Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Dayton Li-Yin Liu received her B.A. in Public Management and Policy and MPA from Tunghai University in Taiwan. She then received her Ph.D. degree in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, where her first field was Public Administration with specialization in public policy and nonprofit management. Liu’s research interests are centered around science-intensive public policies, including environmental sustainability and COVID-19 policies. Her current research focuses on environmental nonprofit organizations’ influence in policy-making and citizen engagement in environmental policy implementation. In light of the COVID-19 public health crisis, she also participates in several collaborative research teams, examining the institutional determinants of COVID-19 policy configurations and the Taiwanese government's comprehensive response to COVID-19. In addition to her primary research interests, Liu is also committed to advancing gender equity through her collaborative projects. She has been recognized for this focus and was selected as a Gender Equity Research Fellow for the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Dayton. Liu’s teaching interests are in advanced/introductory public administration theory, public policy, nonprofit management, research methods, program evaluation and environmental governance and policy. Prior to joining the University of Dayton, Liu was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University, and she worked for the Legislative Yuan (Congress) and non-governmental organizations in Taiwan before moving to the United States.
Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Professor Booth holds the CIT chair in structured finance at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto where he was also the finance area co-ordinator for almost 21 years. His major research interests are in corporate finance and the behaviour of regulated industries. He teaches corporate finance and asset allocation in Rotman’s graduate programmes and in 2003 was awarded the Financial Post’s Leader in Management Education Award.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney Liyana Kayali is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Palestinian Women and Popular Resistance: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Strategies.
Professor, Computer Science, University of Waterloo Lila Kari is Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She received her M.Sc. in 1987 from the University of Bucharest, Romania, and her Ph.D. in 1991 for her thesis "On Insertions and Deletions in Formal Languages", for which she received the Rolf Nevanlinna doctoral thesis award for the best doctoral thesis in mathematics thesis in Finland. Author of more than 250 peer reviewed articles, Professor Kari is a recognized expert in the area of biomolecular computation, that is using biological, chemical and other natural systems to perform computations. In 2015 she received the Rozenberg Tulip Award for the DNA Computer Scientist of the Year, awarded at the 21st International conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, Harvard University, USA, award that recognizes a prominent scientist who has shown continuous contributions, pioneering, original contributions, and who has influenced the development of the field. Her current research focusses on comparative genomics, biodiversity informatics, as well as theoretical aspects of bioinformation and biocomputation.
Junior Lecturer in Mercantile Law, Stellenbosch University I am a sports lawyer and an admitted attorney. My interest lies in "Image Rights "and recently I obtained my LL.D at the University of Stellenbosch which focused on this topic. I also completed my LL.M and my undergraduate education (B.Acc.LLB) at the University of Stellenbosch and currently I am a junior lecturer in the Mercantile Law Department at the University
Lecturer of Health Psychology, Queen's University Belfast I am a Lecturer in Health Psychology in the Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life (CIHRQoL), in the School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). My research interests are broadly in the assessment and management of psychological wellbeing and quality of life in chronic conditions. In particular I am interested in psychological adjustment and quality of life in cancer and palliative and end of life care populations, including intervention development (e.g. music therapy, mindfulness, ACT) and validation and implementation of outcome measures. I am also interested in public health approaches to palliative and end of life care.
