Contributors

Rebecca Roache

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London I am a philosopher at the University of London and author of For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun (Oxford University Press, 2023). I also host The Academic Imperfectionist podcast, which draws on the power of philosophy to help people dump perfectionism.

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes

Professor, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland

Professor, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães is Professor of Zoonotic Disease Epidemiology and Biosecurity and Director of the Queensland Alliance for One Health Sciences. Prof. Soares Magalhaes is a European Veterinary Board Specialist in Population Medicine with extensive national and international research experience in three main areas: spatial epidemiology of zoonotic infections, outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases and risk assessment of animal’s environmental health/biosecurity. A key focus of his team's current research is to develop geographical risk assessment methods to assist disease prioritisation for improved surveillance and risk management in both human and animal populations. Prof. Soares Magalhães’s team is currently leading the development of a number of nationwide epidemiological data analytics platforms including for zoonotic influenza (WHO SEARO, WHO Nepal), antimicrobial resistance in agribusinesses and the environment (CRC SAAFE) and veterinary clinical data (VARDC and ACARCinom).

Ruth Sacks

Senior Lecturer in Visual Art, University of Johannesburg

Senior Lecturer in Visual Art, University of Johannesburg Dr Ruth Sacks is an academic and visual artist whose research interests include southern cities in the Anthropocene, decolonising design and post independence aesthetics in Africa. Sacks’ first academic monograph, Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence, was published by Michigan University Press in 2023. Her most recent artist book, The Remaindering, launched in 2022. Sacks is a senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (Visual Art Department) and she is a research associate at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research. Sacks was one of the co-directors of the large-scale group project Response-ability at the Joubert Park Greenhouse Project (Johannesburg, 2020-1).

Raymond Boyle

Professor of Communications, University of Glasgow

Professor of Communications, University of Glasgow Raymond Boyle's research projects include investigating the impact of digitisation and copyright on the sports media market; a study of the UK Film Council; sports journalism and coverage of the 2012 London Olympics and examining the changing relationship between factual television and representations of the world of business and finance. His forthcoming book is entitled 'Streaming the F1 Rivalry: Sport in the Platform Age' (Peter Lang). His profile across academic, funded research and consultancy includes work within the broad areas of cultural and media policy. In particular he has developed an international reputation for research in the area of media and sports, which has included work on various aspects related to media policy (such as the relationship between new media and sports content) as well as the relationship between sport and its wider cultural and economic impact on society. He is currently working with UEFA and the University of Lausanne in the delivery of their Diploma in Football Management. He has acted (2010 and 2011) as an academic advisor to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) on media and entrepreneurship issues and with the Byron Review (2008) into Children and New Technology, published by the Department of Children, Schools and Families/DCMS. He has been involved in a number of research and consultancy projects around media issues, these have been funded by the Broadcasting Standards Council (1998); the European Institute for the Media (1999, 2000); The Home Office (2001, 2002); The Scottish Parliament (2001); FIFA (2003); DCMS (2005) and the AHRC (2009/11, 2012 -).

Rocío Sánchez Gallardo

PhD candidate, School of Microbiology & APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork

PhD candidate, School of Microbiology & APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork Rocio Sanchez Gallardo is a PhD Candidate in the APC Microbiome Ireland whithin the project Microbe Mom. Her research is focus on Bifidobacteria, a bacteria that is part of the human microbiota and confers health benefits to the host. As part of Microbe mom she has been studying the vertical tranference of these benefitial microbes from mothers to infant during the first month of life.

Rebecca Haboucha

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology, SOAS, University of London

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology, SOAS, University of London I am a Critical Heritage Studies scholar with a disciplinary background in Archaeology and Anthropology. My PhD research focused on Indigenous perceptions of the impacts of climate change on their heritage. I have expertise in intangible heritage, ciritical heritage studies, ethnographic study, cultural heritage law, food studies, and indigenous studies. I am now a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS looking at the influence of the popularisation of Israeli cuisine on Jewish diasporic foodways, and, in particular, the effects this has had on the inclusion on Jews of MENA descent living in the diaspora.