Lecturer in Psychology, University of Hull Dr Richard O'Connor is a cognitive developmental psychologist with research interests in cognition from infancy through to adulthood. Particular areas of interest include theory of mind, representation of objects and actions, and word learning. He joined the University of Hull in August 2016, after completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge and teaching positions at Royal Holloway and the University of Oxford.
Lecturer in Peace and Security, Durham University Dr. Rob Geist Pinfold joined the School of Government and International Affairs in 2022. Alongside his role at Durham, he is a Research Fellow at the Peace Research Center Prague and a Senior Fellow at Charles University's Herzl Center for Israel Studies. Rob holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London. Previously, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa. Rob is a scholar of international security whose research intersects the study of strategy and territorial conflict. His existing work has focused on two key themes: (i) military occupation and exit dilemmas and (ii) how 'grand strategy' is studied within the academy. His work has been published in International Studies Perspectives, the Journal of Strategic Studies, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Mediterranean Politics. His full-length book manuscript, Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2023. Research interests Israeli foreign and security policy Military interventions and occupations Strategy and grand strategy Territorial conflict
Senior Specialist in Molecular Biology, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research I entered into the world of molecular science in 2010 completing a BSc(Hons) in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago. Here I fell into the world of CRISPR-Cas an adaptive bacterial immune system that has now taken the world by storm with its abilities to edit the human genome completing my honours degree in the lab of Peter FIneran. Through this topic I made my way to Delft University of Technology to work as a research assistant and then complete my PhD degree also focussed on the topic of CRISPR-Cas immunity and the interaction between viruses and bacteria on a single cell level. On completion of my PhD I returned to New Zealand and had the desire to apply my skills in research and communication to a topic in science directly contributing to the better health of others and as a result I accepted the exciting position at the Malaghan Institute as a postdoc on setting up an RNA vaccine and therapeutic pipeline.
President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California In 2023, Richard L. Wood became the President of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He served as Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico for 27 years (and is currently on leave there). He is the author or co-author of several dozen scholarly articles and book chapters on the role of religion in social movements, the sociology of religion, public Catholicism, political sociology, and democratic theory, many of them focusing on faith-based/broad-based community organizing efforts. He is the author of _Faith in Action_ (University of Chicago Press, 2002; and (with Brad Fulton) of _A Shared Future: Faith-Based Organizing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2015), both award-winning books. English/Spanish bilingual
Children, Social Welfare, and Health Research Officer, Resilience Development Initiative (RDI) Public Health fresh graduate majoring in Epidemiology at the University of Indonesia. Currently working as a Children, Social Welfare, and Health cluster researcher at the Resilience Development Initiative (RDI), particularly focusing on the Global Health pillar. Passionate about health, social, environmental, poverty eradication, and other related issues.
