Contributors

Selma Wather

Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex

Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex I am an applied microeconomist. I hold a BA (Hons), MPhil and PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge and was previously a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. My research focuses on labour economics, with a particular interest in family economics.

Stephen Sherlock

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University Dr Stephen Sherlock is a Visiting Fellow in the Dept of Political and Social Change at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, at The Australian National University (ANU) and a former Director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) at ANU. He is a specialist on politics and governance in Indonesia, with particular expertise on the legislatures, elections and public sector institutions. He is currently researching and writing a book on the history of Indonesia’s parliaments since independence. He has lived and worked in Indonesia for extended periods and published pioneering work on processes of accountability and decision-making in the Indonesian parliament. Dr Sherlock has been engaged as an adviser on political governance and institutional reform by numerous international agencies, including the World Bank, UN Development Program, Asian Development Bank, AusAID/DFAT, USAID, DFID, GIZ and political foundations in ASEAN, Australia, Germany, UK and US. He has also designed and delivered a wide range of workshops and training on good governance, policy processes and political systems, including for Australia Awards Indonesia.

Sharon Mullins

Tutor, Publishing and Editing, The University of Melbourne

Tutor, Publishing and Editing, The University of Melbourne Sharon Mullins is a trained editor and communications specialist with more than 25 years’ experience across publishing (Cambridge University Press, Lothian Books, RMIT Publishing, Hardie Grant Books) and corporate communications (State Library Victoria). She is a guest lecturer and member of the Industry Advisory Committee for RMIT’s Master of Writing and Publishing, and has previously served as a Board member for Writers Victoria and judge for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

Stasja Koot

Assistant Professor, Wageningen University

Assistant Professor, Wageningen University stasjakoot.com

Sally Howell

Professor of History, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Professor of History, University of Michigan-Dearborn Sally Howell is professor of history at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. Her books include Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade (2011), Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past (2014), and Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging (2022). Old Islam in Detroit was named a Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan and given the 2014 Evelyn Shakir Award. Howell is also a curator of public history projects including the Halal Metropolis exhibition series, the Seen Jeem Podcast, and Unsettled Lives: Displaced Iraqis in Metro Detroit.

Sally Havers

Conjoint Nurse Researcher, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland

Conjoint Nurse Researcher, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland Dr Sally Havers is a committed infection control practitioner of more than fifteen years. Dr Havers has extensive experience and post graduate qualifications in the field of infection prevention and control, public health and healthcare management. She has an in-depth understanding of policy implementation in the hospital setting and experience in the management of large-scale, national prevention programs.