Contributors

Sarah McDonald

Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow, University of Nottingham D Clin Psy, Master of Public Health, MA Psychology Adult Mental Health work for 7 years in the NHS and private care Researcher in Implementation science and healthcare research; moving to Nottingham Trent University in June 2016 to join the Centre for Children, Young People and Families (http://www.ntu.ac.uk/soc/collaborative_working/nccypf/index.html) Blogger for http://www.thementalelf.net

Scott Campbell

Constance F. and Arnold C. Pohs Professor of Telecommunication, University of Michigan My research examines the social implications of new media, with an emphasis on mobile telephony. Current projects investigate how mobile communication patterns are linked to both the private and public spheres of social life, such as social networking and civic engagement. Several of these projects use a comparative approach to situate the role of mobile communication technology in the larger media landscape and across different societies.

Sanne Weber

PhD Candidate, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University Sanne Weber is a PhD candidate and Research Assistant at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (Coventry University). Her main research interest is transitional justice and gender. She is particularly interested in analysing how conflict affects gender relations, whether and how transitional justice mechanisms are capable of addressing and transforming gendered and other structural inequalities, and how transitional justice mechanisms can better respond to the needs and demands of survivors of conflict. She is currently undertaking fieldwork in Colombia, analysing the gendered dynamics of Colombia’s land restitution and reparation process. Previously, Sanne worked for over five years as a researcher, gender policy advisor and coordinator for human rights organisations in Guatemala on projects related to gender-sensitive transitional justice and the prevention of violence against women. Sanne holds MAs in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex and History of International Relations from Utrecht University.

Steven Hitchcock

Tutor in Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney Steven Hitchcock recently completed his PhD in Organizational Communication at Arizona State University and is currently a tutor in The University of Sydney Business School. Steven’s research examines the discourse of, and practice surrounding, aged and generational narratives in the workplace. Steven is particularly interested in the perspectives of young professionals whose voices often go unattended in organizations, the popular press, and in scholarship.

Sydney Rosen

Professor of Global Health, Boston University Sydney Rosen, M.P.A., is a Research Professor in the Department of Global Health and the Center for Global Health & Development of the Boston University School of Public Health and the co-director of the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) of the Wits Health Consortium at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. In collaboration with HE2RO and colleagues at BUSPH, she leads an interdisciplinary team that is carrying out a set of studies on the effectiveness, costs, and benefits of HIV/AIDS care and treatment interventions. She has also worked on other applied economics projects at the Center, including research on the economics of tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, malaria prevention and treatment, and air pollution. Her technical training is in public policy analysis and applied economics. She came to the Center in 2001 from the Health Office of the former Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID). Before joining the staff of the Health Office, she managed a set of HIID environmental policy projects in the former Soviet Union. She is also the co-founder and former executive director of WorldTeach, Inc., a nonprofit organization that places volunteer teachers in developing countries. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a master’s degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Stephan Manning

Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston Stephan Manning is Associate Professor of Management and co-founder of the Organizations and Social Change Research Group at the College of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston. His research mainly covers three areas: sustainability standards, global outsourcing, and project-based organizing. He has done field research in various countries, including China, Germany, Guatemala, Kenya, Romania, South Africa and the United States. His research has been published in numerous top-tier academic journals. He teaches international business and strategy at the undergraduate, master and PhD level. He has specific industry expertise in automotive engineering, coffee production, global business services, and film-making. He is also founding co-editor and author of the Organizations and Social Change Blog, and has written for The Conversation, The Broker and other platforms.