Professor of Information Systems, Australian National University Sigi Goode is a Professor of Information Systems. Sigi’s research interests lie in information security behavior, services and technology adoption, policy and use. His research toolkit includes more than fifteen years’ experience designing and managing online information platforms. Sigi’s research has been funded by organisations including the Department of Defence, AustCyber and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network. He has published papers in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Information & Management, and European Journal of Operational Research. Sigi is also an Associate Editor of Information & Management, Behaviour & Information Technology, the Pacific Asia Journal of Information Systems, and the Australasian Journal of Information Systems.
Teaching Fellow in Political Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin Samantha Fazekas is a Teaching Fellow in Political Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. She has taught at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany; Dublin City University; and Trinity College Dublin. Her research areas are in political and moral philosophy, Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. Samantha also enjoys teaching ancient philosophy and environmental ethics. Samantha completed her Ph.D. at Trinity College Dublin in 2023. Her Ph.D. thesis justifies Hannah Arendt's appropriation of Immanuel Kant's aesthetic judgment as a model for political judgment. She is currently preparing it for publication. Samantha received her M.A. in philosophy from Boston College in 2017; and her B.A. in philosophy from Loyola University Maryland in 2015.
Professor of Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand Sally Archibald works on understanding the dynamics of savanna ecosystems in the context of global change. Her work integrates field ecological data, remote sensing, modelling, and biogeochemistry. She is currently involved in collaborative research projects on grass functional traits, inter-continental savanna comparisons, and the origins of wet-dry seasonality in Africa. Sally’s research on global fire regimes has highlighted misunderstandings about the role of humans in altering patterns of fire, and has provided new tools for managing fire in conservation areas to promote biodiversity. Insights from her collaborative research into savanna ecosystem functioning is contributing towards better definitions of degradation in tropical ecosystems. Current research interests include understanding fire, herbivores and droughts as drivers of tropical grasslands, inter-continental savanna comparisons, and the origins of wet-dry seasonality in Africa.
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst Shannon Roberts is a trained Human Factors engineer with expertise in studying and evaluating the interaction between humans and systems within the domain of transportation safety. Much of her work is conducted with human participants in the Human Performance Laboratory’s driving simulator. Broadly speaking, her research is focused on three areas: studying and improving young drivers’ behavior, developing feedback and warning systems to improve driving behavior, and examining how advanced technology (e.g., driving automation systems) alters driver behavior. Her recent work examines how demographic variables (e.g., socioeconomic status) affect teenage drivers and how novel social influence techniques can be used to decrease their involvement in traffic crashes. Shannon Roberts is studying teenage driving behaviors to determine what differences exist according to socioeconomic status (SES). She is developing and testing an intervention designed to improve teenage driving and use social peer influence to reinforce learning. One objective is to mitigate the health disparity between high and low SES teenagers by reducing crash risks and fatalities.
Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Plymouth I am Associate Professor in International Relations. My research interests are focused on 3 areas: The role of ideas in Iran and their relationship with domestic and international politics I have looked at the ideas of ‘nation’, ‘democracy’, and ‘the people’ in the context of the Islamic Republic of Iran. My publications have looked at how these ideas are constructed and the meanings that are attached to them. Building on this, I am currently working on the idea of ‘world order’. Approaches towards a more inclusive and non-Eurocentric IR I come from an Area Studies and Middle East Politics background and found myself in IR because of my interest in Iran’s relationship with the international. This experience has led me to question and interrogate IR’s Eurocentricity and particularly the relationship between the ‘West’ and ‘the rest’. Political change, revolution, and legitimacy in post-revolutionary situations I am interested in the dynamics that lead to revolution and how legitimacy is maintained after a major change in a domestic political order. I have used Antonio Gramsci’s work to explore these dynamics.
Casual academic, University of Sydney As a Bachelor of Pharmacy graduate, I explored various roles, including working as a Public Health Officer. Alongside my pharmacy background, I gained valuable insights into health systems and policy. Presently, I'm a postgraduate research student at the University of Sydney, while also undertaking roles as a Casual Academic; lab demonstrator, and tutor for the Pharmaceutical Science units of study.
