DPhil Candidate, Faculty of History, University of Oxford My research focuses on the history of progressive political thought in Britain from around 1850 to 1950. I am exploring the ideas of citizenship and 'civic character', and the way in which shifting understandings of these concepts were reflected in political activity, policy and legislation. I am particularly interested in the attitude progressive writers took towards voluntary associations such as trade unions, cooperatives, and friendly societies, and the role they believed these institutions might play in cultivating public-spirited citizens.
Director of the Center for Trust Studies, Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Arizona Oliver Schilke is a Professor in the Management and Organizations Department and a Professor (by courtesy) in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona. He is also the Director of the Center for Trust Studies at the University of Arizona. He studies trust, organizational routines, and legitimacy and is interested in interorganizational relationships, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science Omar Shahabudin McDoom is a comparative political scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research interests lie in peace and security. He specializes in the study of conflicts and violence framed along ethnic and religious boundaries, and in strategies that promote co-existence and cooperation between social groups in plural societies. He has field expertise in sub-Saharan Africa — primarily Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda — and in South-East Asia, notably the Philippines. Dr McDoom’s work has been published in International Security, the Journal of Peace Research, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. He has held research fellowships at Harvard and Oxford universities. His professional experience includes work as a Policy Officer for the World Bank, as a Legal Officer for the Government of Guyana, and on electoral missions for the OSCE and UN. He holds law degrees from King’s College London and the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, a Master’s degree in International Development Studies from George Washington University, and a PhD in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also an attorney (non-practicing) admitted in New York.
Lecturer II, Crawford University Dr Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe had a first class in economics (BSc Hons) from Crawford University, where she currently lectures in the Department of Economics. She got her MSc and PhD in economics from the University of Lagos. Her PhD thesis focused on providing an analytical measure and revealing the dynamics of social exclusion and poverty in Lagos State slums. Her core areas of research include development economics, environmental economics and monetary economics.
Assistant Professor of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University Dr Creaner is an interdisciplinary scientist who focuses on the application of high-performance computing to astrophysical data analytics challenges. His research has focused on observational astronomy across the spectrum from radio to visible to high-energy particle astronomy. At DCU, is working on optimised strategies for the observation of exoplanets, for observers from citizen science projects such as Exoplanet Watch to ground-based high-performance observatories to satellites.
