Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex Lawrence Ezrow is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. His research interests include elections, parties’ election strategies, and European Politics. He has served as Head of the Department of Government (2016-19), and he has published articles in journals including the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics.
Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool I am a Senior Lecturer (Junior Associate Professor) in the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool. I joined the Department as a Lecturer in Politics in September 2019. Before moving to Liverpool, I was a Juan de la Cierva-formación Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science and Public Law at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and part of the DEC research group. Previously, I was a researcher in the ERC-funded ResponsiveGov Project at the School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester, where I obtained my PhD with a dissertation investigating the effects of electoral incentives on government responsiveness to public opinion. I hold an MA (Florence) and a BA (Cagliari) in Political Science. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My research is largely based on quantitative data and I am interested to explore the following research areas and questions: - Mental health and politics (e.g., how do mental health problems - such as depression, anxiety and stress - influence political perceptions, attitudes, behaviours and decision-making? How does politics affect people's mental health? What are the determinants of policy attention and policy change on mental health?) - Public opinion and public policy (e.g., to what public opinion signals does policy respond? To what extent do factors such as electoral incentives condition the opinion-policy link? What are the consequences of government (non)responsiveness?) - Mass-elite linkages (e.g., what are the causes and consequences of voters' perceptions of parties' policy positions? Do voters punish and reward parties for what they say or what they do?)
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Lisa De Bortoli is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research. Lisa De Bortoli is the National Project Manager for Australia for the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which examines reading, mathematics and science of 15-year-old students.
Senior Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Dr Lei Liu, also known as 'Ben', completed his PhD on 'Phytochemical and Pharmacological Perspectives of Wheat Grain and Lupin Seed' in 2010. Currently, Dr Liu is a senior research fellow at Southern Cross University, Australia. He has a wide research interest in biologically active phytochemicals. Dr Liu has proven expertise in the isolation, identification and quantification of bioactive metabolites. He has studied cereal grain quality, starch digestion, lipidomics, cotton, coffee, macadamia, seaweed, Australian native plants, Chinese traditional medicine and natural pesticides. Dr Liu has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr Liu has devoted himself to studying health-promoting functional food, nutraceuticals, and environmentally sustainable agriculture. He has worked with several local farmers to identify possible ways to add value to their products. Dr Liu has supervised 10 PhD, 2 Masters and 3 honours to completion. He is currently supervising 4 PhD and 1 Masters students. He is aiming to train all his students to be careful observers, critical thinkers and more independent researchers. Dr Liu has also developed an undergraduate unit "Analysis of Food and Natural Products" in 2022. He has been teaching that unit and several other undergraduate units at Southern Cross University. Dr Liu currently serves as the Deputy Director of Higher Degree Research Training (HDRT) for the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University. This role is dedicated to managing and facilitating the PhD and Master by Thesis programs within his Faculty.
PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Hello! I am a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. I am most interested in projections of climate and climate extremes after net zero.
Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Sydney Dr Léa Vuong is a senior lecturer and current Chair of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Sydney. She works primarily on modern and contemporary French art and literature. She co-edited a recent issue of Word & Image on Louise Bourgeois’s archives. Her book Louise Bourgeois: The artist as writer will be published by Penn State University Press in 2025.
