PhD student, Social and Personality Psychology, York University, Canada Kat is currently a PhD student of the Social and Personality Psychology Program at York University and runs Kat Kova Therapy, a group psychotherapy practice in Toronto, ON. She holds a Masters of Science Degree in Couple & Family Therapy Program from the University of Guelph, an Honours BA Degree in Psychology from York University and a Certificate in Sexuality Studies from York University. She is an Associate Member of BESTCO (Board of Examiners of Sex Therapy and Counselling in Ontario). Her research is centred on how romantic partners can maintain relationship and sexual satisfaction, and has been published in the Journal of Sex Research. She has presented her research at The International Association for Relationship Research, The Canadian Psychological Association, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, SEXposium, and gave an award-winning talk on her research at the Canadian Sex Research Forum conference in 2022.
Lecturer in Film Studies, Aberystwyth University My current and ongoing areas of research focus on Welsh film (both Welsh and English language), Welsh film history, contemporary Welsh film, cultural policy and cultural institutions including S4C and the Arts Council of Wales. Current and recent projects include an exploration of location, space and place in Hinterland / Y Gwyll, a study of Welsh language music documentaries, landscape and the concept of the border in the film On the Black Hill (1987), and cultural policy since devolution.
Thomas W. Haas Professor in Sustainable Food Systems, University of New Hampshire Karen A. Spiller is the Thomas W. Haas Professor in Sustainable Food Systems and Affiliate Faculty in the Social Work Department at University of New Hampshire, Durham. Karen is engaged in scholarship on the intersection of disciplines, networks and racial equity across the campus and its surrounding community, extending to higher education partners nationally and internationally. As Principal of KAS Consulting, with a focus on racial equity and intersectionality, Karen works with local, state, regional and national organizations committed to creating equitable public health and sustainable food systems. Involved in state-wide and regional food system work, Karen is a backbone and steering committee member of and the Massachusetts Ambassador serving as lead coordinator of the Ambassador Team for Food Solutions New England (FSNE), a six-state network focused on food system transformation with racial equity at its core. Celebrating its 9th year of national and international participation, Karen co-leads the FSNE’s 21 -Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge designed to “build skill and will” and action to address racial inequities, through a food system lens. Karen serves organizations and their missions in various roles that include board membership of the Boston Food Forest Coalition, Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts, Northeast Organic Farmers Association: Massachusetts Chapter (NOFA/Mass) and American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) and is an Advisory Council member of the Global Council of Science and Environment (GCSE) Leaders’ Alliance. Karen is also a founding member of Southern New England Farmers of Color Collaborative (SNEFCC).
Professor, Infrastructuring Urban Futures, University of Twente Karin Pfeffer is Professor of Infrastructuring Urban Futures and Vice-dean Research at the Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, the Netherlands (NL). She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Physical Geography from Utrecht University in 2003 and worked in the Social Sciences domain at the University of Amsterdam, the NL, prior to her appointment at ITC in 2017. With her team, she investigates how research can engage with, and participate in, the development of new urban planning practices addressing issues of urban sustainability. Key questions are how urban governance actors (state, corporates, citizens, academia) develop, organize and practice access to urban infrastructure and how geo-spatial technologies can enhance the analysis and planning of and access to urban infrastructures balancing sectorial priorities and social goals. She has participated in several Dutch and EU-funded research programmes, e.g. on spatial information infrastructures and spatial knowledge management in India. Her current projects focus, among others, on emerging urbanisation patterns in India, on informal economies and creative industries strategies in Indonesian Kampongs, on access to urban infrastructures or the design and planning of public spaces. She has published in the field of Urban Studies, Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation; has been Co-Editor of the book Geographies of Urban Governance; and Guest Editor of the Special Issues of Geo-Information and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Remote Sensing-Based Urban Planning Indicators. She coordinators the faculty-wide course on Global challenges, local action.
PhD candidate, CQUniversity Australia Karen Luke is a PhD candidate researching the relationship between horse welfare and rider safety. She has expertise in ridden horse behaviour, ridden horse welfare and human behaviour change. Her research has shown that rider safety can be improved through improving horse welfare. She has also developed a novel approach to horse welfare and training based on systems thinking. Karen works on education and horse welfare policy with organisations such as Pony Club Australia.
Senior research associate, Queensland University of Technology Kim is a Senior Research Associate with the Digital Media Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. She explores the complex relationship between digital and social inclusion focusing on the role of social infrastructure and informal education in improving digital literacies and wellbeing. Kim is currently researching how low-income families access and use technology for education and parenting as part of their everyday lives. Kim’s background is in communications and policy for the voluntary sector in the UK and Australia.
