Contributors

Ian McAuley

Ian McAuley's research and teaching interests are in the fields of public sector management and public policy. He has qualifications in Engineering (BE) and Management (Dip Bus Mgt) from the University of Adelaide and public administration (MPA) from the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Iain Macdonald

My research interests are centred on how heritage (traditional handcrafts) and digital practices fuse to form hybrid methods in moving image design. Practice-led research into my own moving image work formed the core of my doctorate research. My work in education has also informed my pedagogic research into internationalisation, the moving image and lens-based media, forming an argument for future directions in art and design practice.

Ioannis Costas Batlle

My research explores the extent to which youth sport programs can meet the needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged young people. I am particularly interested in youth sports programmes delivered by UK charities. As a stand-up comedy enthusiast, I am also interested in exploring how comedy can enhace the dissemination of social science research.

Ian Warwick

Before coming to MMU, I led Social Work and Criminal and Community Justice teams at other universities. I have been a lecturer in mental health for fifteen years. Prior to becoming a lecturer, I spent fourteen years in various roles within the mental health service, in particular as an Approved Mental Health Professional. Thirty years ago I founded (in Sheffield) the first service for male sexual abuse survivors outside London and am a well-respected figure in the survivor community having been a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rape and Sexual Abuse and executive member of The Survivor's Trust. I currently manage the teams delivering social work, social care and social change degrees. I have conducted research into the needs and experiences of male survivors for some time, but have also provided consultancy and published on the mental health needs of asylum seeker children. More recently, I have diversified into other areas of mental health promotion and am working on developing resilience in children which was the main focus of my PhD.

Ian Scoones

Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, and the Director of the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex. He is an agricultural ecologist by original training, and works on the interface between science and environmental, health and agricultural policy, mostly in Africa. Much of his work has focused on land, livelihoods and agrarian change in Zimbabwe (www.zimbabweland.wordpress.com). His recent books include: Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development, Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa and The Politics of Green Transformations. More details at www.ianscoones.net

Ivano Bongiovanni

Ivano is a PhD Candidate for the School of Management at the Queensland University of Technology and a Sessional Academic in Contemporary Strategic Management at the same institution. He also holds affiliation as a Faculty Member at the SDA Bocconi School of Management of "L. Bocconi" University in Milan. His thesis adopts a complex systems approach and examines the organisational vulnerability to Safety and Security Disruptions in Australian airports. With a background in International Relations and Security Management built up in Europe, Ivano has extensive professional and academic experience in the fields of Risk and Crisis Management, Management Consulting and Management of International Organisations.