Lecturer in Animal Science, Newcastle University The pinnacle of my achievement to date has to be my Ig Nobel Prize, International Prize for Veterinary Medicine . More serious roles and responsibilities are as a Lecturer at Newcastle University in Animal Science, Agriculture and Joint Honours in Science. I lecture in a range of Animal Science (Livestock and Companion) related disciplines including: Animal Welfare, Behaviour, Nutrition. Degree Programme Director Joint Honours in Science, Newcastle University Research Interests: Animal Welfare and Behaviour: Human-animal interaction and its affects on welfare, behaviour and production in the dairy herd. Cognitive bias to measure affective state. Can whether an animal perceives its glass half full or half empty, be measured and if so can it inform on the welfare of the animal under different management regimes. Companion animal behaviour and welfare Student Transition: Peer Assisted Learning, and extended inductions to reduce attrition and increase success in non-traditional learners in HE.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Stellenbosch University Phoebe Runciman is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town. She was awarded her PhD in Exercise Science from the University of Cape Town, after completing her undergraduate degree in Sport Science and her Honours degree in Biokinetics. Her primary research focusses on individuals with disability, including performance, fatigue and exercise pacing strategies of elite athletes with cerebral palsy, brain regulation and muscle activity during exercise, functional capacity and biomechanics of lower limb amputees using bionic or mechanical knee and ankle prostheses, as well as epidemiology of injury and illness of athletes with disability at major sporting competitions (Summer and Winter Paralympic Games).
Ph.D. Student in Developmental Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I research the development of moral beliefs and beliefs about social groups. I am interested in how cognition and social context influence these beliefs in children and adults.
Associate Professor in Law, University of Sydney Dr Arlie Loughnan joined the Faculty in 2007. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney (BA Hons 1 LLB Hons 1), New York University Law School (LLM) and London School of Economics (PhD). Arlie's research concerns criminal law and the criminal justice system, with a focus on the relationship between legal doctrines, practices, institutions and knowledge. Her particular interests are constructions of criminal responsibility and non-responsibility, the interaction of legal and expert medical knowledges and the historical development of the criminal law. Current projects include a co-authored text (with Mark Findlay and Thalia Anthony), Criminal Law and Process: Contexts and Problems (OUP, forthcoming).
Teaching Fellow in Accounting, University of Southampton I commenced work at Southampton University in March 2016 as a Teaching Fellow in Accounting. Prior to this I have worked in the accounting profession for over 10 years (in both practice and industry environments) and am a fully qualified member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). I previously worked at Bournemouth University as an Associate Lecturer, where I was responsible for leading units in Financial and Management Accounting and also conducted various seminar classes on a variety of different topics including taxation and introductory economics. I have recently commenced my first research study, which aims to examine media representation of UK Corporation Tax affairs of multinational companies operating in the UK.
Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham Mark Webber is an International Relations specialist. Having begun his academic career specialising in Russian foreign policy, he has spent the last fifteen years teaching and researching foreign policy analysis, security studies and international organisation. The specific focus of his current research is the politics of NATO and European security cooperation. Professor Webber worked for nearly twenty years at Loughborough University before moving to Birmingham in January 2011 as the Head of the School of Government and Society. Research and academic interests: The politics, history and theoretical interpretation of NATO Foreign policy analysis Security governance EU external relationsy Comparative international organization Russian foreign policy and the international politics of the former Soviet Union Current and recent projects: NATO after Afghanistan (ESRC Seminar Series, concluded October 2015). Theorizing NATO Europe after Enlargement NATO: Survival or Regeneration? British Academy (completed 2007) Inclusion, Exclusion and the Governance of European Security, Leverhulme Research Fellowship (completed 2004) Security Governance in the New Europe, joint holder, Economic and Social Research Council, ‘New Security Challenges’ programme (completed 2002)
