Contributors

Shahin Sheikh-Jabbari

Professor in Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences

Professor in Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences

Samuel Ritholtz

Max Weber Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute

Max Weber Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute I’m an academic and writer interested in the politics of identity, stigma, and brutality during war and other episodes of violence. My research centers the lives of the socially marginalized, particularly LGBT populations, during conflict, crisis, and displacement.

Sourafel Girma

Professor of Industrial Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham

Professor of Industrial Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Sourafel Girma is currently Professor of Industrial Economics at the University of Nottingham.. He obtained research awards from, among others, the ESRC, European Union and the Department of Trade and Industry. He had also been active in the field of knowledge transfer and policy advice, with consultancy works for the Department of Trade and Industry, UK Trade and Investment and the Treasury. Sourafel’s research publications enjoyed several media appearances, and according to REPEC, which is the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics, he is ranked among the top 5% authors in terms of several metrics, including the number of distinct works and citations.

Susan Moore

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology Emeritus Professor Susan M Moore is a retired academic psychologist whose major research interests encompass key transitions across life stages, including parenting, adolescence, grandparenting and retirement. She has successfully supervised 25 doctoral theses, as well as authored and co-authored over 100 journal articles, many book chapters and ten books, some of which have been translated into other languages. Since retirement, Susan has turned her attention to family history and the nexus between genealogical research and life span psychology, and has recently published three articles in the journal Genealogy, and co-authored a 2021 book, The Psychology of Family History, with Doreen Rosenthal and Rebecca Robinson. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-6444 Scopus Author ID: 7403537411

Shani Sniedze

Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research

Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research

Sean Lawson

Professor, Communication, University of Utah

Professor, Communication, University of Utah Sean Lawson is Professor of Communication and Director of the Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the relationships among science, technology, and security. In particular, he focuses on the intersections of national security and military thought with new media, information, and communication technologies (ICTs). He is the author of four books. Most recently, he is co-author with Robert W. Gehl of Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication (MIT Press, 2022). He is also author of the book, Cybersecurity Discourse in the United States: Cyber-Doom Rhetoric and Beyond (Routledge, 2020). He is also the author of Nonlinear Science and Warfare: Chaos, Complexity, and the U.S. Military in the Information Age (Routledge, 2014). He is co-author (with Professor Marouf Hasian and Dr. Megan McFarlane) of The Rhetorical Invention of America’s National Security State (Lexington, 2015).