Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder Liam Courtney-Davies is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He completed a MSci degree in Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2015 and Ph.D. in geochronology and economic geology at the University of Adelaide, South Australia in 2020. During a postdoctoral position at Curtin University, Western Australia, his team developed understanding of how giant iron ore deposits formed across the continent using state-of-the-art nanoscale and radioisotopic techniques. His current research focuses on geochronology method development and Snowball Earth research.
Professor of Modern History, University of Essex I am a historian of modern Britain, who works on the experience and memory of the two World Wars. My research has included studies of the ways that both wars are remembered in Britain (and what gets forgotten) such as 'War and the British' (1998 and 2023) and studies of the experience of war (Dying for the Nation, 2020). My interest in the social and cultural history of war was shaped by my grandparent's stories of life in wartime London and Coventry and I enjoy finding untold stories and working with students and colleagues to explore the uses that the memory of war is out to in modern Britain.
Research Fellow, Humboldt University of Berlin I'm a research fellow in classics at Humboldt University of Berlin working on my second book on Aristotle's Poetics, and the author of "Muthos: Aristotle's Concept of Narrative and the Fragments of Old Comedy" (V&R, 2021). As a writer and director, I recently completed my third independent feature film "Night to be Gone", released earlier this year, and am currently in pre-production on "F for Fittko", about my German family's work in the resistance during the war.
Postdoctoral Research Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science Laura Serra is a Research Officer at the Electoral Psychology Observatory at the LSE. Laura’s research focuses on how demographic characteristics, particurlarly age and generations, affect political behaviour and attitudes. Before joining the EPO, Laura was a Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she also completed her PhD in Political Science. Her doctoral research examined the age-gap in British partisanship through the perspective of intergenerational value change, the expansion of higher education, the effect of targeted partisan appeals, and the increasingly delayed transition into adulthood.
Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology I am a Research Fellow at the New Zealand Work Research Institute (NZWRI, AUT). I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University. My field is labour economics, with a primary focus on inequality and discrimination, particularly in the context of women's and LGBTQ+ rights. My research examines how social norms, cultural dynamics, and policy landscapes shape intrahousehold bargaining and labour supply choices. My proficiencies encompass the skillful handling of micro-level household and personal data, adept application of quantitative econometric methodologies, and versatile programming proficiency across multiple languages and computing paradigms.
