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Susan Freeman is a Professor of International Business at the Business School of the University of South Australia (UniSA). She is actively involved in research and supervision within the UniSA Business academic unit, with a strong focus on international entrepreneurship, SME internationalization, and global strategy. Her work frequently appears in top-tier journals such as International Business Review , Global Strategy Journal , and Scandinavian Journal of Management . Her research interests span a broad range of topics including international business strategies, subsidiary autonomy in multinational enterprises, value creation in global value chains, high-performance work systems, and the dynamics of social networks in firm internationalization. She has contributed significantly to the understanding of how SMEs from diverse contexts—such as Brazil, India, and Australia—navigate international markets and develop competitive strategies. The recent publications of Professor Freeman reflect a strong trend toward conceptual and systematic reviews that integrate theoretical frameworks like the attention-based view, resource-based view, and dynamic capabilities. Her work often explores paradoxes and tensions in international management, such as coopetition at the supranational level and the balance between autonomy and control in multinational subsidiaries. She also contributes to policy-relevant research, particularly in how governments can better support foreign subsidiaries through after-care services and tailored investment promotion. Internationalization through social networks: a systematic review and future research agenda (2024) Paradoxical tensions at multiple levels: a model of unbalanced supranational coopetition (2024) High-performance work systems in public service units (2024) Are all cats grey in the dark? A new taxonomy of internationalizing SMEs (2024) Developing successful assumed autonomy-based initiatives (2023) Professor Freeman has received recognition through citations in Web of Science and Scopus, with several of her articles cited over 10 times. She has collaborated with researchers from institutions in France, Iceland, China, and the UK, indicating a strong international research network. While specific grants are mentioned in some publications (e.g., Watanabe Trust Fund, Letterstedtska Fund, HI NIAS), detailed grant histories are not fully elaborated in the provided texts. She serves as a Research Degree Supervisor at UniSA and has contributed to edited volumes and book chapters on SME internationalization and growth frontiers in international business. Her work bridges academic theory with practical implications for managers and policymakers, particularly in the areas of export strategy, organizational design in MNEs, and support mechanisms for growing firms.

• International Business
• International Entrepreneurship
• SME Internationalization
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Holly A. Taylor is the Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology at Tufts University, with a secondary appointment in Mechanical Engineering. Since joining Tufts in 1994, she has co-directed the Center for Applied Brain & Cognitive Sciences and led the Tufts Spatial Cognition Lab . Her work bridges cognitive psychology, spatial cognition, and human performance optimization. PhD, Cognitive Psychology, Stanford University (1992) BA, Mathematics/Statistics, Dartmouth College (1987) Research Focus Dr. Taylor’s research explores mental representations of spatial and environmental information, comparing learning via maps versus direct navigation. Key themes include: Spatial Cognition : Navigation, memory, and visualization Spatial Language : Directions and descriptions Stress & Cognition : Emotion’s impact on decision-making STEM Applications : Spatial training for education Human Factors : Technology’s role in cognition Publications & Grants Her recent articles (2020–2025) analyze navigation aids, metacognition, and stress effects. She has secured U.S. Army grants since 2014, focusing on applied brain and cognitive sciences. The lab actively trains students and emphasizes real-world applications in education, military operations, and urban design.

• Spatial Cognition
• Cognitive Psychology
• Memory
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Holly Taylor is Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. She directs the Spatial Cognition Lab and co-directs the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, focusing on human performance optimization. Her research examines mental representations of spatial information, investigating how navigation strategies are shaped by maps, multimedia sources, and environmental factors. Additional work explores nutritional impacts on cognition and stress effects on spatial decision-making. Recent publications demonstrate innovations in augmented reality navigation systems, spatial visualization for STEM education, and cognitive aspects of wayfinding under time pressure. Articles frequently appear in high-impact journals including Journal of Experimental Psychology and PLOS ONE . Sustained grant funding includes the Applied Brain and Cognitive Science Collaborative Effort with the U.S. Army (2019-2029). She teaches courses on spatial cognition, games psychology, and cognitive psychology.

