Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy, University of Oxford Pepper Culpepper is Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, and a Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the intersection between capitalism and democracy, both in politics and in public policy. Culpepper is the Principal Investigator of a €2.5 million 5-year Advanced Grant from the European Research Council, – Banklash – which uses multiple tools of cutting-edge social science research to establish the link between interest group conflict, public opinion, and financial policymaking after the financial crisis of 2008. His book Quiet Politics and Business Power was awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research by the International Social Science Council and the European Consortium for Political Research. He is the author of Creating Cooperation and the co-editor of Changing France and of The German Skills Machine. His commentary has appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Le Monde, the New Republic, Times Higher Education, and the Washington Post.
Research fellow, Bocconi University Pietro is a postdoctoral researcher at IEP@BU and lecturer at Bocconi University. His research focuses on labour economics and EU integration. Originally from Bari, Italy, he obtained his BA in Social Studies from Harvard University, focusing on the relevance of economics for euroscepticism, with a secondary degree in Astrophysics. He then completed his PhD in Economics at Bocconi University, focusing on labour migration and youth policies. In 2021-2022, he served as economic advisor to the Italian Minister for Labour, representing Italy in the Council of the EU’s employment committee (EMCO) and in the G20 Employment working group, as well as at the European Commission as Youth Guarantee coordinator for Italy.
Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Deakin University Penny Love is an Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian (Adv APD) and a senior lecturer for Public Health and Community Nutrition within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (SENS). As a research fellow within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), her research focuses on the translation, adoption and sustained implementation of early childhood obesity prevention initiatives at scale within existing health and education service delivery systems.
Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Peter Adds is a Professor (Teaching) in Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies. He has worked in Māori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington since 1984 and has amassed experience in university administration, teaching and research. His primary tribal affiliation is to Te Āti Awa in Taranaki and his academic training is in anthropology and archaeology.
Principal Investigator and Senior Post Doctoral Researcher in Energy Finance, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork Peter Deeney is a senior post doctoral researcher in University College Cork, and the Principal Investigator of the Wind Value project. The Wind Value project is funded by the Irish Research Council. It aims to produce two decision-support tools, one for wind-farm owners to assist with end-of-life decisions for their wind farms (decommissioning, life extension or repowering), and one for community investors to estimate risk. Peter also works on the XROTOR project examining the use of a novel vertical axis offshore wind turbine, and with colleagues in IEA Wind Task 45 investigating methods to recycle used wind-turbine blades. He is a member of the Re-Wind Network.
Associate Professor, Cardiology, University of Saskatchewan Payam Dehghani is a clinical co-director of the Prairie Vascular Research Inc (PVRI), and an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He is an interventional cardiologist at the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region and director of the Adults with Structural Heart Disease Clinic.
