Associate Researcher in Climate Change and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand Katrina Lehmann-Grube is a PhD student under the SARChI Chair on the Sociology of Land, Environment and Sustainable Development. Her dissertation is titled ‘Renewable energy, land use change, and new geographies in South Africa: a case study of REIPPPP’. This project seeks to explore the ways in which renewable energy is reconfiguring land and spatial relations in South Africa. Katrina is also a Researcher on Climate Change and Inequality at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS) at the University of Witwatersrand. She holds a BSc in Applied Biology, Ecology and Evolution from the UCT, and a MSc in Environment, Politics and Development from SOAS.
Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne Karen M Thompson is a Senior Research Data Specialist with a passion for data organisation, communication, and working at the intersection of data and cultural collections. She was an actuary for more than two decades, has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2006) and a Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation (2019). Karen is a Khipu Field Guide Affiliate https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5498-0556
Lecturer in International Studies, Indiana University My research focuses on the intersection of social movements and media, especially social media, and debates over women's rights. I study this comparatively, and have published research on social movement organizations working across Ireland, Canada, and the United States.
Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder Katie Spoon is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in computer science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is also pursuing a master degree’s in education policy. Her research uses data science to investigate social inequalities at scale — in scientific careers, education, politics and healthcare. She is currently a data science fellow at the U.S. Census Bureau. Previously, she worked as a research engineer at IBM Research, and studied computer science at Indiana University, where she developed an early-warning system to detect dyslexia.
PhD Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Curtin University I graduated from Curtin in 2021 with a Bachelor of Engineering - first class honours. In the same year I began a PhD in aerospace engineering with the Binar Space Program. I have worked with them as both a student and a professional engineer until the present, primarily working on systems engineering, and dynamic modelling and control. I am set to finish my PhD in the first half of 2025.
PhD Candidate in Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney Kate Scott is a PhD candidate in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. Her current research focuses on deradicalisation within the manosphere, specifically examining the processes that enable or hinder individuals in disengaging from extreme Red Pill Communities. She is interested in the intersection of violent extremism, radicalisation, and gender within digital spaces. Prior to their doctoral studies, Kate completed their honours at the University of Sydney, focusing on online hate speech, U.S. security, and reproductive rights.