• Spatial Cognition
• Spatial Language
• Spatial Visualizations
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Françoise Détienne is a Research Director (DR CNRS) at Télécom Paris, co-directing the Interaction, Technology, Activity (Interact) research team within the Interdisciplinary Institute of Innovation (i3). Her academic career includes roles at INRIA (1989-2007) and a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University (1987-1988). She holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology (1986, Paris Sorbonne University) and an HDR (2000, Paris Sorbonne University). Her research focuses on collaborative design processes, technological mediation effects, and cognitive ergonomics. Key themes include online epistemic communities, intercultural collaboration, and the role of values in design. She leads projects like DIALLS (EU H2020), SocialTouch (ANR), and TEEC (French-Quebec collaboration). Publications span over 170 articles and 2 books, including Software Design: Cognitive Aspects (Springer, 2001). She serves on editorial boards for journals like CoDesign and chairs the Work With Computing Systems (WWCS) committee. Current co-supervised PhD students include Robin Heron, Maude Quinio, Zhuoming Zhang, and Samuel Lacroix. Labs/Teams: Interact team (Sorbonne University), i3 lab. Research emphasizes innovation through interdisciplinary approaches to human-centered design and social interaction dynamics.

• Cognitive Ergonomics
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Collaborative Design
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Dr Linda Hering is a Post-doc Research Associate at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the Collaborative Research Centre 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces”, where she explores how food, knowledge and space interact in contexts ranging from German fresh-produce markets to peri-urban Nairobi. Education: 2018-2021 PhD in Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin (supervisors: Nina Baur & Elmar Kulke) 2006-2012 Diploma in Sociology, TU Berlin & Auckland University of Technology, NZ Research focus: Hering combines economic sociology with spatial and environmental questions. She scrutinises agri-food commodity chains, traces the invisible logics that shape urban retail landscapes, and analyses how crises and power asymmetries reconfigure socio-spatial arrangements. Mixed-methods designs, comparative case studies and visual techniques such as mapping and photo-documentation are central to her work. Key themes: Her publications reveal three interlocking strands: (i) the materiality and governance of global food chains, (ii) the transformation of urban food systems in the Global South, and (iii) methodological innovation for space-sensitive sociology. Recent articles illuminate Singapore’s hawker centres, Nairobi’s informal settlements and the resilience of commodity chains under external shocks. Scientific awards & grants: No major personal prizes are listed; her projects are financed through the German Research Foundation (DFG) within CRC 1265 and earlier DFG projects on local economic conventions. Teaching & supervision: She has taught at TU Berlin and Akkon Hochschule für Humanwissenschaften, covering qualitative methods, spatial sociology and sustainability, but no individual advisees are named in the source. Labs & teams: Hering is an integral member of the interdisciplinary CRC 1265 team, co-leading sub-project A03 “Knowledge and Goods II” that brings together sociologists, geographers and planners to investigate how consumers and intermediaries co-produce spatial knowledge.

• Economic Sociology
• Agri-Food Studies
• Sociology of Space
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Dr Jane Flynn is a Visiting Fellow at the School of History within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds, specializing in the intersection of music, pedagogy, and religious identity during England's Tudor period. Her scholarly work bridges historical musicology, liturgical studies, and the socio-religious dynamics of recusant communities. Her educational foundation includes: PhD in Musicology from Duke University (1993) MA in Performance Practice Studies from Duke University (1988) MMus in Organ Performance from Westminster Choir College (1986) BMus (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh (1981) Flynn's research centers on Tudor liturgical music, particularly keyboard practices and pedagogical traditions up to 1650. She investigates how English Catholicism shaped musical expression during recusancy, with sustained focus on John Heywood's works and the Mulliner Book manuscripts. Her methodology combines archival analysis with performance practice, revealing how music functioned as both spiritual resistance and educational tool in clandestine Catholic households. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications shows consistent thematic threads: organ improvisation techniques in liturgical contexts, gendered musical participation in recusant spaces, and the pedagogical transmission of musical knowledge. Her work frequently examines neglected primary sources like the Mulliner Book to reconstruct Tudor performance practices, while connecting musical activities to broader historical narratives of religious persecution and cultural survival. No scientific awards are documented in available sources. While her Emory University tenure (1993-2000) indicates prior teaching responsibilities, current advising activities and grant funding remain unspecified in institutional records. Her independent website (jeflynntudorimprovisation.blog) serves as a digital extension of her scholarly practice, featuring performance demonstrations. Research operations appear to be conducted individually rather than through formal labs or institutional teams, with collaborations primarily manifesting in co-edited volumes and joint publications like her 2009 review with William Flynn.

