PhD Candidate in Sports Psychology, University of South Wales PhD researcher at the University of South Wales, focusing on the motives for participation in extreme sport. Odette Hornby is a former international fencer who spent over a decade in professional sport. She competed for England and Great Britain. Odette has put her knowledge and experience into play as sports psychologist with the Welsh netball team, supporting the squad through the 2022 Commonwealth Games and in the run-up to the 2023 netball World Cup. She now enjoys rock climbing and hiking.
Research fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales Dr. Ori Wertman is a research fellow at the University of South Wales and a research fellow at the Israel Centre for Grand Strategy- ICGS. He holds a PhD from the University of South Wales, MBA from the Open University and MA in Government and Politics from the University of Haifa. His doctoral research focused on Security and Securitization in Israel. In addition, Dr. Wertman is a lecturer in the MSc Program of International Security and Risk Management at the University of South Wales, and an active member of the Jean Monnet Network on EU Counter-Terrorism. Dr. Wertman's areas of interest are National Security, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Counter Terrorism, and Israeli Politics, and his articles are published in academic literature and in the media in Israel and abroad. His first book (co-authored with Christian Kaunert) is "Israel: National Security and Securitization" (Springer, 2023).
Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide Dr Olga Anikeeva is a Research Fellow in the Environment and Health Research Group within the School of Public Health. She has a research and teaching background in epidemiology and public health, with experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Her research interests include the impacts of extreme heat and climate change on health and wellbeing, particularly among vulnerable populations, such as outdoor workers, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and older individuals.
Profesora de geomorfología y riesgos geológicos, Universitat de Barcelona Soy licenciada en Geologia y doctora en ciencias de la Tierra. Mi investigación se ha centrado en (1) reconstrucciones paleoambientales y paleoclimáticas a partir de registros lacustres y de turberas usando indicadores biológicos y geoquímicos y (2) el estudio del ciclo de nutrientes en el suelo en el contexto de cambio global. Actualmente trabajo para comprender los efectos de la desaparición del permafrost sobre la geomorfología, hidrología y quimismo de los suelos árticos y subárticos. Tengo experiencia como docenten en el campo de geomorfología y riesgos geológicos. También dedico parte de mi tiempo a la divulgación científica y activismo ambiental. Creo que la comunidad científica tiene un papel muy importante para acercar la ciencia a la sociedad y contribuir en la lucha contra la emergencia climática
Research Associate, University of Johannesburg I am an English teacher at a state grammar school in Switzerland and a research associate at the University of Johannesburg. I holds a PhD from the University of Basel (Switzerland) and am the author of two books: Reading the Post-Apartheid City: Durbanite and Capetonian Literary Topographies in Selected Texts beyond 2000 (Logos, 2019) and Tracing the (Post)Apartheid Novel beyond 2000: Interviews with Selected Contemporary South African Authors (together with Danyela Dimakatso Demir, UKZN Press, 2021). I am also the co-editor of Cities in Flux: Metropolitan Spaces in South African Literary and Visual Texts (LIT Verlag, 2017). I have written articles on the works of K. Sello Duiker, Mariam Akabor, Charlie Human, and Lesego Rampolokeng. My fields of interest include post-apartheid literature, speculative fiction, (African) urban studies, world-literature, postcolonial and psychoanalytical theory, and intersectionality.
Researcher at the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen's University, Ontario Owen Wong is researcher at the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) at Queen’s University. With funding from the Department of National Defence, Owen works with Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky, the Canada Research Chair on Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces, to study how international organizations implement the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. Specifically, his research focuses on the European Union’s WPS agenda, how gender-based disinformation can undermine international support for NATO’s missions and operations, and how the Department of National Defence should best respond to the gendered impact of hybrid warfare. Owen has a master’s degree in political studies and a bachelor’s degree in political studies and economics from Queen’s University.
