Lecturer, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University Dr Natalie Lazaroo is a Lecturer in Education (Drama) at Griffith University, where her research interests lie in cultural citizenship, socially engaged performance, arts-based research, and decentring/decolonising methodologies. Natalie has received grants for her work into the arts and cultural citizenship with disadvantaged young people in Singapore, where she has been involved in a long-term and ongoing collaboration. Along with Dr Tanja Beer and Dr Linda Hassall, Natalie is a co-director of the Performance + Ecology Research Lab (P+ERL), which explores the intersections between creative practice and ecological ways of being, knowing, and doing.
Research associate in environmental governance, Cardiff University My expertise is in environmental planning and the environmental governance of sustainability transitions in the waste, resources and energy sectors (specifically the 'circular economy'). I am particularly interested in the role of space, place, networked power relations, health, innovation and environmental justice in the governance of normative shifts towards sustainability. My research activity covers the delivery of new infrastructure via the planning system (e.g. energy-from-waste facilities and biomass energy plants). I currently maintain contact with several communities in England and Wales where such infrastructure has been (or is being) located. This includes Barry in South Wales where I am currently working on ESRC-funded research into citizen science.
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Thompson Rivers University Nancy Southin is an Associate Professor at the Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University, where she teaches a variety of supply chain management courses. Her significant experience as a supply chain manager inspires her to pass on the importance of good supply chain management practices to students. Nancy’s research interests include responsible supply chains, and teaching innovations. She received her PhD from the University of Calgary. Education - PhD (Management with Specialization in Operations Management) - Masters of Business Administration (University of Calgary) - Bachelor of Commerce (Entrepreneurial Management) (Royal Roads University) - Diploma of Technology (Operations Management) (BC Institute of Technology)
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Newcastle University My research interests are as follows: Banking: risk management, regulation & supervision, market structure & competition, efficiency & productivity analysis. Financial accounting: transparency, disclosure, data manipulation, fraud. Finance: financial engineering, securitisation, financial derivatives, off-balance-sheet leverage, hedging, speculation, Fintech, alternative finance, innovation. Financial stability: systemic risk, procyclicality, liquidity, contagion, compliance. Monetary economics: monetary policy transmission, quantitative easing, interest rates and economic growth, bank stress tests. Corporate finance: earnings management, corporate governance, corporate culture, reputational risk. I have conducted a number of research projects individually and in collaboration with scholars from UK Universities and also from abroad, and have developed a broad research network. My research has been published in a number of highly-ranked (ABS 3*) academic journals (Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Financial Stability; Journal of Financial Services Research; Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments; Business Strategy and the Environment; Economics Letters; European Journal of Finance, etc.). I have presented my studies in numerous international conferences and other high-impact events. In this context, I have received several awards and distinctions for my research. I have worked at the Business School of Bournemouth University as a Senior Lecturer (Research) in Accounting and Finance. Before joining BU, I was working as Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Sussex. Furthermore, I hold the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Luxembourg and also various academic positions at the University of Glasgow, University of Bath, and University of Essex. In the recent past, I have held visiting academic positions at Stern School of Business at New York University, the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois, and the Department of Banking and Finance at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
Marie Curie Fellow, Utrecht University Dr. Niels C.M. Martens is a philosopher of physics, astronomy & cosmology. Currently a Marie Curie PostDoc at Utrecht University, he will soon start as University Lecturer, with a 5-year ERC project on the tenability of the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter in the context of astronomy and cosmology (e.g. dark matter, dark energy, black holes). His experience with the social epistemology of scientific collaborations stems from leading the Collaborations Focus Group of the History Philosophy Culture (HPC) Working Group of the Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (ngEHT), as well as being a former PostDoc in the Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider Research Unit. Dr. Martens has published extensively on the interpretation of physical quantities and symmetries in physics.
