Assistant Professor of Business, Royal Roads University Dr. Heather Hachigian is an assistant professor teaching in the Masters of Global Management Program and the Graduate Certificate in Corporate Social Innovation. Her research interests include responsible investment, social finance and new forms of organizations. Hachigian’s recent work focuses on the governance of investment institutions with an explicit long-term mandate. Her research has explored investment decision-making under ambiguity, shareholder engagement and integrating sustainability criteria into infrastructure investment deals. Hachigian has published her research in several book chapters and academic journals, including Business and Politics, Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Journal of Business Ethics, European Financial Review and Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Nottingham Horia A. Maior is an Assistant Professor and Multidisciplinary Researcher in the Mixed Reality Lab (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/mixedrealitylab/), Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute (https://www.horizon.ac.uk/), Cyber-physical Health and Assistive Robotics Technologies Research Group (https://www.chartresearch.org/) and Brain and Physiological Data Group (https://brain-data-uon.gitlab.io/) in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham. His research is focused on understanding challenges and opportunities when comes to responsible research and innovation in Brain Computer Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction, Human Robot Interaction and Trustworthy and Responsible AI. Horia is involved in the wider research and innovation ecosystem and acts as a trustee at the Foundation for Science and Technology (https://www.foundation.org.uk/), and part of outreach and public engagement initiatives with the local community and acts as a trustee at Inspire Foundation Nottingham (https://www.inspirefoundation.org.uk/)
Professor of Financial Economics, SOAS, University of London Hong Bo is a Professor of Financial Economics at the School of Finance & Management SOAS University of London. Professor Bo received her degrees in Economics from Lanzhou University of China (BA), Renmin University of China (MSc), London School of Economics and Political Science UK (MSc.), and University of Groningen the Netherlands (PhD). Before joining SOAS in 2004, she was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen. Professor Bo’s research covers topics in financial economics, including firm investment decisions under uncertainty, capital market imperfections, comparative financial systems, corporate finance, corporate governance, and the Chinese economy. She has published in internationally well-recognized academic journals, including Journal of Corporate Finance, Review of Finance (formerly European Finance Review), Journal of Banking and Finance, Economica, Regional Studies, European Journal of Finance, and International Review of Financial Analysis, etc. Over the years, Professor Bo’s PhD supervision has covered various topics on the Chinese financial system and the corporate sector. Finished and ongoing PhD projects include investment behaviour of Chinese firms; seasoned equity offering of Chinese firms; China’s private equity market; corporate bond market in China; China’s overseas infrastructure investment; Interaction between African firms and Chinese firms in Africa; International activities of Chinese banks; and China’s peer to peer lending market. Professor Bo also has experience in academic management, having been associate dean and associate director for learning and teaching at SOAS University of London between 2016-2019. In addition to her responsibilities at SOAS, Professor Bo has also actively engaged with the general public regarding knowledge transfer beyond SOAS by delivering public lectures for industries, providing executive training for officials in international organisations, and teaching for other universities both in the UK and overseas. She has also provided expert commentary for the media including BBC World News (Business Live; Asian Business Report), CNBC Europe Closing Bell, Sky News, TRT WORLD, RT TV, and CCTV dialogue, etc.
Policy and Data Analyst, University of Birmingham Hannes joined City-REDI as a Policy and Data Analyst in February 2021. He has experience working on economic development research projects in local government and with business improvement districts. Hannes has recently worked at Lancaster City Council actively engaging with the economic recovery and resilience in the response to Covid-19. He has also worked closely on the council’s Community Wealth Building Strategy for sustainable and inclusive economic prosperity. He has an MA in Local and Regional Development from Newcastle University, where he developed his research interests around inclusive economic development, policy, and place.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington The Kueh Lab studies the molecular circuitry controlling cell fate decisions in immune cells. We seek to understand how these circuits work in living cells, and what design principles underlie their operation. These studies aim to lay foundations for engineering immune cells to fight cancer and other life-threatening diseases. We adopt an interdisciplinary approach, combining live-cell imaging, mathematical modeling, powerful mouse reporter models, and modern genetic and biochemical approaches.
Dean of Economics, Finance and Marketing and Professor of Marketing, RMIT University Heath McDonald is Professor of Marketing and Dean of Economics, finance & Marketing at RMIT University. Heath has a background in consumer research and product management, working mainly with "high involvement" products including sport, charities and the arts. His most recent work focuses on fan development and season ticket holder management. This work has been published in journals including the European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Sport Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management and the Journal of Business Research. He recently co-authored the book "Sport Consumer Behaviour" published by Routledge. Recent industry research partners include the Australian Football League (AFL), the Federal Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and Arts, the Melbourne Victory, Melbourne Rebels, Cricket Australia and Movember. Having worked with the AFL for many years to improve member retention and satisfaction, Dr. McDonald is currently undertaking an ARC funded project to examine the impact of marketing tactics on the fan development process. this project has a particular emphasis on determining how best to build lasting support for the two new AFL teams in Gold Coast and Western Sydney. He was the consumer research co-ordinator for the committee organising the successful $550 million re-development of Adelaide Oval, assisted the Federal Government to improve public engagement with Australia's heritage, and works with a number of charity organisations to increase donor engagement.
