Disaster Researcher and Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware Sarah DeYoung is an associate professor at the University of Delaware in the Disaster Research Center and the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and the Biden School at the University of Delaware. Her PhD is in applied social and community psychology. She studies challenges in disaster preparedness for people with companion animals, maternal and infant health in disasters, and evacuation decision-making. She is also an expert in quick response field work for disaster social science data gathering. She teaches courses at the University of Delaware on disaster preparedness, disasters and vulnerability, and sociology. Her co-authored book on animals in disasters (All Creatures Safe & Sound: the Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters) was awarded the 2022 Distinguished Book Award from the Animals and Society Section of the American Sociological Association.
Senior research fellow and lecturer, Monash University Simon Campbell has a Diploma in Aerospace Engineering (RMIT), a Bachelor of Arts (Languages, Monash University), and a PhD in Astrophysics (Monash University). He has worked as a researcher in Spain and Taiwan, Germany and Australia. In a previous life he worked at CSIRO.
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester I have been educated in Iran (University of Tehran), India (Jawaharlal Nehru University), South Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Germany (University of Freiburg). I worked at Humboldt University of Berlin for several years before moving to the UK. My books include: Social Movements in Iran: Environmentalism and Civil Society (Author, Routledge 2012), Understanding Southern Social Movements (Editor, Routledge 2016), Contemporary Megaprojects: Organization, Vision and Resistance in the 21st Century (Co-editor, Berghahn 2021) and Marxism, Religion and Emancipatory Politics (Co-editor, Palgrave-Macmillan 2022). I am currently president of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movements.
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Dr Sarah Tillott is a researcher and teacher with university qualifications in both health and education, and fifteen years of at university teaching experience. Dr Tillott is a resilience researcher who has created a series of innovative resilience resources that demonstrate behaviour changes as measured by her PhD project, The Dusty and Friends Resilience Pack. She has built the University of Wollongong’s (UOW) Academic Resilience Framework, and has collaborated with the Cronulla Sharks and St George Illawarra Dragons to facilitate a culture of resilience in the local community. Dr Tillott is currently a senior lecturer at Southern Cross University, overseeing the Masters of Health care leadership with special interest in how to build resilience in individuals using health, education and sporting platforms. Sarah has also presented for national sporting organisations such as Tennis Australia and corporate organisations including NAB bank. With a background in health, education and traditional medicines, Sarah has a keen interest in improving health in vulnerable communities in accordance to the Sustainable development goals.
Senior Philosophy Lecturer, University of Tasmania I hold a PhD in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist philosophy from the University of Tasmania (2003), Masters's Degree (Acharya) in Advanced History, Philosophy and Hermeneutics in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism with a double major from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS, 1998) and a Bachelors Degree (Shastri, 1996). I am one of the very few Australasian scholars in the field—and, indeed, the only Asian-born philosopher with significant experience in an in-depth study of Indo-Tibetan philosophy in close collaboration with Western colleagues. I am making significant contributions to research in this field at the University of Tasmania, and my work has received international recognition. I am the key person in the Philosophy Program at the University of Tasmania responsible for research activities on the topics of Asian philosophy, particularly Buddhist philosophy. I am one of a small coterie of researchers in the field of Buddhist philosophical studies in Australia, and my research activities have significantly contributed to the internationalisation of the research culture of the School of Humanities at UTAS. Previously dominated by the Western Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions, the style of thinking and research focus in the School has now transformed into a significantly more expansive cross-cultural, interdisciplinary philosophical exchange by way of integrating the philosophical methods of Asian, comparative and intercultural thought.
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Trent University Saeid Kermani is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Trent University. His research addresses business and societal issues related to corporate social responsibility, social activism, and ethics.
