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Peter Schumer

Peter Schumer

Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Middlebury

Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Middlebury Peter Schumer is a Professor of Mathematics and is currently the John C. Baldwin Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He has been at Middlebury College since 1983 after receiving his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. from University of Maryland at College Park. He is the author of two books, Introduction to Number Theory (PWS) and Mathematical Journeys (Wiley) in addition to many articles in the fields of number theory and the history of mathematics. He is also the recipient of the Trevor Evans Award of the Mathematical Association of America for his article, "The Magician of Budapest". He has had sabbaticals at University of California San Diego, San Jose State University, Stanford, and at Keio University and Doshisha University in Japan. Hobbies include playing go, juggling, seeing the latest films, travel, and hiking trails around Middlebury.

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Peter Whiteford

Peter Whiteford

Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Professor Peter Whiteford of the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University previously worked at the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. He has had extensive professional experience in the field of social security policy and research, in a range of different national contexts and at the international level. He worked as a Adviser in the Office of the Minister for Social Security in 1995-96 and previously as a Consultant to the Social Security Review and in Government Departments in Australia, as well as in University research centres in the United Kingdom and in Australia, and for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris between 2000 and 2008. In July 2008, he was appointed by the Australian government to the Reference Group for the Review of the Australian pension system, and in 2009 he was an invited keynote speaker for the Australian Treasury Conference on reform of the Australian tax system.

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Pujo Semedi

Pujo Semedi

Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universitas Gadjah Mada Dr. Pujo Semedi is a professor at the Department of Anthropology, Universitas Gadjah Mada. His research is focused on rural-agricultural economic and ecological issues, and he carried out fieldwork among fishers and farmers in Java, Kalimantan, and South Germany. His works include Rubber, Oil Palm and Accumulation in West Kalimantan, 1910s-2010s (2022); Plantation Life. Corporate Occupation in Indonesia’s Oil Palm Zones. with Tania Li (2021); “Fishers’ responses to the Danish seiner ban and the history of fisheries governance on the Java north coast” with Katharina Schneider (2021); “The Development and Demise of Child Labour in a Javanese Tea Plantation, 1900–2010” with Gerben Nooteboom (2018). He got his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam in 2001.

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Pascal Lardellier

Pascal Lardellier

Professeur à l'Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Chercheur au laboratoire CIMEOS, Université de Bourgogne – UBFC

Professeur à l'Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Chercheur au laboratoire CIMEOS, Université de Bourgogne – UBFC Professeur à l’Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (Dijon), Chercheur Propedia (Groupe IGS, Paris). Auteur de « Enquête sur le business de la communication non verbale. Une analyse critique des pseudosciences du "langage corporel" » (EMS, 2017) et de « Génération 3.0. Enfants et ados à l’ère des cultures numérisées » (EMS, 2016).

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Prince Kwame Odame

Prince Kwame Odame

Lecturer, Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba

Lecturer, Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba I am a Transport Geographer with interest lies in transport and mobility issues of vulnerable populations like those with disability and have contributed to a number of journal articles and research reports while using MAXQDA for qualitative analysis. Beyond my primary research focus, I have won grants and also engaged in other transport studies that include children's travel issues, road crashes and cycling. In my spare time, I contribute to OpenStreetMap and try out my GIS skills.

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