• Musicology
• Renaissance Music
• Tudor Music
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Michelle Rizzella is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where she has been a faculty member since 1996. She earned her B.A. from SUNY at Stonybrook and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. Joined Faculty: 1996 B.A.: SUNY at Stonybrook M.A.: University of New Hampshire Ph.D.: University of New Hampshire Her research lies at the intersection of cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, focusing on how readers construct and maintain mental representations of text. She investigates how memory processes—particularly basic memory mechanisms, autobiographical memory, and discourse processing—shape comprehension. Her work emphasizes the role of context, general world knowledge, character perspective, and the resolution of conflicting information in reading. Her recent publications, often presented at the Society of Text & Discourse and published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition , explore topics such as semantic anomalies, elaborative inferences, and situational model updating. These studies reveal consistent trends in how readers dynamically update their mental models during comprehension, integrating prior knowledge with incoming textual information. American Psychological Association Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi Psi Chi Teaching of Psychology Society Rizzella has advised numerous undergraduate researchers, many of whom are co-authors on her presentations and posters, indicating a strong commitment to mentoring. Her teaching includes foundational courses such as Statistics (PSY 201), Research Methods (PSY 202), and Cognitive Psychology (PSY 231), as well as advanced seminars like Theory & Seminar in Cognition (PSY 335) and Capstone in Cognition (PSY 435). While specific grant information is not listed, her sustained research output and conference participation suggest ongoing scholarly activity. She is actively engaged in the academic community through professional affiliations and continues to contribute to theoretical models of reading comprehension grounded in memory processes.

• Cognitive Psychology
• Basic Memory Processes
• Autobiographical Memory
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Francis P. Cody is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) with a 50% cross-appointment at the Asian Institute. He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in 2007 and specializes in linguistic anthropology with a focus on southern India, particularly Tamil Nadu. His research interests span Linguistic Anthropology , Sociocultural Anthropology , Critical Social Theory , and Media Studies , with particular attention to postcolonial state formation, literacy, social activism, and the political dimensions of language. Cody examines how political publicity is transformed through Tamil and English news media, exploring questions of law, technology, and violence in claims to representing popular sovereignty. Cody's influential book The Light of Knowledge: Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India (Cornell 2013) won the Edward Sapir Book Prize from the Society for Linguistic Anthropology. His more recent work includes The News Event: Popular Sovereignty in the Age of Deep Mediatization (Chicago 2023) and co-editing Bernard Bate's posthumous work Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Modern (Stanford 2021). His publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output focused on the intersection of language, politics, and media infrastructure in postcolonial contexts, with particular attention to how digital media transforms political representation in South Asia. His work contributes to transdisciplinary projects elaborating critical social theories of mass mediation and politics. Scientific Awards: Edward Sapir Book Prize (2014) for The Light of Knowledge Cody has advised graduate students including Aakash Solanki, Marianna Reis, and Victoria Sheldon. He has also engaged with public discourse through journalism pieces on Tamil Nadu politics published in outlets like The Wire and Huffington Post India. His work bridges academic scholarship with public engagement, particularly regarding political developments in Tamil Nadu and South India.

• Linguistic Anthropology
• Sociocultural Anthropology
• Critical Social Theory
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Nick Bontis serves as Associate Professor and Area Chair of Strategic Management at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business. With over 20 years at the institution since completing his PhD at Western University's Ivey Business School, he holds multiple leadership roles including Director of the Blended Learning Part-Time MBA program. His academic career is distinguished by simultaneous recognition as Outstanding Teacher of the Year and Faculty Researcher of the Year—the first McMaster professor to achieve this dual honor. Dr. Bontis' research centers on intellectual capital, knowledge management, and organizational learning, with particular expertise in knowledge worker productivity and human capital benchmarking. His work bridges academic rigor and practical application through structural equation modeling methodologies. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles with 50,000+ citations, ranking him among Research.com's top 10 management researchers in Canada and the global top 2% of scientists. His best-selling book Information Bombardment: Rising above the digital onslaught (4th edition) demonstrates his ability to translate complex concepts for broader audiences. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strategic focus on intellectual capital's evolving role in sustainability, organizational performance, and emerging economies. His 2023-2025 work increasingly examines green intellectual capital, SME applications in diverse cultural contexts (Portugal, Iran, Italy, Africa), and the interplay between knowledge assets and organizational ambidexterity. Methodologically, he combines bibliometric analysis with empirical field studies, maintaining consistent emphasis on practical implementation frameworks. 3M National Teaching Fellow (Canada's highest teaching honor) Maclean's Magazine Most Popular Professor at McMaster (6 times) Western Mustangs Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Multiple best paper awards across management journals Ranked #1 most impactful researcher by citation count at DeGroote School As an educator, Bontis teaches capstone Business Policy courses, Digital Transformation in the EMBA program, and Knowledge Management in the MBA program. His consulting practice extends intellectual capital frameworks to global organizations, supported by 500+ keynote presentations across 25 countries. Beyond academia, he serves as Vice-President of Canada Soccer where he spearheaded the Canadian Premier League's creation, demonstrating his consistent application of organizational development principles across diverse domains. Current research initiatives focus on benchmarking Canadian learning and development investments against international standards, particularly examining Sweden's $4,000 per-worker training expenditure compared to Canada's $750 average.

