Research associate, Curtin University I am a Research Associate at the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University and part of the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group. My focus is on using state-of-the-art geochemical, mineralogical, and geochronological analytical tools to understand the main drivers shaping our beloved planet. My work covers a diverse suite of geoscientific research questions, ranging from the study of fundamental processes active during early Earth, to more recent earth surface processes and associated climatic changes.
Head of School of Policy and Practice, Co-Director: EQI The Centre for Evaluation Quality and Inspection, DCU Institute of Education, Ireland, Dublin City University Martin Brown is Head of School of Policy and Practice at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University (DCU) and co-director at EQI – The Centre for Evaluation Quality and Inspection, also based at DCU. He is an Expert Evaluator to the European Commission, advisor to the Teaching Council of Ireland and an adjunct faculty member of the Centre for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment at the University of Illinois. He has planned and led evaluations in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Europe and the Middle East; working for, among others, the European Commission, Dept. of Education and Skills (Ireland), the State Education Development Agency (Latvia) and the United Arab Emirates government. He has received two all Island SCOTENS Awards (2018/2020) for outstanding research in Teacher Education and has received the President of DCU Gold medals for Research Impact and Teaching and Learning (2020). In 2021 he also received the President of DCU Gold medal for Civic Engagement.
Professor of Psychological Science, University of Bristol An expert in the science of social connection and interaction, Michael has worked as a social neuroscientist for over ten years, producing over 100 publications that have been featured in many media outlets. He studies affection, communication, emotion, empathy, and touch. He has received awards from the British Psychological Society and the European Society of Cognitive Psychology for outstanding contributions to psychological research.
Researcher, UNSW Sydney I am an environmental geographer and paleoecologist specializing in past wildfires (bushfires) and environmental change. I recieved my PhD from the University of New South Wales and my MA from Seoul National University, South Korea. Prior to starting my research career I was a teacher, a garbageman, a tour bus driver and a full-time cyclist. In my spare time I like to teach, search for treasures in north shore council cleanups, ride my bike and take walks with my wife and son.
Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Media & Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science Maggie Scammell was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE for 11 until 2010, and has continued to be associated with the department since then as a visitor. Before coming to the LSE she was a lecturer at the School of Politics and Communications at the University of Liverpool, and a Research Fellow at Joan Shorenstein Center for Press/Politics, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She took her PhD at the LSE, investigating the Thatcher government's use of marketing and public relations. Before joining the academy, she worked as a journalist for newspapers, magazines and television, writing and researching on a variety of subjects including general elections, gay politics and sport. Maggie's research interests are in political communications, especially political campaigning, media and elections, governments and news management, political marketing and political journalism. Current research projects include populist political communication and its impact on mainstream party communication; and women in politics, focusing on the rise of women to heads of governments around the world.
