Professor of Philosophy, University of Maryland Samuel Kerstein (PhD, Columbia University) is Professor of Philosophy. His research focuses on Kant's moral philosophy, normative ethics, and bioethics. Several of his current projects stem from his book How to Treat Persons (Oxford, 2013). For example, he is developing a Kantian conception of the dignity of persons and exploring its implications for issues in bioethics, including the fair distribution of scarce, life-saving resources and moral constraints on medical research.
Professor and Chair Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont Jane Kolodinsky is passionate about applied economics – application of the concepts of demand, consumer behavior, and marketing principles to improve consumer wellbeing. Jane has been a professor at the University of Vermont since 1987. As Chair of the Community Development and Applied Economics Department (CDAE), she oversees a breadth of undergraduate majors and minors (community entrepreneurship; public communication; community and international development; applied design; green building and community design) and two master degree programs (community development and applied economics; public administration).
Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge I study the properties of materials in Earth, from biominerals in seas shells to the nature of Earth's inner core. I use neutron and synchrotron light sources to study these properties at the atomic scale, and link the results to phenomena at the global scale. As a British Science Association Media Fellow this year I have been reporting for BBC Science, follow my experiences at redfernsimon.wordpress.com My PhD was carried out at Cambridge University Department of Earth Sciences. After finishing I took up at Lectureship joint in the Departments of Geology and Chemistry at the University of Manchester. In 1994 I returned to Cambridge where I am now Professor, as well as a Fellow of Jesus College. I have published more than 200 academic research papers in the peer reviewed literature, and guided more than 20 students to their PhDs. I blog general Earth Sciences for a wide audience at www.geopoem.com
Senior Research Fellow, NatCen Social Research John Curtice is a Senior Research Fellow at NatCen Social Research, Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde and Research Consultant to the Scottish Centre for Social Research. He is particularly interested in electoral behaviour, electoral systems, and political and social attitudes. A regular broadcaster and contributor to newspapers, John is also president of the British Polling Council and vice chair of the Economic and Social Data Service’s Advisory Committee.
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford I was a Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) at the University of Oxford from 1996 to 2012. I am now a research associate of the Centre continuing to work on labour markets and firms in sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining the Centre in 1991 I held positions in Tanzania at the Tanzania Investment Bank, in the UK at the National Institute of Economics and Social Research and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and in Australia at the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Australian National University.I am currently working on projects studying the evolution of firms in Africa, the productivity of agriculture and the links between skills, employment and incomes in African labour markets.
Lecturer in Personal Finance, The Open University Also a personal finance practitioner, working with a variety of independent, consumer-facing organisations and financial services providers, including the Money Advice Service, Which? and Royal London, carrying out consultancy, commissioned research, authoring financial capability materials and creating interactive financial capability tools. Past head of Money Research Group at Consumers' Association/Which? and past editor of research journal, Consumer Policy Review (Blackwell's/Consumers' Association).
