Research Fellow in Early Modern History, University of Oxford I am an early modern historian with research interests in the history of science, religion, and scholarship in Europe. I am currently a Fellow by Examination (Prize Fellow) at Magdalen College. Research Interests I am currently working on three projects. The first examines the history of the idea of the soul in early modern England, focusing particularly on the development of the heterodox view that humans did not possess immortal souls. The early modern debate over this issue was an interdisciplinary one: it involved religion, medicine, and natural philosophy, but also historical scholarship. Building on this work, I am also writing a ‘biography’ of William Warburton’s classic Divine Legation of Moses (1738-41), a book about the biblical Hebrews’ belief in immortality that despite being a highly technical work of scholarship became a public sensation in the mid-eighteenth century. Another key interest is the history of astrology in the early modern world. I’m writing about the process by which astrology, once a vibrant aspect of cultural and intellectual life, came to be rejected as a superstition outside the bounds of science – a huge shift that remains a major puzzle in the history of science. My main interest is the contribution of late humanist scholarship to this shift and to ‘disenchantment’ more broadly. I'm also particularly interested in the evidence provided by student disputations in universities. In 2021, I organised (with Jan Machielsen and Robin Briggs) an interdisciplinary conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of Sir Keith Thomas’s Religion and the Decline of Magic (1971), which was supported by the Past & Present Society; recordings of the event can be found here. I’m also interested in the fact that the marginalization of astrology was a pan-European as well as a global phenomenon – in that it was also felt in European colonies around the world – and I am in the early stages of working on the marginalisation of astrology in New Spain. I’m also interested in the history of epidemics. I have written about the role played by astrologers in early modern ‘public health’, and I recently curated an exhibition on the history of epidemics at Magdalen in the College’s Old Library, which ran from February to July 2023. The online version of the exhibition can be accessed here. With the anthropologist David Zeitlyn, I am curating a major exhibition at the Bodleian Library on divination and astrology across the world and throughout history. More information here.
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff University My research looks at relationships between organizations. I’m concerned with groups of organizations that come together to work on a particular project. These alliances are never straight forward and may need help to get to the main goals of the project. Contracts coordinate some of the effort in these circumstances but what particularly interests me is what happens in those areas where the contract either doesn’t apply or doesn’t work. Creative endeavours and collaborative solution building are examples of this and are an increasing feature of our working world. Getting this right is essential for successful project outcomes and this is never more important than when organizations come together to solve human impact issues. Achieving net zero in aviation and even zero emissions - true zero – is possible with successful collaboration. Getting there requires a good understanding of the different agendas and obligations of an enormous range of organizations many of which don’t currently operate in the aviation sector. This is what I’ve been working on with colleagues in Australia and the UK. Jet zero councils and taskforces are the first step up a steep hill. They are unique in having the capacity and authority to push up the incline. My work in sectors such as construction has shown that building good will between the varied organizations and having a common goal can drive success. Carbon abatement in the aviation sector is a pretty compelling goal to rally around. I hold a PhD, MPhil, MSc and a BSc. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
Profesora contratada doctora de la Facultad de Educación de Bilbao, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Lcda. en Filología Hispánica (UPV/EHU), Máster en Lingüística Aplicada (Universidad Antonio de Nebrija) y en Formación del Profesorado (Universidad de Deusto) y Doctora Internacional en Innovación educativa y aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida (Universidad de Deusto - 2016). En la actualidad, es parte del Departamento de Didáctica de la Lengua y de la Literatura de la Facultad de Educación de Bilbao (UPV/EHU) donde imparte clases en los Grados de Educación Primaria e Infantil. Está especializada en la formación continua del profesorado de lenguas y ha participado como ponente en congresos internacionales en torno a la innovación educativa. Asimismo, ha realizado estancias en diversas universidades internacionales (Holanda, Emiratos Árabes, EEUU, etc.).
Postdoctoral Researcher in Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology I graduated Monash University with a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Science. Following this, I went on to complete a PhD in Astrophysics at Swinburne University of Technology. Since then, I've been working as a postdoctoral researcher for OzGrav and Swinburne University. My scientific background specialises in pulsar timing array science. This science uses pulsars, regularly rotating neutron stars that hit the Earth with beams of radio waves, as very precise natural clocks. By doing this, we can look for distinct patterns in how space and time are changing across the entire galaxy - in effect creating a cosmic scale gravitational wave detector. The gravitational waves that this kind of detector would be sensitive to are those emitted by inspiralling supermassive black holes, the behemoths of our Universe that reside at the centres of galaxies and are billions of times heavier than our Sun.
Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Marcelo's research interests include administrative law (in particular, the nature and calibration of deference in substantive judicial review proceedings) and all aspects of the legal status of non-human animals and the regulation of our relationship with them.
Assistant Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education, Mount Royal University Marty has a passion for decolonization, diversity, inclusivity, and equity and teaches courses that use historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives to examine health, physical activity, physical literacy, and sport. His main research interests are in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) and the critical study of hockey in Canada.
