Contributors

Melanie Mark-Shadbolt

Environmental sociologist, Indigenous Knowledge

Environmental sociologist, Indigenous Knowledge Melanie is of Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. She is an indigenous environmental sociologist, passionate about the environment, indigenous rights and the empowerment of communities to manage their own resources.

Marcus Rongowhitiao Shadbolt

Policy Analyst, Indigenous Knowledge

Policy Analyst, Indigenous Knowledge Marcus (He/him) has a Bachelor of Science Majoring in Biological sciences and Philosophy from the University of Canterbury, a Post-graduate Diploma in Applied Science from Lincoln University, and is currently working on his Thesis at the University of Canterbury in seed banking methods and cultural protocols for seed banking. Marcus-Rongowhitiao has a keen interest in using both traditional scientific practices, as well as mātauranga Māori research practices. He has experience working alongside Kaumātua across the country as well as researchers across New Zealand Universities and Research agencies in the biosecurity, language and wider science space.

Marie McEntee

Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Marie McEntee is a social scientist in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland with research interests in science / society interactions particularly relating to complex socio-environmental issues. She engages in transdisciplinary research focusing on public engagement in science, science communication, and science innovation. She has a particular interest in biosecurity and in particular forest biosecurity and invasive predator management.

Martin Danahay

Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University

Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University I am a Professor of English at Brock University. My most recent book was "War Without Bodies: Framing Death from the Crimean to the Iraq War" (Rutgers University Press, 2022) I am particularly interested in images of war and how they implicitly make war both justified and acceptable for a general public. I have also published books and articles on Victorian history and culture and contemporary versions of the Victorian like steampunk. I work in Victorian and neo-Victorian studies.

Mark Robinson

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Dr Mark Robinson is an evaluation and public health specialist in the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Queensland. Mark has extensive experience leading large scale research and evaluation projects in the public health sector in Scotland, and his work has directly informed national policy and legislation. In his previous role as a Public Health Intelligence Principal at NHS Health Scotland (the national public health improvement agency in Scotland) he led numerous projects to better understand the health of Scotland’s population and the factors that influence it.

Michal Horný

Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst

Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst As a quantitative health services researcher and a health economist, I study the factors that influence patients’ exposure to the cost of their care and how that impacts their financial outcomes, use of care, and health. The main goal of my research is to improve the affordability of care and health equity. My areas of interest include health insurance benefit design, health care price transparency initiatives, medical billing practices, and health care cost uncertainty. My recent work examines the inequities in the administrative burdens due to medical billing errors, the financial risk that patients bear due to the unpredictability of the service composition of planned health care episodes, and the affordability challenges stemming from the temporal concentration of medical out-of-pocket costs. Most of my research relies on data from large health care claims databases and patient surveys.