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Nora McIntyre currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Southampton Education School, University of Southampton. With a focus on educational innovation, Nora asks how best to improve teacher effectiveness in educational technology among diverse global populations. She has research interest in culture, socio-emotion, and inequalities. She particularly advocates the use of intensive data via innovative research technology and process-oriented analytic techniques.
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Dr Matteo Vergani is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Deakin University, and Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. Matteo’s research focuses on the "ecosystem of hate", which includes discrimination, micro-aggressions, hate speech, hate crime and politically motivated violence. Matteo's research looks at the factors that cause and accelerate hate, as well as the factors that contribute to prevent and mitigate hate, such as social cohesion and inclusion of diverse communities in multicultural societies. Matteo has completed numerous impact evaluations of P/CVE projects in Australia and South East Asia.
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Dr Eghosa Ekhator is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. He was previously a lecturer in law at the University of Chester. He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) and PhD in Law from the University of Hull. Eghosa has also been called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. His main research areas include international environmental law (with focus on the African Union and developing countries) and natural resources governance. He has also published extensively on these research areas. Eghosa’s academic papers have been cited by a plethora of organisations and international agencies including the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) ‘Responses to Information Requests (RIR) report (NGA106371.E) on Nigeria’ amongst others.
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Professor and IRB Chair at Lone Star College. I am an environmental scientist who volunteers in environmental justice issues related to water security.
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Senior Lecturer at Deakin University. I am an academic and practitioner of communication design and filmmaking at Deakin University, Australia. My title is Senior Lecturer and Head of Academic Group (Art and Design). I served as President of the International Council of Design (2009 and 2011). My research area includes cultural identity representation, telepresence, design advocacy and best practice policy as it relates to Indigenous representation in design practice. I am the co-author of the multi award winning Indigenous Design Charters (Australian and International). In 2017 was a committee member of the City of Greater Geelong's successful bid to join the UNESCO Creative City Network as a City of Design.
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I am a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. I undertake research in inclusive health communication policies and practices. I also lead investigations into assistive technology, telehealth/mHealth, and service experience. I'm passionate about the inclusion of service users and people with lived experience in research and policy setting, and I love implementing inclusive research, co-design and usability methods into my own work, and supporting others with these approaches.
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Associate Professor - Social Work - Social Policy - Masaryk University, Brno Czech Republic
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Nándor PETROVICS works as an assistant lecturer at the Department of Public Policy and Management at the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), teaching courses both in English and in Hungarian for public policy and management master students in public policy analysis, cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, and multi-level governance.
He is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Political Science and International Relations. His doctoral research focuses on governance networks in night-time economies, but his area of interest also covers public service co-production and other questions of network governance.
Nándor also has significant consultancy experience in different areas of public policy analysis and cost-benefit analysis for public investment projects.
Research topics: Governance Networks; Urban Governance; Network Governance; Public Service Co-Production; Night Studies; Night-Time Economy; Night-Time Governance; Public Policy Analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Program Evaluation
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Consultant with FTI Consulting. Several years of international experience working on issues in financial markets, public policy and development. Currently working on professional projects related to building a sustainable and accessible financial system in developing economies. Also interested in urban planning, connectivity and infrastructure. Graduate of the University of Oxford (MSc, Department of International Development) and the University of St Andrews (MA Hons, School of International Relations and Modern Languages).
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I am an associate professor in education policy at the School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. After receiving a Ph.D. in higher education from the Pennsylvania State University, I worked at multiple international organizations including the OECD, UNESCO GEM Report, and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning before relocating back to China in 2021. My current research focuses on secondary education policies and reforms in China, school tracking policies, and principal leadership.