Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Portsmouth I am a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Portsmouth. I am also a member of the Centre for European and International Studies Research. My academic and research interests include European geopolitics, European regionalisation, and Central and Eastern European affairs (with a particular focus on post-communist transformation and civic activism in Ukraine, Russia, and Poland). I also have a background in mass communication and mass information. I have written, edited, or co-edited three books on Russo-Ukrainian relations (Ukraine and Russian Neo-imperialism: The Divergent Break), regionalisation in Central and Eastern Europe (Intermarium: Polish-Ukrainian Linchpin of Baltic-Black Sea Cooperation), and post-communist transformation (Meandering in Transition: Thirty Years of Reforms and Identity in Post-Communist Europe). Apart from this, I have authored more than 25 peer-reviewed research articles/chapters and dozens of publications in the media. In 2022-23 I worked as a political analyst for the Forum for Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta (Canada), to identify and counter Russian disinformation in North American Media. Since 2015, I have served as a member of the editorial board of the Central European Journal for International and Security Studies (CEJISS). I am a supporter of the informational society and Western values. Philosopher on the topics of astropolitics and the digitized world. Populariser of science and car blogger. Fantasy writer. For regular updates and insights into my work, you can follow me on @OstapKushnir.
Associate Professor in Geography, University of Florida I am an associate professor in geography at the University of Florida and an affiliated researcher at the UF Sahel research group. My current research focuses on cross-border trade and transnational political violence in west Africa. Using social network analysis, I study how borders affect the social networks and spatial patterns of west African traders and violent extremist organizations.
Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, University of Iowa Osamamen Oba Eduviere is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on Nigerian women migrants in the United States and how they have used religion and food to facilitate their resettlement process. She has a keen interest in ethnography as a research method and has done extensive work using this methodology. A 2023 recipient of the Graduate Engagement Corps (GEC) grant award, Osamamen has been recognized by the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Iowa for her research on African women migrants in Iowa.
PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Adelaide, based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and a part of the Supportive Oncology Research Group. My current project investigates the neuropsychological complications of chemotherapy and the involvement of the endocannabinoid system. Previously, I worked as a researcher for Flinders University investigating menstrual support in Australian primary schools for children who experience early menarche.
Professor of Cyber Security, University of East Anglia Oli Buckley is a Professor of Cyber Security at the University of East Anglia, where he leads the Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust Lab. His research focuses on the human aspects of cyber security, behavioural biometrics, insider threat, and the impacts of new technologies on society. His recent projects include user identification and behavioural biometrics with keystroke dynamics, social justice in algorithmic decision making and the use of chatbots to improve trust and sensitive disclosures. Prior to joining UEA Oli worked as a Lecturer in the Information Operations group at Cranfield University, a Researcher at the University of Oxford Cybersecurity Centre and as a software engineer in industry. Key Research Interests and Expertise Current research interests include cyber security, behavioural biometrics, digital identity, privacy, trust, data leakage, insider threat detection, and the application of machine learning and visualisation within cyber security. Oli has recently developed research on the gamification of cyber security concepts and the impacts of rapidly evolving AI technologies on security and privacy.
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University London Mayo is a senior lecturer in Aerospace Engineering and prior to joining academia he worked in the aircraft manufacturing industry. He PhD was at Queen Mary University of London and it was on the bifurcation of dynamical systems and stability theory and its application in manufacturing processes. He subsequently worked as a Research Fellow at Queen Mary. His expertise is in numerical modelling and his research is focused on the analytical and numerical modelling of fluid and solid continua. Recent works have focused on the development of analytical models, modelling of multi‑phase fluid flow, flow atomisation and the scaling of solid and fluid continua. His current research is focused on the modelling of Fluid-Structural Interaction and his research interest is on turbulence modelling, shape and topology optimisation.
