Senior Lecturer in Sport, University of Stirling My main areas of research interest and expertise relate to drug use in sport and anti-doping policy. I was a visiting Fulbright Commission Scholar at the University of Texas, Austin from September to December 2012, working on a project entitled: ‘The Doping of Elite Athletes in International Sport and the Politics of the Cold War, 1950-1990'. I am the co-ordinator of SPS9SP Sports Policy. I also contribute to SPS9R7 Readings in Sports Studies, SPS9D8 Sports Dissertation and dissertation supervision. My major research interest is doping in sport and the development of anti-doping policies. This has led to several publications including the prize-winning monograph A History of Drug Use in Sport, 1876-1976: Beyond Good and Evil (Routledge, 2007). I have recently completed three projects funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency. I have published on other policy issues including racism in sport, the migration of football players, tourism, and hosting major sports events.
Reader in Tourism and Events, University of Westminster I am a Reader in Tourism and Events and have been at the University of Westminster since 2004. Previously, I held lectureships at the University of Kent and at Sheffield Hallam University. I read Geography at Cambridge University in the mid 1990s and then moved to Sheffield where I studied for a PhD in a programme of research entitled 'Reimaging the City'. This PhD was funded jointly by both Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield. I currently lead the MA elective in Mega-Events and the MA Dissertation module. I also undertake research supervision at MA and PhD levels. I lead two undergraduate modules on the BA Tourism and Events programmes - Eventful Cities and Comparative Study. I also lead the annual final year field trip to Malta. Over the past five years I have written on various urban themes. My first book 'Events and Urban Regeneration' was published by Routledge in 2012; and my second 'Events in the City: Using Public Spaces as Event Venues' was published by Routledge in 2016. My research has also been published in leading journals including: Urban Studies, European Planning Studies, European Urban and Regional Studies, Annals of Tourism Research and Tourism Geographies. There are three main strands to my work. The first is events, in particular their role as tools for the regeneration and revitalisation of cities. The second is place image, drawing heavily on my doctoral work. The third is urban tourism, especially the role of iconic projects and monumental urbanism in tourism. This work is focused mainly on UK cities, but I have also published research on Oslo, Barcelona and Valletta.
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Salford Clare Allely is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, and is an affiliate member of the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Clare is also an Honorary Research Fellow in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences affiliated to the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow. Clare holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Manchester and has previously graduated with an MA (hons.) in Psychology from the University of Glasgow, an MRes in Psychological Research Methods from the University of Strathclyde and an MSc degree in Forensic Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University. Between June 2011 and June 2014, Clare worked at the University of Glasgow as a postdoctoral researcher.
Professor of Economics, Australian National University Professor Glenn Withers AO is Professor of Economics at the Australian National University and President-Elect of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He has chaired various public Inquiries and has headed bodies such as the Economic Planning Advisory Commission and the National Population Council. He was chair of the Expert Working Group for Australia’s Comparative Advantage, a report for the Australian Council of Learned Academies He was founding CEO of Universities Australia. Prior to that he was Professor of Public Policy at ANU and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. He is a Monash and Harvard graduate and has held academic posts in Australia and overseas including at Harvard and Cambridge and at La Trobe and Macquarie Universities. He has produced a significant number of books, academic papers and government and consultancy reports. He has worked in and for government, including as chair of various Australian government bodies such as the National Population Council and the Economic Planning Advisory Commission, and he has chaired public inquiries regarding population issues, immigration, and infrastructure financing and was a member of the Faulkner inquiry into child care and Co-Commissioner of the Productivity Commission's Stocktake of Micro-economic Reform. He is a Board member of CEDA and Chair of CEDA's Council on Economic Policy. Professor Withers helped to establish the Productivity Commmission, the Crawford School, ANZSOG and Universities Australia. He has been an adviser to private sector and community sector organisations in Australia and overseas, ranging from the North West Shelf Consortium and the Business Council of Australia to the OECD and UNDP. Professor Withers was awarded an Order of Australia for services to applied economics, including for design of the Australian immigration points system.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield Sibel Oktay's research focuses on the foreign policy decision-making and behavior of coalition governments, primarily in Europe. Other research interests include political leadership and voting behavior within the context of democratic foreign policy, as well as Turkish-EU relations. Her work employs qualitative and quantitative methodologies, particularly comparative case studies, events data and content analysis. Oktay received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She also holds an M.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Social and Political Sciences from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. She was a visiting pre-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies between 2012 and 2014. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Journal of European Public Policy and European Political Science. She is the 2013 winner of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section’s Alexander George Award and has been serving for the section as an officer-at-large since 2015.
Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of the Witwatersrand Mr Lumkile Patriarch Mondi is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr Mondi is a strategist, economist and a leader. He has worked extensively in the African continent in his responsibility at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) where he was an executive for eleven years. He also serves on the Boards of Aerosud and listed companies such ArcelorMittal. He is the chairman of Thelo Rolling Stock Leasing. Mr Mondi has more than twenty years of postgraduate experience and over seven years working in financial markets. Mr Mondi is also involved in the BRICS think tanks in institutional strengthening and coordination. He has presented and participated in various conferences world-wide, including the UN, World Bank, BNDES and OECD. Mr Mondi was employed by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa as a Chief Economist and Divisional Executive for Professional Services for the past ten years until 30June 2014. His role included positioning the IDC as a leader in development finance in Africa. In achieving this goal, Mr Mondi led a team of researchers, structured and project financers, capacity building and agencies. His responsibilities included overseing the analyses of the macro and micro economic environment (business, economic, industry and policy) globally and locally. As a consequence of this role, he has a respected thought leadership profile in South Africa and thorughout the region, where he writes, presents and comments on radio, print media and television on political economy. Mr Mondi served in President Zuma’s State Owned Enterprises Presidential Review Committee. Previously Mr Mondi served as a member of President Mbeki’s Economic Advisory Panel. As a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative (ALI) an Aspen Institute Initiative, he is engaged in influencing leaders to be value based in tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment in pursuit of a better life for all. Before joining the IDC in July 2003 Mr Mondi was the Deputy Treasurer at Transnet. He spent 7 years at Transnet, two years of which he was a Treasury Manager in the Group Finance Department at Transnet Limited. As a Treasury Manager, Mr Mondi was in charge of Treasury’s Assets and Liabilities Management, Cash Management and External Loans. His responsibilities were liquidity, currency and interest rate risk management. Mr Mondi was for more than 5 years involved in the Transnet Pension Fund as a Trustee and served in the Investment and the Administration (Benefit) Committees of the Fund. Mr Mondi was the Group Economist at Transnet between 1996 and 2001. Mr Mondi was responsible for economic analysis and dissemination of strategic knowledge to all Transnet’s businesses. He is involved in the Trade and Industry Policy Strategy (TIPS) Group, particularly in analysing WTO policy on trade in services. Mr Mondi was part of a team of trustees who negotiated the transformation of R36 billion Transnet Pension Fund into three separate identities. He was a member of the Investment Committee who decided on Asset Allocation, appointment of Fund Managers and management of Asset Managers. He is currently a trustee of the new R14 billion defined contribution fund. Before joining Transnet Mr. Mondi worked for Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group as a Development and Financial Economics Consultant. He provided solutions to both private and public sector clients. Education MA Economics (Macroeconomics, international economics, public finance, and development economics). Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois, United States of America, 1993. B.COM. (HONS) Economics. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1992. B.COM. (Economics, Business Economics, and Commercial Law). University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990. Further Training Advanced Corporate Finance and Value Creation, University of Berkely Extension, 2000 Transnet. Esselen Park, 1999. Management Advancement Programme (MAP). World Bank(EDI) & University of Maryland 1998, Washington DC. Currency and Financial Crisis: Early Warning Signals. WEFA, Pretoria, 1998. Forecasting Techniques.
