Associate researcher, faculty of arts, cultures and education, University of Hull Sandra Mills holds a PhD from the University of Hull. Her thesis examined representations of the ‘living’ doll in contemporary horror literature and film. She has published on the work of Angela Carter, Carlo Collodi, Ramsey Campbell, and Robert Coover. Her wider research interests include literary and visual depictions of the supernatural, adaptation and intertextuality, ‘based on a true story’ horror narratives, and the digital humanities. She works in data analytics and is intrigued by intersections of technology and Gothic Studies.
Visiting lecturer, University of Pittsburg and Adjunct Associate Professor, Osaka University, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Seth Asare Okyere is an interdisciplinary urban, environmental, and international development planner, researcher, and recognized author whose work cuts across social equity, resilience, and sustainability to cross-pollinate ideas and action for just and sustainable communities. Seth has a depth of international experience, which spans cities, communities and institutions in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. He has extensive experience across Academia, Think Tanks, and Civil Society Organisations as an educator, researcher, international project coordinator, consultant, supervisor/mentor and community engager. Seth is in pursuit of the sustainable development of communities through mission-focused approaches for co-producing equitable, resilient, and place-based solutions. He is the author of Urban Slums and Circular Economy Synergies in the Global South: Theoretical and Policy Imperatives for Sustainable Communities (Springer Nature). Seth holds a PhD in Engineering (Urban Development Planning) from Osaka University, Japan, an MSc in Urban Planning and Policy Design (cum laude) from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and BSc in Development Planning (First Class Honours) from KNUST, Ghana. Seth also holds Honor Code Certificates in Future Livable Cities from ETH Zurich, Health and Society from Harvard University and a professional certificate in Emergency Planning and Crises Management from the Federal Office for Civic Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) in Germany.
Professor of History, Grinnell College Sarah J. Purcell is the L. F. Parker Professor of History at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. She is the author of Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (University of North Carolina Press, 2022), Sealed with Blood: War Sacrifice and Memory in Revolutionary America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002) and The Early American Republic: An Eyewitness History (Facts on File, 2004). She has co-authored several other books, including American Horizons: U.S. History in a Global Perspective, 3rd ed. (Oxford, 2020), the first textbook that places U.S. history in a global context. Purcell is dedicated to fostering student research in history, digital humanities, and American studies, and she was the recipient of the 2019 award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences from the Council for Undergraduate Research.
Senior Lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand Dr Steven Mathetsa is a senior lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School. He is a professionally registered scientist with over 18 years’ experience in the fields of sustainable development, environmental management, climate change, water, and energy resources management. Prior to joining the AELC, he worked for private and public entities such as Eskom, Transnet and Anglo Coal. Dr Mathetsa has a BSc in natural and environmental sciences (UJ), BSc Honours and MSc in environmental management (UNISA), Postgraduate Diploma in energy leadership and PhD in environmental studies (Wits University). His research interest lies within the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus within the discourse of climate change and how the supply of these key resources can be sustained through formulation of integrated policies and systems thinking approaches.
PhD candidate, Institute of Molecular Biology, The University of Queensland Postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark. Interested in psychiatric genetics, genetic epidemiology, and population genetics.
Indigenous Knowledge Water is the basis of life, which, as a proud Alywarr woman and Ecohydrologist means I study the interactions between the environment, water, and culture. This, I do from both a western science education, but also using the Indigenous science philosophy of caring for and understanding Country. I am currently living in Adelaide SA and working at CSIRO in the ecohydrology space as part of the Water Security group. I have worked on Country for a combination of nine years, learning what I could as an Indigenous ranger and as a stationhand in North-West QLD. While I am fairly new to the formal science space – graduating from a combined science degree in 2021 - I was taught from a young age the importance of caring and respecting Country as well as the first peoples that walked it. Currently, I am a part of a team that is investigating the water use of floodplain Eucalyptus trees in the Murray-Darling Basin and working with First Nations groups from around Australia, having meaningful conversations about what science projects they’d like to see done on their Country.
