Contributors

Sylvie Monchatre

Professeure de sociologie, Université Lumière Lyon 2

Professeure de sociologie, Université Lumière Lyon 2 Sociologie du travail et du salariat; Sociologie du genre et des discriminations; Politiques et usage sociaux de la "competence"

Shaun Thompson

Senior Lecturer in Primary & Childhood Education, Edge Hill University

Senior Lecturer in Primary & Childhood Education, Edge Hill University My name is Dr Shaun Thompson and I am a senior lecturer in primary and childhood education at Edge Hill University. My current teaching and research focuses predominantly around the areas of SEND, inclusion, research methods, Alternative provision, mental health and well-being. I have presented my work both Nationally and Internationally and have a variety of published articles and book chapters. I am currently leading on an initiative to support and engage schools and school staff within educational research, particularly considering the impact of new educational initiatives within, within the settings they are being implemented. Prior to working in higher education, I worked in both mainstream primary schools and special education settings and have held the posts of both deputy head teacher and head teacher.

Smita Singh

Senior Lecturer International Business, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Auckland University of Technology

Senior Lecturer International Business, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Auckland University of Technology Dr Smita Singh is a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She teaches a range of Entrepreneurship and Management courses at various undergraduate and postgraduate levels and degrees. Underpinning her research is a passion for illuminating the hidden stories, how venture work and wellbeing are interconnected, focusing on the possibilities of transformation and development that lie within the silent experiences of loss, 'taken-for-granted' cultural taboos, and stigmatized conditions. Her research has highlighted grief, stigma, and resilience in experiencing entrepreneurial failure. Her research interests also include social entrepreneurship with focus on vulnerable populations' voices and bringing forward conversations on matters often perceived as too unsettling, morbid, or dark and therefore avoided. She crosses disciplinary boundaries to explore such topics and contexts in entrepreneurs' lives and their enterprises' work. She has published in a number of well known international journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, International Small Business Journal, Management Learning and Third World Quarterly. Smita serves as an Associate Editor for the Management, Spirituality & Religion Journal. Her research is featured in well-known industry platforms and community engagement invitations, such as a TEDx talk titled 're-imagining failure,' RadioLive, Idealog, and Callaghan Innovation, NZBusiness and NZ Herald.

Scott Davies

Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto My research has several branches. One examines trajectories of student achievement over several years. With various institutional partners I am compiling data sets that track students from their early years into post secondary levels, and to assess the impact of various interventions in reducing educational inequality. Another branch examines educational organizations, paying attention to the variety of school forms that are emerging at all levels of schooling, including various types of private schools and tutoring businesses, and various public schools of choice. In a third branch, I am attempting to contribute to sociological theories of education, variously interpreting how schooling and society have become more deeply ‘interpenetrated’ over time, charting different forms of cultural capital, and attempting to apply Interaction Ritual Theory to schooling.

Samuel Mawutor

PhD Student in Geography and Geospatial Sciences, Oregon State University

PhD Student in Geography and Geospatial Sciences, Oregon State University I am a Political Ecology scholar with research interests in global commodities and deforestation, community rights and forest defenders, transnational forest governance, community-based natural resource management systems, and local ecological knowledge. I am a Political Ecology scholar with research interests in global commodities and deforestation, community rights and forest defenders, transnational forest governance, community-based natural resource management systems, and local ecological knowledge.

Sarah Redshaw

Senior Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University

Senior Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University Dr Sarah Redshaw has significant experience in social and health related research and an excellent ability to pull together varied data and perspectives and to work effectively with a range of stakeholders. She has carried out a number of social research projects with nursing, social work and community professionals working closely with them to develop the research and prepare reports. She has developed and managed projects on driving cultures – driving as a social and cultural practice, community resilience and inclusive education.