Schools, Food and Social Learning (Routledge, 2019), co-authored School Farms: Feeding and educating children (Routledge, 2021). He wrote his second monograph titled, Schools, Space and Culinary Capital (Routledge, 2022). He led an edited collection, titled Food Futures in Education and Society (Routledge, 2023) and currently co-leading an edited collection titled, 'The Social Nature of Food in India'. Gurpinder is editor for Educational Research and Evaluation (ERE) and Book Series Editor for Sociological Perspectives on Food & Culture (Berghahn Publishing). He serves on a number of leading education and sociology editorial boards which include: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Cambridge Journal of Education, International Studies in Sociology of Education and British Journal of Educational Studies. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the Society for Educational Studies (SES, 2022-present). He is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki. He is co-investigator on the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of the UK School Meals Service with a particular focus on the lived cross-generational experience of those receiving and preparing school meals. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ESRC), the study is titled 'The School Meals Service - Past, Present and Future?' (Grant no: ES/X000737/1, 2023-2025) and awarded £1 million.
PhD Student in Architectural and Landscape Heritage, Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino Gianluca D’Agostino is an Architect and PhD student in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at the Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His research deals with the enhancement and communication of Cultural Heritage, focusing on topics related to social inclusion, outreach programmes and non-publics in museums.
PhD Candidate in History, University of Adelaide Grace Waye-Harris is a PhD Candidate in the department of history at the University of Adelaide. Her research examines the extensive functions of dress within political and diplomatic action during the reign of Henry VIII. This research aims to advance historical knowledge in the areas of Renaissance fashion, and early modern diplomacy. General areas of interest include, historical and modern fashion, Medieval and Early Modern England, the Tudors, and Italian Renaissance art & culture.
