Ph.D. Candidate in Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University I am Niyazi Arslan, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Speech and Hearing Science program at Arizona State University. I am currently conducting research in the Auditory Implant Laboratory directed by Dr. Xin Luo. I have a sincere interest in the technological applications of hearing science, in particular with cochlear implants (CIs). Making a positive impact on people with hearing loss is the source of my deep motivation for research in this field. https://niyaziarslan.carrd.co/#
Research Scholar in Climate Economics, Columbia University Noah Kaufman is an economist who has worked on energy and climate change policy in both the public and private sectors. Under President Biden, he served as a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Under President Obama, Noah served as the Deputy Associate Director of Energy & Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. At World Resource Institute, Noah led projects on carbon pricing, the economic impacts of climate policies, and long-term decarbonization strategies. Previously, he was a Senior Consultant in the Environment Practice of NERA Economic Consulting. Noah received his BS in economics from Duke University, and his PhD and MS in economics from the University of Texas at Austin, where his dissertation examined optimal policy responses to climate change.
I am interested in a range of conservation and animal welfare issues. Through my research, I seek to obtain the data needed to inform practical solutions that reduce the suffering of wild animals and protect wild populations. Since 2004, I have led biodiversity surveys throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and Central America that have generated baseline ecological data for a range of different taxa in previously unexplored areas. These field surveys led to the discovery of six new species and also secured the first wild photographic evidence of the endangered Visayan spotted deer and Warty pig via remote camera trapping in the Philippines. More recently, I have also been involved in addressing a number of complex global issues that threaten wild animal welfare and survival including human-wildlife conflict and wildlife trade. My efforts have helped to improve the welfare and conservation status of a wide range of different species including Sloth bears in India, Civets in Indonesia, Brown bears in Turkey, and Green turtles in the Caribbean. A professional photographer, images relating to my research have also featured in a number of high profile media publications such as the Guardian, Der Spiegal, Le Monde and National Geographic. During my career I am fortunate to have lived, worked and travelled in over 40 countries across 6 continents and have published over 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles. I first joined WildCRU as visiting academic in 2014. My main research areas of interests are: biodiversity surveys, human-wildlife conflict and wildlife trade.
Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia Ned Curthoys is a senior lecturer in English and Literary Studies at the University of Western Australia. His research interests include historical fiction, the Bildungsroman or coming of age narrative, and the work of Hannah Arendt. With Isabelle Hesse he is the co-editor of Literary Representations of the Palestine/Israel Conflict After the Second Intifada (Edinburgh University Press, 2022)
Lecturer of Labour Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada Nabiyla Risfa Izzati is a labour law lecturer in Faculty of Law Universitas Gadjah Mada. She is now a PhD student in Queen Mary University of London, researching on gender in gig economy. She completed her Bachelor of Law in Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2014 and her LLM degree in Leiden University, Netherland in 2015. Her research interest is in the labour law areas, specifically about labour rights, gig economy, and comparison study of international labour. She is also the Vice Director of Research Center for Law, Gender, and Society Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Visiting Researcher Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand I currently hold a Visiting Researcher position at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). I am also a Director of the Sarraounia Public Health Trust, a non-profit research consultancy. Between 1995 and 2005 I held Lecturer positions first at the Department of Sociology, UKZN and and then Wits. I left the academy to consult in the areas of health and development, which I continue to date. From 2015-2019 I completed a PhD in Public Health at Wits and continue to work at the intersection of research and it's translation into policy and practice. As a visiting researcher, I supervise Masters and PhD students, teach, collaborate and offer other academic support at the Department of Sociology and the School of Public Health, Wits.
