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I currently hold two honorary professorships at universities in Australia. Over the past twenty years I have researched and advocated with people with disabilities on issues which have been of concern to them and which have aimed at making positive social change. Among these issues have been: deinstitutionalisation (both in Australia and overseas) community inclusion and belonging, rights with a particular focus on the UN CRPD, gender issues, sexuality and relationships and advocacy and activism. I have a particular interest in doing inclusive research which involves people with disabilities as active initiators and developers of research which is of concern to them. I have co-written or edited 7 books. The most recent of these is an edited book which focuses on accounts by disabled advocates and activists and their allies of how they work and their achievements (Soldatic K, & Johnson, K (2019) Global Perspectives on Disability Activism and Advocacy. London: Routledge).
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Professor Ramón Spaaij investigates complex social problems finding solutions that create and sustain thriving communities. He explores how conflicts and inequities that threaten social cohesion can be transformed toward more harmonious community relationships. His research enhances opportunities for social change through sport creating wellbeing and a sense of belonging for people. He focuses on sport for development, investigating social issues toward diversity, equity, and inclusion in sport. He is also an international expert on violent extremism and terrorism.
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Policy Analyst focusing on the financial inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs), humanitarian-development nexus, and balancing AML-CFT and financial inclusion.
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Tiziana Nazio is tenured Senior Researcher at Turin University, Affiliate Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Berlin. Her research examines how family configurations and ties affect individuals' life courses, emphasizing the role of social background, employment, social interactions and institutional settings. Her work has been published in the journals European Sociological Review, European Journal of Population, Work, Employment & Society, Demographic Research and International Migration Review.
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I am a professor in the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia. I research a wide range of policy issues mainly focused on child welfare and child protection, but also including aged care, disability and Indigenous policy and migration. Much of my research involves evaluation of human service policies and programs.
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I am a Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at University College London, Institute of Education (UK) and Research Director of the Department of Social Science which houses the British Cohort Studies. I am a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and member of the scientific advisory board for the ‘Growing up in Ireland’ Longitudinal Study; the Swiss Longitudinal Study on ‘Transition from Education to Employment)´(TREE); the German Family Panel PAIRFAM (“Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics”); and 'Growing up in Germany' (AID:A) coordinated by the German Youth Institute (DJI). I am currently President of the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies.
My research focuses on the study of risk and resilience, in particular during the transition from dependent childhood to independent adulthood, asking 1) to what extent and how do social conditions, in particular socio-economic adversity, affect individual thinking, feeling and behaviour; 2) to what extent and in what circumstances can individuals succeed against the odds and steer their own life course?; and 3) what can be done to improve the life chances of the most vulnerable? My research is guided by a socio-ecological developmental approach, mapping human development over time and in context using longitudinal data. Several ongoing projects take a cross national perspective to explore the policy contexts that shape variations in development. One example is a recent study on young people’s experiences in the Great Recession, which involved collaboration with colleagues in the UK, Germany and the US, including John Bynner, Walter Heinz and Glen Elder, resulting in a co-edited book on ' Young People’s Development and the Great Recession: Uncertain Transitions and Precarious Futures' (2017) published by Cambridge University Press. Other publications, in addition to over 100 peer reviewed journal articles, include a monograph on 'Risk and Resilience' (2006), co-edited books on 'Transitions from School to Work: Globalisation, Individualisation, and Patterns of Diversity (2009) with Rainer K. Silbereisen, and ' Gender differences in aspirations and attainment: A longitudinal perspective' (2014) with Jacquelynne Eccles, all published by Cambridge University Press, and a book on 'Pathways to Adulthood: Educational Opportunities, Individual Motivation and Attainment in Times of Social Change' (2017) with Rainer K. Silbereisen.
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Jani Erola is the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center and Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku.
His research interests include social class and stratification, family formation, intergenerational social mobility socioeconomic inheritance, sociological research methods, and welfare state institutions and attitudes. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher”.
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Senior Research Fellow Politics and Crime & Head of the Sahel research programme of the Clingendael Conflict Research Unit
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I am involved in a variety of policy research projects, focused on regulatory impact assessment, social policy analysis, gender and environment. Apart from the research, I am delivering training on a variety of public policy issues. I am a regular blogger at the ISET Economist Blog.
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Academic and Arts Practitioner