Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Griffith University I am a Senior Lecturer in Sport Management within the Griffith Business School's (GBS) Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management (THS), and the Discipline Advisor for the Sport Management group. My research is centred around understanding how sport consumption can be leveraged to produce positive outcomes for sport organisations and individuals. From the organisation perspective, I am interested in exploring how sport brands (at the event, league, team and athlete levels) can build brands which connect meaningfully with consumers. From the consumer perspective, I am passionate about unlocking the power of sport to reduce social loneliness and isolation, and understanding the role of sport consumption in enhancing mental health and well-being. I firmly believe that sport - from grassroots up to large-scale mega-events - can have a transformative impact on communities and individuals, when these outcomes are purposefully pursued.
Faculty of Health Research Associate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington I am a registered Occupational Therapist, Clinical Team Leader and Research Associate. I have worked in youth mental health in Ireland and Aotearoa for 8 years. I am a Research Associate at the Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka. I received a Career Development Award from the Health Research Council to complete a research project titled; "To what extent is trauma-informed care implemented in practice, policies and models of care in Oranga Tamariki Care and Protection residences?" My research focuses on how the mental health needs of young people in Oranga Tamariki care and protection system are understood and supported from a trauma-informed systemic perspective. My clinical, leadership and research work is driven by my passion for supporting youth and communities who have experienced psychological trauma and advocating for a shift towards culturally safe, trauma-informed care in healthcare and State Care systems.
Research Assistant Professor of Law, University of Virginia John Martin's research focuses on election law, primarily campaign finance law and election administration. He is interested in whether and to what extent such laws advance democracy on the federal, state, and local levels.
Director of Programs, Congo Research Group, Center on International Cooperation, New York University Joshua Z. Walker is the director, Congo Research Group at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation. He has been working in and researching the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2004. Before joining CIC, he was a research associate at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has also worked for The Carter Center and the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC. His research on politics, economy, and culture in the DRC sits at the intersection of academic knowledge and policymaking. It has included work on extractive economies and their social effects, public culture, and conflict and politics in the DRC. Walker holds a PhD in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Chicago, a Master’s degree in anthropology and development from the London School of Economics, and a BA in political science from McGill University.
Assistant Professor, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University Jason Stearns is a political scientist interested in dynamics of violence and other forms of social mobilization in Africa, with a particular focus on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This research has also led him to scrutinize the impact––or lack thereof––of UN peacekeeping, international advocacy, and humanitarian relief operations on armed conflict. Since 2001, Jason has been focused on better understanding the factors contributing to armed conflict in the Congo. He has worked for Héritiers de la Justice, a Congolese human rights organization, the International Crisis Group, the Rift Valley Institute, the United Nations peacekeeping mission, and Yale University. In 2008, he was coordinator on the United Nations Group of Experts on the DR Congo. In 2010, he published Dancing in the Glory of Monster: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa (Public Affairs), a narrative history of the Congolese wars between 1996 and 2006. He is currently finalizing another book on conflict dynamics since 2006, to be published by Princeton University Press in 2020. In 2014, Jason founded the Congo Research Group, which has been based since then at New York University's Center on International Cooperation. CRG's mandate is to conduct investigative research into armed conflict in the Congo, to promote Congolese voices in debates around their country, and to render Congolese and foreign policy on the conflict more accountable and transparent. CRG has published over a dozen reports, including investigations into massacres in Beni territory and the Kasai region, an examination of the assets and investments of Joseph Kabila's family, and a series of nationwide political opinion polls. CRG also co-manages with Human Rights Watch the Kivu Security Tracker, a website that plots violent incidents in North and South Kivu provinces. Jason sees contentious politics––ranging from armed rebellions to youth movements––as closely tied to the broader social, economic, and political trends in society. He is currently researching how recent transformations in sub-Saharan African countries have changed the way citizens mobilize. For example, he is interested in understanding how dramatic urbanization, the privatization of the state, the rise of China, and oscillation in foreign aid have affected the forms and patterns of contentious politics––both peaceful and violent––that we can see on the continent. Jason sees the role of ideology and culture as vital to these dynamics and is examining how the end of the Cold War has shifted how citizens articulate their vision of a just society. Areas of specialization: Africa Civil war Civil society and social movements Human rights and humanitarianism International relations and international organization Security studies
Professor of Social Policy, University of York Jonathan Bradshaw took his first degree at Trinity College Dublin and came to the University of York in 1967. He obtained an MPhil in social administration in 1969 and a DPhil in 1978. He was appointed a research fellow in 1968 and lecturer in 1969. He was founding Director of the Social Policy Research Unit from 1973 to 1987 and served two terms as Head of Department 1988-1994 and 2003-2007. He also served as Director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences 1994-1998. He was appointed Academician of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 1996, Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for services to child poverty and Fellow of the British Academy in 2010. In 2011 he was made Doctor of the University of Turku, Finland (honoris causa). Areas of expertise Social security policy Family policy Poverty and living standards Comparative social policy Demography and social policy Well-being of children
