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Professor (Chair) in Global Health Design Innovation and the Co-Director of the Future Cities Research Institute; a £3+ million interdisciplinary institute between Sunway University in Malaysia and Lancaster University, on research in Sustainable, Resilient, Liveable and Digital Cities.
Driven by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, my research focuses on tackling community global (human & planetary) health challenges across the world, by working in the intersection of health, sustainability, design & technology. My research has been published in over 100 international research articles
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Muyao is an interdisciplinary researcher and designer who specializes in facilitating multidisciplinary collaboration and inclusive engagement to drive meaningful and impactful change in service ecosystems. She is studying for her doctorate at the Royal College of Art, London, exploring how design can promote inclusive policy innovation in China. As such she works closely with government officials, academics and practitioners to advance the awareness, knowledge and practice of more ‘thoughtful’ policy making. She is a lecturer in Service Design at the Chongqing Jiaotong University in China.
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I am currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. My PhD project was a critical analysis of the history and politics of the notion of gap in Australian Indigenous education policy debates. My current project is investigating racialised school discipline and exclusion. My research interests include understanding the implications of settler colonial and governance on education and racial justice; theorising possibilities for education justice beyond the liberal frame; and engaging with communities to develop solutions to education problems.
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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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Doctoral Researcher, Food Security for Equitable Future Research Group, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Skills and expertise
Climate change, agriculture and food security, global south, displacement and migration, sustainable Development, quantitative research, interdisciplinarity, climate change adaptation, environmental policy and governance, social research, food equity and food justice.
Learn more: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sociology/people/mohammad-rahman http://mohammadmahbuburrahman.com/
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Dr. Fledderjohann is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Lancaster University, and was previously a postdoc at the University of Oxford. She holds a PhD and an MA in Sociology and Demography from the Pennsylvania State University. Currently she leads the Food Security for Equitable Futures project, a UKRI funded Future Leaders Fellowship examining the consequences and measurement of food insecurity in Global Majority countries. She also has expertise in reproductive justice, infertility, and gender, and leads the social justice lens on the Digi-Age project on digital equity for older adults.
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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.