Contributors

Mendita A. Ugembe

PhD in the Sustainable Energy Systems project in the Department of Geographic Engineering, Geophysics, and Energy, Science Faculty, Universidade de Lisboa

PhD in the Sustainable Energy Systems project in the Department of Geographic Engineering, Geophysics, and Energy, Science Faculty, Universidade de Lisboa

Mukovhe Masutha

Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg

Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg Dr Masutha has worked as a Policy and Strategy Analyst at Divisions of Economic intelligence in Local and National government departments. He currently holds the positions of Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Science (UJ), Special Advisor in the Ministry in the Presidency on Youth Policy, and Head of Research, Innovation and Partnerships at the Centre for Emerging Researchers, also based at UJ. Dr Masutha holds a BA in Economic Geography, BSc Honours in Cities Planning and Development from Wits University, an MSC in Economic Geography and SMMEs Incubation from UJ and PhD in Policy and Management from the University of Bath (UK). Dr Masutha serves on a number of current and former local and international advisory boards: Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology’s Nurturing Future Scholars Programme (NSP) (South Africa) Member of the Chilean Government’s International Panel of Experts on Free Education Policies and Public Funding Strategies of Higher Education Transnational Advisory Committee of the Black Health Matters Research Project (University of Toronto, Canada) South African Government’s Presidential Youth Working Group (South Africa) Member of the Technical Committee of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Higher Education Funding (South Africa) Academic Advisory Committee of the Climate Action Network for International Educators (CANIE, Australia)

Melanie Zacharias

Postdoctoral researcher in forest genetics, Université Laval

Postdoctoral researcher in forest genetics, Université Laval I studied forestry in Germany for my bachelor and master of science. In my PhD I specialized in forest genetics and investigated treeline populations in Alaska in regard of climate change adaptation. After my PhD I started my postdoctoral research position at the Université Laval, where I research on wood traceability, and future climate suitability of poplars and oaks.

Megan Kurlychek

Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Public Policy, Penn State

Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Public Policy, Penn State Megan Kurlychek is a professor of sociology, criminology and public policy. Her research interests include juvenile justice and delinquency, offender rehabilitation, prisoner reentry, courts and sentencing. Before joining Penn State, Kurlychek was an associate professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York, Albany. Kurlychek holds a Ph.D. in Crime, Law, and Justice from Penn State and an M.S. in Administration Justice from Shippensburg University. She has worked as a research analyst for the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, the National Center for Juvenile Justice and the Pennsylvania State Senate, and retains a major focus on public policy and evaluation research. She has been widely published in academic journals, including Justice Quarterly, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Criminology, and Criminology & Public Policy.

Mary-Claire Ball

PhD student, Developmental Psychology and Education, University of Toronto

PhD student, Developmental Psychology and Education, University of Toronto Mary-Claire Ball is a third year PhD student in the Developmental Psychology and Education program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She holds an MA in linguistics and cognitive science from the University of Delaware and a BS in diplomacy and international relations from Seton Hall University. Mary is interested in children’s literacy development in multilingual contexts, where children are learning to read in a language they may not speak at home. Her current doctoral research explores how disruptions in children’s schooling may affect their second language and literacy development.

Michaela Estelle Okninski

Lecturer of Law, University of Adelaide

Lecturer of Law, University of Adelaide Legal scholar expert in voluntary assisted dying, decision making capacity, medical law and health law