Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick I am an Assistant Professor at the Warwick Business School and a Research Associate at the Research Centre on Micro-Social Change. I received my PhD in Economics from the Institute for Social and Economic Research. I previously worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Essex , a Senior Researcher at The Education Policy Institute and held a visiting position at the ifo Institute. My research agenda can broadly fit into three categories: Teachers and Teacher Labour Markets, Education Inequalities and Survey Methods.
Research assistant, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Juan Armando Torres Munguía holds a PhD Applied Statistics and Empirical Methods from the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, a Master in Applied Statistics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, and a Bachelor in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. His expertise focuses on the use of regression models for high-dimensional data.
Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Portsmouth Awards and Positions of Responsibility Having completed my academic stage of legal training at the College of Law Guildford I joined Portsmouth Business School to lead the development of its Intellectual Property Law curriculum at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I am member of the European Intellectual Property Teachers' Network and sit on the UK Intellectual Property Offices' Universities Working Group. I have provided extensive mentoring to student and graduate startups through my award winning IP Clinic scheme. I have also helped the University secure over £100,000 in external grant funding and supervised research in the field of intellectual property up to PhD level. In recognition of my outputs I have received an outstanding achievement award from the University Vice-Chancellor.. Curriculum Leadership I am the academic lead for the University's Intellectual Property Law programmes. I have also held other senior positions at the University including Course Director for the Postgraduate Law and the Non-Executive Director Training Programmes. I have also led the University Business School's widening participation efforts. Research Interests Experienced Principal Investigator on Externally Funded Projects with Impact I have helped the University secure over £100,000 in external grant funding principally from the UK Intellectual Property Office. £30,000 for an IP Clinic for students and graduates entrepreneurs. £75,000 for the Creation of a knowledge exchange campus between the universities of Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Southampton as a means of assisting regional SMEs exploit their intellectual property. £30,000 shortlisted bid in response to an invitation to tender for the IP Enforcement Landscape Review. Experienced Research Supervisor I have supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and projects in the field of intellectual property as well as supervised PhDs. To date I have supervised three PhD students to completion. Publications and Conferences I was recently awarded the Harts Publishing Best Presentation Prize for my conference paper at the 10th Anniversary European Intellectual Property Teachers' Network Conference at the University of Lund, Sweden. My paper examined the use of social media to educate student entrepreneurs about the importance of IP to their startups. I have had a paper accepted for publication by the Nottingham Law Journal. This paper examines what Dutch and British universities are currently doing to embed intellectual property education in their respective curricula and whether the changing nature of their roles in society, has helped or hindered these universities in their ability to deliver intellectual property education in the form that their student communities desire.
Adjunct Professor (Industry), University of Technology Sydney John is a sustainability and communications professional across diverse industries with a focus on product stewardship, the circular economy and extended producer responsibility. He is a director of the Australian Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence, an adjunct professor with the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS, and co-founder of the Ewaste Watch Institute. His early work on circular design and cradle-to-cradle thinking represents a pioneering phase with RMIT’s Centre for Design team. John’s policy, stewardship and circular design projects cover appliances, automotive, electronics, office furniture, floor coverings, textiles and plastic products used in the healthcare sector. He served as Executive Director of Product Stewardship Australia from 2006 to 2011 advising global consumer electronics brands in the development of Commonwealth product stewardship legislation and the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. John was also the Associate Director of the European Union-funded ‘EcoSmart Design Program’ based in Ireland. He has worked in Australia, New Zealand, India and Northern Ireland, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia. John is also a member of the Ministerial Advisory Group on the Circular Economy recently established by the Australian Government through the Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP. Master of Arts (Environmental Design), RMIT University, 2004 Bachelor of Social Science (Socio-Environmental Assessment and Policy), RMIT University, 1988 Graduate Diploma (Media Studies), Deakin University, 2001.
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney Joshua W. Pate, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy. His research focus is on a child’s concept of pain; Josh is fascinated by how re-conceptualizing pain according to contemporary science may change the way pain is treated. As part of his PhD he developed the Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI) and he is now working on developing and testing educational resources. Josh worked with TED-Ed to make two online animations with millions of views, he co-founded a pain science interview platform (‘One Thing’), and he authored the Zoe and Zak’s Pain Hacks series of children’s books each targeting a learning outcome for pain science education. Josh is on the Scientific Program Committee for the Australian Pain Society and he has been an invited speaker at several international scientific conferences. He dreams of generational conceptual and behaviour change regarding the complexity of pain.
PhD Candidate in Sociology, Rice University Julia Szabo is a PhD candidate in sociology at Rice University and a former middle school teacher. Her research examines how lived experiences, structural inequality, and spatial contexts influence schooling decisions.
