PhD candidate, University of Oxford Mary is a PhD student at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the five senses in the accounts of the conquest of Chile. She also holds an MPhil in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge, where she specialised in modern Chilean politics.
Adjunct Professor of Humanities, University of New England I taught philosophy from 1966-2005 at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, where I'm also a Professor Emeritus. My special interests are: 19th century European philosophy, existentialism, environmental philosophy, ethics and animals, philosophy of peace, and history of ideas. I've been an Adjunct Professor at the University of New England, Australia, since 2004. I've published 7 books and more then 70 articles on a variety of subjects. My latest book is Fate and Life: Who's Really in Charge? (Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024).
Senior Researcher, University of Notre Dame I am a social demographer with more than experience working on the evaluation of social programs and policy-oriented research, especially in the areas of gender and the care economy, migration, and violence prevention. Most of my work is in Mexico and Central America
Adjunct Lecturer in Sports Law, University of Toronto Marcus is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto where he teaches courses on Global Sports Law and Canadian Sports Law. Marcus is also a lawyer for the Ontario Ministry of Health.
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Dr Pedersen Zari's research seeks to redefine sustainable architecture and urban design through mimicking ecosystems, changing the goals from sustainable to regenerative development, and integrating complex social factors into sustainable architectural design. Her current research explores how understanding ecosystem services can be used to define tangible ecology-based metrics for sustainability assessment in the urban built environment with particular regard to how climate change and continued loss of global biodiversity will affect architecture and communities. Her expertise include: urban climate resilience and adaptation in the Pacific, biophilic design, nature-based solutions, biomimicry, ecosystem services in cities, regenerative design, and urban biodiversity. Her work has been cited more than 700 times in international publications. Pedersen Zari is the author of 'Regenerative Urban Design and Ecosystem Biomimicry', Routledge, 2018, and co-author / editor of 'Ecologies Design: Transforming Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism, Routledge', forthcoming 2020.
Associate Professor of Education, George Mason University Marvin G. Powell, Ph.D. is an associate professor of quantitative methodology in the College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University. He conducts research in the assessment of the psychometric properties of educational and psychological instruments using a range of latent trait analyses including, structural equation modelling and item response theory. He is interested in answering research questions focusing on a critical lens while using QuantCrit and CRQI tools.