Associate Professor of the Practice in Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Haleigh Bartos comes to the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) with more than a decade of experience working in Washington, DC to support policy and at various NGOs. She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Social Work, both from the University of Pittsburgh. Haleigh’s area of research is sub-Saharan Africa. She has published in the Journal of International Women’s Studies.
Instructor, Global Governance, Wilfrid Laurier University Hari Har Jnawali has a Ph.D. in Global Governance, with a specialization in the international human rights and global justice from the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Jnawali is particularly interested in examining the states’ responses to minorities’ demand for autonomy and self-determination within states’ borders. He wants to know why autonomy struggles do and do not succeed. He has published several papers on the topics such as international human rights regimes, Indigenous rights, federalism, and regional autonomy. Currently, he is working on a project that examines how all South Asian countries are using population transfer as a strategy to weaken the minorities’ claims to self-determination.
Lecturer in Social Policy, Bangor University I completed my bachelor degree followed by an MA, at the University of Wales, Swansea. Then I did my PGCE and later on attained my DipSW, from the University of Wales, Bangor. Recently, I have gained my doctorate from Keele University. My thesis is entitled: ‘The declared political identity of social workers in a neoliberal era’. My past work includes research assistant in the Welsh Political Archive, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; working in the voluntary sector; working as a social worker in north Wales; and teaching social work in further education. I joined the School of Social Sciences as a lecturer in social work in 2006 and became a lecturer in social policy in 2012. I have recently completed my doctorate which explores the development of declared and enacted political identity amongst social workers through the use of a constructivist grounded theory and biographical interviews. My supervisors were Dr. Pat Chambers, Professor Farzana Shain and Dr. Damian Breen, School of Public Policy and Professional Practice, Keele University. I’m currently writing two articles based on my thesis to be submitted to peer reviewed journals.
Senior Lecturer in Science Education, University of Wollongong Former high school physics teacher. PhD in physics education. Current lecturer in science education.
Professor of Migration Law, University of Exeter Helena Wray's research focuses on the regulation of families through immigration law. Her most recent monograph is 'Article 8 ECHR, Family Reunification and the UK’s Supreme Court: Family Matters?', published by Hart in February 2023. She is currently working on a three year (2023-2026) ESRC funded project 'UK-EU couples after Brexit: migrantization and the UK family immigration regime', where she is Co-I with PI Professor Katharine Charsley (University of Bristol).
Game developer and research fellow, University of Southampton I am a game developer and research fellow at the University of Southampton. I obtained my Masters in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia in 2015, my Masters in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 2016 and finally my PhD in Physics, also from the University of East Anglia, in 2021. My research currently focuses on developing videogames which aim to enthuse and teach people about space and science generally. I am also involved in Outreach and science communication is extremely important to me. I also research the formation and evolution of double neutron star systems as well as designing new software to analyse these data. I have also previously conducted research in quantum optics and quantum electrodynamics.