• Intellectual Capital
• Knowledge Management
• Organizational Learning
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Michael Gelfond is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at El Paso, affiliated with the Knowledge Representation Lab and the Texas Action Group. His research focuses on logic programming, knowledge representation, and non-monotonic reasoning, with significant contributions to Answer Set Programming (ASP) and the stable model semantics. M.S. in Mathematics, St. Petersburg University (1968) Ph.D. in Mathematics, Steklov Mathematical Institute (1974) His work bridges mathematical logic with AI, enabling intelligent agents to reason about dynamic domains. Recent publications explore A-Prolog for diagnostic reasoning, concurrent action effects, and declarative programming frameworks. He has received numerous accolades, including two Most Influential Paper in 20 Years Awards from the Association for Logic Programming, Fellowships from the European Academy of Sciences and AAAI, and the Burlington Northern Distinguished Achievement Award. His teaching includes courses on artificial intelligence, algorithms, and automata theory. Area Editor, Journal of Theory and Practice of Logic Programming Executive Editor, Journal of Logic and Computation Co-founder, Knowledge Representation Lab Co-chair, 27th International Conference on Logic Programming (2011)

• Knowledge Representation
• Logic Programming
• Answer Set Programming
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Stephen M. Fiore is a full-time Professor at the University of Central Florida , affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and the Institute for Simulation and Training . As Director of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory , he leads multidisciplinary research integrating cognitive, social, organizational, and computational sciences. Research Focus: Complex collaborative cognition, human-AI teaming, simulation-based training, team science, and 21st-century skills assessment. Federal Engagement: DARPA ISAT Study Group, National Academies of Sciences consensus studies. International Roles: Visiting scholar at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2010), OECD PISA expert panel (2015). Awards: Pegasus Professor (2023), Scroll & Quill Society (2020), Luminary Award (2019), Reach for the Stars Award (2014), multiple Research Incentive Awards. Funding: $35M+ secured as PI/Co-PI, including NSF and Minerva Research Initiative grants. Scientific Contributions: Co-author of 250+ publications across human-human and human-AI team cognition, with key works on accelerating expertise, shared cognition, and adaptive training systems. His lab explores immersive VR, robotic perception scales, and ICE environment team dynamics. Leadership Roles: Co-founder and former President of the International Network for the Science of Team Science Co-founder and former President of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research Co-founder of the Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research Key Collaborations: Santa Fe Institute (2013), Army's Robotics CTA, NSF-funded team science initiatives, and European research networks.

• Cognitive Science
• Team Cognition
• Human-AI Interaction
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Dr. Reza Mousavi is an Associate Professor of Business Information Systems at Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Computer Information Systems from the University of North Texas (2016), an MBA in General Management from Sharif University of Technology (Iran, 2012), and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Isfahan (Iran, 2009). His research focuses on information assurance, cybersecurity, business analytics, and electronic business. Key areas include online review dynamics, e-commerce security, privacy mechanisms, and AI-driven data analytics. He has published in journals such as Decision Support Systems and Communications of the Association for Information Systems . Teaching interests span business analytics, data science, cybersecurity, and information systems. Notable awards include the 2019 Haworth College of Business Faculty Teaching Award and the 2018 Departmental Research Award. His work bridges academic research with industry applications in digital transformation and cybersecurity strategies.

