Associate Professor in Economics and Management of Innovation, Polytechnic University of Milan I am an associate professor at the School of Management of the Polytechnic of Milan. I am also an affiliated research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. In my research, I study how scientific and technological knowledge is produced, diffused and used to create economic value.
Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, University of Reading Simon’s research focuses on the links between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services using a combination of natural, social and economic science approaches. Much of his work looks at ways of reconciling the conflicting demands of food production and biodiversity conservation, with research outcomes aimed at developing evidence-based mitigation options for policy and management applications. Research Interests: – Understanding the relationship between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services – Food security: role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in food production – Developing evidence-based adaptation and mitigation options for policy and management applications – Conservation of pollinators and sustainable management of pollination services – Environmental drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem services, including: land use change, climate change, agrochemicals, invasive species and socio-economic factors – Quantifying the economic and socio-cultural value of pollination and other ecosystem services – Ecology and management of agro-ecosystems for the conservation of biodiversity – Member of Soil Research at Reading
Research Scientist, Environment Business Unit, CSIRO Dr Stacey Priestley is a hydrogeologist and geochemist with the CSIRO Drought Resilience Mission. She is passionate about using environmental tracers, especially isotopic tracers, to investigate hydrological systems to help address challenging environmental problems in water resources sustainability and environmental change.
Associate Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong My main research interests are within social, evolutionary and environmental psychology although I have a wide range of interests across the sciences and humanities. Presently I am working on projects related to the clinical application of psychedelic drugs, mental health decision making and people's attitudes and feelings towards the natural world.
Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Sarah Percy came to UWA from the University of Oxford, where she was University Lecturer in International Relations at Merton College. She writes widely on issues surrounding unconventional combatants, including mercenaries, private military and security companies, and pirates.
Professor, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland I'm trained in psychiatry, addiction and public health medicine in both the U.K. and Australia and am currently a Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland and in Departments of Psychiatry, Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Canada. I have published 376 full-length papers in peer-review journals on chronic disease, mental health, epidemiology/pharmaco-epidemiology & health services research. I was on the Federal Council of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) from 2016-20
