PhD Candidate, York St John University I am a PhD student at York St John University, undertaking research concerning the health and quality of the UK's representative democracy. This incorporates a great deal of original analysis across various aspects of the UK's democratic landscape (e.g. the voting system; the media etc.), and involves both quantitative research and qualitative depth-interviews with voters to ascertain their perceptions. My MA by Research thesis made an original contribution to the field by assessing volatility at UK General Elections, challenging mainstream assumptions which purport electoral change to be linear and gradual. Previously, I have worked in the capacity of a Research Assistant and collected/collated popular vote results (%) for each party across every constituency (excl. constituencies in Northern Ireland) at General Elections between 2001 and 2019, to calculate the Effective Number of Parties at a constituency level. This project has yet to be published.
Associate Professor Film, media and communication studies, Anglia Ruskin University Tina holds a PhD in French Studies from the University of California, Davis. Her work in contemporary film and media studies is informed by critical and media theory, affect theory, and continental philosophy. She has a particular interest in 'negative' or 'minor' affects, including boredom and disgust. She has published widely on the ethics and aesthetics of extreme cinema, and is the co-editor of The New Extremism in Cinema: From France to Europe. Her most recent research project focuses on boredom and the attention economy of networked media. As part of this research, Dr Kendall worked with the Chelmsford Young Creatives and the British Science Association on The Boredom Project, which explored young peoples’ experiences of boredom during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdowns in the UK. Spoken Languages English French Research interests Extreme cinema Ethics, Violence, Spectatorship Affect & Emotions in Film & Media (particularly 'minor'/negative affects) Networked Media Post-Cinema/Platform Studies Biopolitics/Chronopolitics/Psychopolitics of Moving Image Media
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Prof Twalib Ngoma is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist working at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania. He was responsible for the creation of Tanzania's first specialist cancer institute, has pioneered palliative care programmes in the country, has spearheaded a project to expand access to treatment for Burkitt's lymphoma, and is the International Atomic Energy Agency's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) project coordinator for Tanzania. In 2002, Ngoma became head of the Tanzanian branch of the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, which promotes training and education for researchers and encourages collaborative projects in cancer control between developed and developing countries. With Ngoma's help, this network has developed palliative care programmes in Tanzania.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Auckland University of Technology Dr Tago Mharapara is an applied Industrial, Work and Organisational Psychology researcher. Tago is the Principal Investigator of an interdisciplinary team investigating how community midwives and their whānau manage the demanding nature of community-based midwifery work. In 2021, Tago’s team was awarded a multi-year grant ($1,364,660) by the Health Research Council of New Zealand to collaborate with Ngā Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa, Pasifika Midwives Aotearoa, and the New Zealand College of Midwives.
Professor of Accounting and Deputy Head of School - Business, University of Southern Queensland Toni holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and a Masters in Taxation Law and has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate taxation for more than 15 years. Toni is Accounting Discipline Lead and Deputy Head of the School of Business at UniSQ. Toni is a Fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia and is known for her research expertise in taxation literacy and how improving basic levels of taxation knowledge and confidence can play a role in overall financial capability. Toni was awarded an AAUT (Australian Awards for University Teaching) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student learning. Her citation was for: overcoming challenges in learning Taxation Law and bringing it to life to develop Taxation Literacy.
Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis I am a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, a research affiliate at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), and currently a board member and a faculty affiliate of the UC Davis Designated Emphasis in Environmental Humanities. My research interests and expertise focus on risks & hazards, the environment, community politics & movements, and institutions, organizations, & economy. These interests have taken shape through studies of mass media and the anti-war movements, the petroleum industry and an oil spill disaster, technological innovation in the commercial construction and real estate industries, risk disputes and civic political conflict, and the political discourse and theatre that currently surrounds "public tragedies." Across my career, within these broad areas of interest, I have focused on the collective construction of rationality and how situated membership(s) in organizations, communities, and social movement groups shape interpretation, expectations, and preferences in significant ways. The National Science Foundation, the California Energy Commission, the UC Toxics Research and Teaching Fellowship, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation are just some of the institutions that have funded my research. From my research, I have published three books, Silent Spill: The Organization of an Industrial Crisis (2002, MIT Press), Community at Risk: Biodefense and the Collective Search for Security (2015, Stanford University Press), and After Tragedy Strikes: Why Claims of Trauma and Loss Promote Public Outrage and Encourage Political Polarization (2024, University of California Press). I have also published in leading journals like The Journal of Social Problems, Annual Review of Sociology, The American Behavioral Scientist, Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, and Organization and Environment, among others.
