Contributors

Kara Dadswell

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Victoria University

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Victoria University Kara has research expertise in physical activity and sport promotion, and increasing the representation of girls and women in leadership roles within the sport sector.

Kate Macdonald

Associate Professor, Political Science, The University of Melbourne

Associate Professor, Political Science, The University of Melbourne I joined the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne in January 2009. Before coming to Melbourne, I did my DPhil in the Department of International Development at Oxford (jointly supervised in the Department of Politics and International Relations), and I worked as a Fellow of Government (Global Politics) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University and a Research Officer at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University. My research focuses on transnational governance and accountability systems, especially in relation to transnational business regulation, and accountability in the international development sector. I have conducted research and consultancy work on these topics for a range of Australian and international organisations including the Forest Stewardship Council, Amnesty International, ActionAid Australia, Oxfam Australia and the UK’s Corporate Responsibility Coalition, and I am currently on the advisory board of the Jubilee Australia Research Foundation.

Kahura Mundia

Lecturer, Medical Law and Ethics, University of Nairobi

Lecturer, Medical Law and Ethics, University of Nairobi Dr Kahura Mundia has more than 10 years of experience in the dental profession, with more than six years of experience in healthcare management, health systems, healthcare legal and labour affairs and policy development. He lectures at the University of Nairobi on medical law and ethics. He currently serves as the deputy national chairperson of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union. Kahura holds an MBA in healthcare from Strathmore Business School, a Master of Dental Surgery in oral and maxillofacial surgery, an LLB from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Nairobi. In his spare time, he practises law at Humphrey & Company Advocates LLP, providing legal assistance in litigation, personal injury claims, health, commercial, labour and tax law.

Kim Hemsley

Head, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Head, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Since establishing the Childhood Dementia Research Group in 2002, Kim has dedicated her research career to the study of, and development of treatments for childhood dementia. Kim presently leads and coordinates a multi-disciplinary team and a comprehensive, innovative translational research program that is seeking to develop tools for predicting the rate of symptom onset and disease progression in the childhood dementia Sanfilippo syndrome, evaluate novel treatments, and provide blood-based biomarkers for monitoring therapeutic efficacy.

Kieran Foster

Assistant Professor in Film and Screen Studies, University of Nottingham

Assistant Professor in Film and Screen Studies, University of Nottingham Dr Kieran Foster is an Assistant Professor in Film and Screen Studies at the University of Nottingham, with his research speciality being the horror genre and unmade films. His monograph, Hammer Goes to Hell, published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023, charts the history of Hammer’s unmade films.

Katie Conlon, Ph.D.

Researcher, Portland State University

Researcher, Portland State University Katie Conlon, Ph.D., is a researcher, storyteller, director, poet, explorer, and peace builder. She is profoundly interested in bridging the social-ecological divide and finding ways for modern society to reconnect with nature, reducing harmful elements such as waste, pollution, and environmental degradation. She is a National Geographic Explorer (2020- ), a Royal Geographical Society Fellow (2024- ), a Fulbright Research Fellow (2018-19), a National Science Foundation Fellow (2014-19), and researcher from Portland State University (USA). Conlon is the Director and Founder of Ecoseva Institute, a US nonprofit that focuses on service for the earth. Currently, she the lead for a National Geographic Explorers project on plastic waste reduction in the Himalayas, and advises for numerous local nonprofits on plastic pollution efforts, too. Her research in the past has been supported through Fulbright; the National Science Foundation; and USFS. Conlon has a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University (her dissertation was on plastic waste issues in the global south) (2014-2020); a Masters in International Peace Studies from Notre Dame (2012-14) (thesis on climate change and peacebuilding); and a BA from the University of San Diego in International Communications and Peace & Justice Studies (2001-2005). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-conlon-a2879bb/