Assistant Professor, University of Canberra Tracy is a qualified primary school teacher, who has previously lectured to undergraduate pre-service teachers in the discipline of mathematics education. As an early career academic, most of Tracy's research has emerged from involvement in five ARC Discovery grants. Her areas of strength reside within student's spatial reasoning, mathematics assessment and the use of digital tools for mathematics sense making. Tracy's research involves a range of mixed-paradigm research methodologies, including data collection in longitudinal mass-testing situations; one-on-one interviews; cross-country comparisons of students' numeracy development; student and teacher focus groups; longitudinal case studies; and stimulated recall.Her industry involvement has included research projects with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and the World Bank (Indonesia). Tracy is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Canberra in the area of mathematics education, with a focus on secondary data analysis utilising a sophisticated framework that analyses both quantitative and qualitative data. Her Master's thesis at Queensland University of Technology was awarded dissertation of the year.
Professor of Politics and International Studies, Bishop's University Dr. Trygve Ugland was educated at University of Oslo and Queen’s University of Belfast (Ph.D. University of Oslo, 2002). His research and teaching interests lie in the fields of Comparative Politics and Comparative Public Policy, with a focus on European and Scandinavian Politics. His work has appeared, for example, in the journals Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Public Policy and Scandinavian Political Studies. His two most recent books include: - Jean Monnet and Canada: Early Travels and the Idea of European Unity (2011, University of Toronto Press) - Policy Learning from Canada: Reforming Scandinavian Immigration and Integration Policies (2018, University of Toronto Press)
Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Political Science, University of Florida I am Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Political Science at the University of Florida where I spent most of the professional career. I also held faculty positions at The Ohio State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At UF I taught political science courses and inter-disciplinary courses and trained MA and PhD students.I also served as Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Associate Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research and founding director of the Latin American Business Environment Program. I finished my career as Adjunct Lecturer in the College of Business at Illinois where I taught an undergraduate honors seminar on business in Brazil which incorporated a business case competition in Brazil. My area of interest is on the political economy of Latin America, especially the environment for business and investment.
Lecturer in Physics, Griffith University Computational quantum physicist interested in hard problems like dispersion forces and strong correlation. Especially interested in the intersection of mathematics, chemistry and physics, and the practical role played by formal theory.
Research fellow, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia From a political science perspective, my research has focused on various aspects of the interface between knowledge and policy, including the role of policy appraisal and evaluation in environmental and climate policy processes. Since 2006 most of my research has been EU-funded, and has centred on the development of European Union climate policy (both mitigation and adaptation), and the UK's role therein. I have co-written various books and book chapters, journal articles, blogs and press articles on related issues. I hold a PhD from the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
