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Brigid Barron is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and a developmental psychologist. My research focuses on learning in and out of school, interest-driven learning, uses of technology to support learning at home and beyond.
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I'm the founder and director of an education program in Hpa-an, Myanmar. I also take on consultancy work for curriculum and textbook design, and have worked with the University of Hong Kong on their Nurturing Global Leaders (formerly Migrant Outreach Education Initiative program) program for over a decade. I'm currently studying towards an EdD with Reading University UK and have a research interest in integrating technology into mainstream teaching.
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Principal Fellow, New Economics Foundation, London. Director, The Social Guarantee, a programme to promote universal access to life's essentials. (www.socialguarantee.org) Co-author of 'The Case for Universal Basic Services" (Policy Books, 2020).
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Yume is an Associate Researcher at Includovate, a research incubator based in Australia and Ethiopia. She holds a BA with a First-Class Honours in International Development with International Education from the University of Sussex. In 2019 and 2020, she received global research awards for her research focused on marginalised groups of people including women and children, including the Thomas Clarkson Gold Medal Award in the Social Sciences: Anthropology and Cultural Studies category from the Global Undergraduate Awards.
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Louise is Associate Dean (Academic Quality & Student Experience) in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. She was formerly Head of Belfast School of Art and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2014); elected Faculty Representative to Ulster University Senate (Jan 2022); professional member of Institute of Designers Ireland (2018); Chair of the Group for Learning in Art and Design in Higher Education (GLADHE); and a full member of Centre for Higher Education and Research Practice, Ulster University.
Her research interests include investigating the role of the artist as social commentator, and the evolution of teaching and learning practices in art and design tertiary level education.
Louise has exhibited work and presented her research both nationally and internationally. She has been commissioned by both private and public bodies to create a number of public artworks, complete research, feasibility studies, education, training and manage arts projects. She has worked extensively in the community and schools sectors on a wide variety of projects and initiatives. Louise has received a number of awards both for her arts practice and pedagogic research. For more information see http://louiseoboyle.com
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As Director of the SME Climate Hub at We Mean Business, I work with international partners, multinational companies and governments to accelerate a global movement and develop a one-stop-shop platform mobilizing small and medium-sized enterprises to take climate action on net zero. I previously served as Head of City Business Climate Alliances at C40 Cities, where I was responsible for expanding C40’s service offering to member cities relating to the acceleration of climate solutions with local and global businesses. My experience also includes initiating and leading multi-partner programmes focused on innovation and sustainability for Virgin Unite, the non-profit arm of the Virgin Group, and University of the Arts London.
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Clinical Professor and Director of the Entertainment, Media and Technology Program at NYU's Stern School of Business. Professor Hardart is a partner in the online storytelling platform Witnify, which captures and curates first-person accounts of important world events.
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Samantha Ahern is a Faculty LT Lead (Bartlett) at University College London. She is an educationalist and technologist, with experiences in both the secondary and higher education sectors, who best describes herself as an EdTech Womble. Professional and research interests include Critical Digital Pedagogy, Learning Analytics, ethics and the student experience. Samantha is a Fellow of the HEA.
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Dr Martina Emke coordinates a pool of experts in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education, which is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Sciences of the federal state of North Rhine-Westfalia in Germany. As an Affiiliated Researcher at the Open University, UK, she has been involved in research projects focusing on online language teaching and language teacher professional development. Since 2008, she has been working in projects for the European Centre for Modern Languages, which seek to help language teachers improve their digital teaching skills.
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As a Lecturer in Data and Digital Literacies at Moray House School of Education and Sport (University of Edinburgh), I teach courses on Digital Literacy and Technologies in the postgraduate teacher education programme. I am also part of the Data Education in Schools project, whose mission is to educate teachers in South East Scotland about data literacy. My research interests include data and digital literacies, formative assessment and feedback, online learning, and adoption of teaching and learning technologies in primary, secondary and higher education contexts.