Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London Harry Shepherd is a community ecologist interested in plant ecology, biological invasions and plant-microbe interactions. He is working on the AlienImpacts project led by Prof. Jane Catford, with the aim of developing mechanistic models to predict the impact of plant invasions on native diversity. Prior to his role at Kings, Harry completed his PhD at the University of Southampton on the use of plant-microbe interactions to restore temperate peatlands.
Professor of Political Science, Yale University Hélène Landemore is a professor of political science at Yale University with a specialization in political theory. Her research and teaching interests include, among other things, democratic theory, political epistemology, and the ethics and politics of artificial intelligence. She is also a fellow at the Ethics in AI Institute at the University of Oxford, an advisor to the Democratic Inputs to AI program at OpenAI, and an advisor to the non-profit organization DemocracyNext. She served on the Governance Committee of the most recent French Citizens’ Convention and is currently undertaking work supported by Schmidt Futures through the AI2050 program.
Assistant Professor of Finance, Bryant University Dr. Huan Kuang is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Bryant University. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research explores various aspects of climate finance, including climate innovation, climate change risk disclosure, and the impact of climate change on asset prices.
Research Affiliate, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii Henryk Szadziewski is a Research Affiliate of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His work on China and US policy in Oceania has been published in Political Geography, Geographical Research, and Asia Policy. He is currently working on a book, Mapping Chinese Fiji.
Professor of Marketing, University of Jyväskylä Dr. Heikki Karjaluoto, Professor of Marketing, got his Doctoral degree in Marketing in 2002 from the University of Jyväskylä. Karjaluoto has published extensively on digital business in marketing and information system journals and is the author of several books. He has collaborated with several researchers both in Finland and abroad and actively co-operates with Finnish companies in joint research and development projects. He has won numerous research and teaching awards including five Awards from International Journal of Information Management (Top 25 Most Cited Articles in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal's history & during that year; Top 10 Articles Receiving Social Media Attention in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal's history; Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles in 2021 out of all the papers published in the journal's history & during the same year); Three Highly Commended Paper Awards (from Journal of Systems & Information Technology, 2020; Journal of Product & Brand Management, 2018 and Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 2013), Outstanding Article Award (2019) from Industrial Marketing Management, Best Paper Award (2017) from Industrial Marketing Management, Mobile Marketing Academic of the Year (in 2007 by the Mobile Marketing Association) award, Best Teacher award (2008, 2009 and 2015 by the student union Pörssi, the School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä) and Educator of the Year 2014 award by Oulu Business School Executive Education. Karjaluoto is the leader of the Digital Marketing and Communication (DMC) research group. His research interests include marketing communications, digital marketing, industrial marketing and customer value. Previous publications have appeared in the Business Strategy and the Environment, Computers in Human Behavior, European Journal of Marketing, Electronic Markets, Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Information Management, Internet Research, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Service Management; Journal of Travel Research, Telecommunications Policy, Telematics & Informatics, among others.
