Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield PhD in 2001 in Social Sciences and Japanese Area Studies. Researching the social and cultural geography of Japan and East Asia. Demography, depopulation, regional studies, Japan, popular culture, employment. Occasional publications in online media such as Guardian Online, Prospect etc. Currently researching the relationship between depopulation and resource consumption trends (energy) in Japan and East Asia, as well as popular culture and employment (manga and gender segregation in employment). Publications and talks can be found at Academia.edu [https://sheffield.academia.edu/PeterMatanle].
Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Western Australia Prema Arasu is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre. They are a writer and poet interested in the phenomenology of the deep sea. They have an MLitt in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture, and have a PhD in Creative Writing from UWA. Prema is interested in how speculative fiction and experimental forms might provide us with new ways of talking about and conceptualising the oceans, particularly in the context of the Anthropocene. Their approach is interdisciplinary; integrating the methodologies of literary studies, creative arts, environmental humanities, philosophy, and science communication.
PhD Candidate, Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor Paige Coyne (MHK) is a PhD candidate and active member of the Community Health, Environment, and Wellness laboratory in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Windsor. She is a multidisciplinary researcher whose research interests lie in examining the physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors that impact health and other lifestyle behaviours, with a particular focus on social media.
Professor in Rail Strategy, University of Birmingham Former CEO, board director and economist with experience in policy, business strategy, transport, infrastructure and change. Now using that experience as a professor, non-executive director and mentor to help individuals or organisations make a difference in areas which matter for our society.
Lecturer, Political Science, Duke Kunshan University I am a Lecturer in Political Science at Duke Kunshan University. My research focuses on the political economy of China’s foreign economic relations, Chinese foreign aid, foreign direct investment, and China-Africa relations. More broadly, I am interested in combining quantitative and qualitative methods to understand how history influences contemporary political economy and international relations, and in how political and sociological factors impact prospects for economic development. My teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include global governance, political economy of institutions, and China and the Global South.
PhD Candidate in Criminal Law & Criminology; Lecturer of Criminology, University of Chester, Liverpool John Moores University I am currently a School of Law research student at LJMU investigating Moral Panic of Islamist Terrorism, Conspiracy theories, and the impact of support for British values. A former lecturer at The Brilliant Club Scholars Programme Current Lecturer of Criminology at the University of Chester Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Modules I teach: -Offender Management -Theories of Crime & Justice -State Crime & Resistance -International (In)Justices & the Death Penalty -Undergraduate dissertation supervisor Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-french-msc-fhea-782927a5/