• Information Assurance
• Cybersecurity
• Business Analytics
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Dr. Alain Pinsonneault is a Distinguished James McGill Professor and IMASCO Chair in Information Systems at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. He serves as Academic Director of the McGill-HEC EMBA program and co-founded this executive education initiative in 2005. His research examines the organizational impacts of information technologies across banking, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. Dr. Pinsonneault's research focuses on ERP implementation, user adaptation to new technologies, social networks, and e-health systems. His work explores how digital transformation affects organizational performance through strategic alignment, electronic integration, and business agility. Recent studies investigate data scientists' occupational identity threats, digital strategic agility through weak signal detection, and distributed IT championing processes. His publication record demonstrates consistent leadership in top-tier journals including MIS Quarterly , Information Systems Research , and Management Science . Recent articles show increasing focus on digital transformation challenges, with strong representation in healthcare IT applications and social media contexts. His work bridges technical implementation issues with strategic business outcomes. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2010) Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (2014) Chevalier, Ordre National du Québec (2016) King Charles III medal (2025) Multiple best paper awards across ICIS, AMCIS, and HICSS conferences Dr. Pinsonneault has secured major funding from SSHRC, FRQSC, and NSERC, including the $313,280 'Winning with IT in a Digital Economy' project (2015-2019). His research teams investigate IT slack resources, social network effects on managerial vision, and implementation challenges affecting IT value realization. Current work through the McGill HEC EMBA program focuses on executive education for digital leadership.

• Information Systems
• Business Value of IT
• E-health
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Dr Stephen Turner is a Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School, University of Essex, where he has worked since 2019. He concurrently serves as Programme Director of the £2.3 million Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme Sustainable Transitions – Governance, Ecological Management and Society (2023–2032) and until 2024 was Co-Director of Post-Graduate Education in the Law School. Education PhD, Queen Mary, University of London (2007) LLM, SOAS, University of London (2002) LLB (Hons), The Polytechnic of Wales (1987) Research Interests Turner’s research is internationally recognised at the intersection of international environmental law , global environmental governance , and human rights law . Employing his pioneering macro legal analysis methodology, he investigates how diverse legal regimes—environmental, trade, investment, corporate, banking and insurance—affect environmental outcomes. His work adopts a rights-based lens to elaborate the substantive content and practical enforcement of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, with particular attention to climate change, corporate accountability, and constitutional environmental provisions. Recent empirical projects include examining directors’ duties under company law in relation to environmental and human rights impacts, and mapping constitutional environmental standards in Bhutan and Kenya. His research informs policy debates within the UN, World Bank, WHO, and other global fora. Major Awards & Fellowships Principal Investigator, £2.3 million Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2023–2032 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (elected 1995) Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Advising & Doctoral Supervision Turner currently supervises PhD scholars across six disciplines under the Leverhulme Sustainable Transitions programme. He welcomes doctoral proposals in international environmental law, global environmental governance, human rights and the environment, and corporate responsibility. His current supervisee is Tezzeta N'Gungwa Mbuya (PhD Law). Laboratories & Research Teams As Programme Director of the Leverhulme Sustainable Transitions Doctoral Training Programme, Turner leads a University-wide interdisciplinary team spanning Essex Law School, the School of Life Sciences, the School of Health and Social Care, the Department of Government, the Essex Business School, and the Department of Sociology. The programme supports up to 18 doctoral scholars with dual supervision across disciplines to deliver systemic research on sustainable transitions.

• International Environmental Law
• Global Environmental Governance
• Human Rights and the Environment
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Dr. Joy Garfield is a Senior Teaching Fellow and Deputy Head of the Business Analytics and Information Systems Department at Aston Business School, Aston University. She holds a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and has over 20 years of teaching experience across multiple UK universities. Her research focuses on systems development methodologies, IS/IT alignment, and pedagogical approaches in higher education. She currently leads undergraduate and postgraduate modules including Agile Practices in IT and Management, and Effective Management Consultancy. Education: PhD in Informatics (Requirements Elaboration for System Co-development), University of Manchester (2004-2009) MSc in Computer Science, University of Birmingham (1999-2000) BSc in Geography, Coventry University (1994-1997) Research Interests: Joy’s work emphasizes early-stage systems development processes, including systems modelling and requirements engineering. She explores innovative teaching methods for information systems education, particularly for international students. Her recent work includes applying Soft Systems Methodology to solve complex organizational problems and integrating generative AI into pedagogical frameworks. Awards: 2025 – Nigel Slack Teaching Innovation Award 2020 – Best Presentation Award at ICESM 2019 – Best Paper Award at British Academy of Management Labs/Teams: Active in research teams focused on system dynamics modelling for sustainability, digital transformation in SMEs, and educational technology innovation. Leads Aston’s OIM Learning and Teaching Convenor group (2024-2025).

• Systems Modelling
• Requirements Engineering
• Business IS/IT Alignment
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