Contributors

Suhair Alkilani

Senior Lecturer in Construction Management

Senior Lecturer in Construction Management

Samah Shaffakat

Senior Lecturer Work, Organisation and Management, University of Liverpool

Senior Lecturer Work, Organisation and Management, University of Liverpool I am a senior lecturer in Organizational Behavior at the University of Liverpool Management School. Prior to joining the University of Liverpool Management School, I held a lecturership at LJMU and a postdoctoral position at INSEAD. My research interests are in the areas of leadership, leadership development, mindfulness, psychological contracts, change management, emotions and personality.

Sandra Thom-Jones

Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong

Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong Professor Sandra Thom-Jones is the author of Growing in to Autism (MUP, 2022) and Autistics in Academia (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Sandra works as a consultant providing a range of services for autistic people – as well as professional development, research and consultancy services for education, employment and healthcare providers – through her website: www.autisticprofessor.com She is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Wollongong, a creative writer, and a passionate advocate for the inclusion of autistic people in all aspects of society.

Shonil Bhagwat

Professor of Environment and Development, The Open University

Professor of Environment and Development, The Open University Shonil Bhagwat is an environmental geographer with broad research interests at the cross-section between natural and social sciences. Most of his research investigates ‘social-ecological systems’ at various spatial scales, from landscapes to continents; and at various temporal scales, from seasonal to millennial.

Sarah Nandi

PhD Researcher, Political Science, McGill University

PhD Researcher, Political Science, McGill University Expert on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in forced migration situations and qualitative research methods with extensive experience in localized Syrian and Rohingya responses in Jordan and Bangladesh. Ongoing work as a gender equality advisor with government and organizational actors. Before coming to McGill, read for an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at Worcester College, Oxford with research on humanitarian development and localized Sahrawi feminist organizing. Prior to this, selected as a Fulbright-Nehru research scholar in Kolkata, India focusing on the refusal of rehabilitation programs by transgender refugee survivors of sexual violence. Proficient in Bengali, Arabic, and French.

Sam Sellar

Professor of Education Policy, University of South Australia

Professor of Education Policy, University of South Australia Sam Sellar is a Dean of Research and Professor of Education Policy at the University of South Australia. Sam’s research focuses on education policy, large-scale assessments and education technology. He is currently co-investigator for an Australian Research Council grant titled Artificial intelligence in education: Democratising policy. He has also recently published a book titled Algorithms of Education: How datafication and artificial intelligence shape policy, co-authored with Kalervo N. Gulson and P. Taylor Webb.