Professor of Economics, Kingston University Michela Vecchi is Professor of Economics at Kingston University. Her main areas of research are skills, productivity, technical change and wellbeing. Currently, she is working on an analysis of green skills for the net-zero transition in London, on the skill mismatch among UK graduates, and on the relation between dance, wellbeing and productivity in the workplace. Michela is member of the Royal Economic Society, and she is the programme deputy chair for the 2024 Royal Economic Society Conference. Before joining Kingston, Michela worked at Middlesex University, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Stirling University and Glasgow University. Michela has also worked in cooperation with the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). She is visiting fellow at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan I completed my doctorate degree in Philosophy, Mass Communications, at Carleton University in 2008. At the time, I was employed full time as a policy analyst / advisor in the Library of Parliament working for finance and fiscal-policy related related committees : - Senate Banking - House of Commons Finance Committee - House of Commons Public Accounts Committee). I subsequently worked for the Department of Finance on consumer issues and later still, joined the Canadian Credit Union Association as their lead policy advisor / analyst. While I have taught as a sessional lecturer, my formal academic career only really began this fall, in 2018. Prior to working for government, I worked at a fiscal policy think tank in the United States (Levy Economics Institute) and prior to that, was a bond and stock market reporter for Bloomberg Business News. In addition to my PhD, I have a masters' degree in economics.
Lecturer in Operations Management Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Liverpool Matthew Tickle is a Lecturer in Operations Management at the University of Liverpool. He holds a BSc and a PhD in Operations Management, both from the University of Liverpool. His PhD thesis created a framework for building and managing business-to-business virtual communities. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy as well as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. Matthew is the Director of Studies for the MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management and teaches both on campus and online. Matthew’s research interests include Operations and Supply Chain Management, in particular Humanitarian Supply Chains, Quality management, and e-business tools and technologies. He has published in journals such as Technovation, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Production Planning and Control, and the International Journal of Logistics – Research and Applications. He has also been involved in ERDF, FP6 (PRO-INNO Europe), and KTP research projects. Prior to his Academic appointment, Matthew worked as a project manager in the software development industry.
Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University London Michael Koch is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London He previously worked at the University of Kent, Swansea University and EMLYON Business School. Before entering academia, Michael was employed as a consultant at the Human Capital Group of Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson), a leading HR consultancy. During his tenure with Towers Perrin, Michael provided consultancy services in a range of HR-related areas, including Rewards Management, Incentive Design, Performance Management, Job Structures and Grading, and HR Strategy. Michael received a Master's degree in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and holds a PhD in Management jointly awarded by EMLYON Business School and the University of Geneva.
Head of Young People's Health Research, Burnet Institute Megan Lim is the Deputy Program Director (Behaviours and Health Risks) and Head of Young People’s Health Research at the Burnet Institute. Her research focuses on the impact of digital technologies on young people’s health and wellbeing.
Lecturer, Literature and Creative Writing, Macquarie University Michelle has taught literature and creative writing at Macquarie University since 2008. She's had articles and writing published in both international (Parallax & Antipodes) and Australian journals (Southerly, Meanjin, Cordite and Island). She has worked as editor at the literary journals, Southerly and Mascara. Her area of expertise is Algerian politics and history and she travels regularly to Algeria. She also co-hosts the English Department's podcast, From the Lighthouse:https://www.fromthelighthouse.org/
