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Andreea is the Executive Director of the Government Outcomes Lab at the University of Oxford, where she leads the team’s pioneering programme of policy engagement. Her work focuses on building bridges between academia and policymakers for better social outcomes. As such she works closely with leading academics, government officials and practitioners around the world to improve the understanding and practice of outcomes-focused cross-sector partnerships.
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I am a Professor of Literacy Studies in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and currently Associate Dean for Engagement in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
My current research projects are:
0-3-year-old children's language and literacy learning at home in a digital age
Research Mobilities in Primary Literacy Education
The Edwardian Postcard Project
I'm also interested in regeneration of the environment, sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion.
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Professor Christopher Boyle, PhD is the Associate Head (Research) in the School Education at the University of Adelaide. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is the Co-Editor in Chief (with Kelly Allen) of the Journal of Human Belonging and Connection.
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Abiodun Olusola Omotayo is academic, senior researcher and practically experienced NRF-C2 rated researcher/scientist in the field of agricultural economics at the North West University, South Africa. He has over 15 years’ professional research and lecturing experience with focus on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He has contributed to the UN’s Sustainable targets in Africa through the application of applied economics. His research engagements specifically have implications across climate change, food-nutrition security, environmental, health and welfare economics.
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Despina Dimelli is a Professor of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete and the founder and director of Urban and Regional Planning Laboratory. She participates in scientific committees of national and international conferences, and she is a reviewer in national and international scientific journals. She participates in international (HORIZON2020, COST E.TC) and national research programs. She has been awarded in international and national urban and architectural competitions. She has expertise in Urban Conservation issues.
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology; registered clinical psychologist and currently Acting Head of School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. I have a PhD, and PG Diploma in Clinical Psychology. I coordinate the clinical psychology training programme and teach at all levels of academic scholarship. My 20+year clinical career (and research) has focused on work with children, youth and families, with specialist interests in paediatric oncology, and anxiety and trauma, particularly cumulative trauma resulting in complex post-trauma symptoms.
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Peter Graefe is Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Université de Montréal. His research deals with social policy in Canada, especially social assistance and social economy policy, as well as intergovernmental relations in social policy-making.
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Lecturer in Public Policy at The University of Melbourne. Dr Jeremiah Thomas Brown's research applies the capability approach to the impact of public and social policy on the wellbeing outcomes of citizens. His focus is on the principles that underpin policy choices, and the impact that both government and organisations can have in improving wellbeing outcomes in people’s lives. His recent work analyses the role that administrative burden and application forms can play in preventing access to social security support, and how using a systems approach to financial wellbeing can improve individual financial wellbeing outcomes.
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Dr Sarina de Jager (Phd (UJ) Ed Psyc, MEd Ed Psyc(UJ), BEd Hons Ed Psyc (UJ), BEd (FET) UJ) is a lecturer in the Humanities Education Department and a registered Educational Psychologist. Her research interests include wellbeing in education, with her most recent research exploring the connection between students in Higher Education’s wellbeing and their experiences of vulnerability and worthiness. Sarina also nurtures a key interest in humanistic education and the concepts of courage, vulnerability, and wisdom in Education.
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Prateek Basavaraj is the senior research analyst for student success at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington DC. Dr. Basavaraj has worked on several projects studying the STEM program curriculum and quality enhancement of computing programs to improve student success at public institutions. Dr. Basavaraj has around ten years of research experience and specializes in STEM higher education, academic analytics, institutional transformation and equitable student success.