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Kristina HeinonenView profile

Professor

• Service Marketing
• Customer Experience
• Service Innovation
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Kristina Heinonen is a Professor of Service and Relationship Marketing at the Department of Marketing, Hanken School of Economics, and holds a Professor II appointment at the Norwegian School of Economics. She has led key roles such as Head of Subject (Marketing) and Director of the Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management (CERS) at Hanken (2010–2023). Her research focuses on service innovation, customer experience, and value creation, leveraging technologies to drive strategic service initiatives. She is a Fulbright Scholar from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and has held visiting roles at institutions across Europe. Her academic leadership extends to co-chairing the American Marketing Association’s Service Special Interest Group (AMA SERVSIG) and serving on the board of Karlstad University’s CTF Center for Service Research. She also contributes to global initiatives like ServCollab, a nonprofit fostering human-centered service collaboration. Her pedagogical expertise spans undergraduate, graduate, and MBA programs, alongside mentoring doctoral researchers. Kristina’s awards include the Evert Gummesson Outstanding Research Award and multiple Emerald Literati Awards. She actively advises companies in service, food, retail, and financial sectors, and leads the Finnish Innovation Index, an annual assessment of corporate innovation capabilities. Her interdisciplinary research bridges academic rigor with practical applications, emphasizing customer-centric frameworks and sustainability in service systems.

Juanita Duque-RoseroView profile

Academic

• Computational Number Theory
• Arithmetic Geometry
• Modular Curves
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Juanita Duque-Rosero is a Research Assistant Professor at Boston University, specializing in computational number theory and arithmetic geometry. She collaborates with Jennifer Balakrishnan on explicit Chabauty methods and triangular modular curves. Her research focuses on rational points on curves, modular curves, and p-adic heights. Education: PhD from Dartmouth College (2023, advised by John Voight), Masters from Colorado State University (2019, advised by Rachel Pries), and undergraduate degree from Universidad de los Andes. Research interests include arithmetic properties of curves, geometric quadratic Chabauty, and computational aspects of modular forms. She has contributed to databases of Hilbert modular surfaces and studies of Artin-Schreier curves. Her recent articles explore invariants of curves, p-adic heights, and geometric methods in number theory. Talks include presentations at CIRM, IPAM, and Texas A&M. Teaching includes courses like Modern Algebra and Graph Theory at Boston University, and calculus courses at Dartmouth and Colorado State. She mentors students in algebraic geometry and number theory through directed reading programs. She advocates for equitable mathematics education through Federico Ardila’s axioms and participates in outreach activities. A creative hobby is mathematical origami, leading a club at Colorado State University.

• Public International Law
• Gender Studies
• Migration and Refugee Studies
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Zeynep Kıvılcım is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin . She has held academic positions at Istanbul University (2000–2016) and guest professorships at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Universität Osnabrück. Her work spans Public International Law , Gender Studies , and Migration/Refugee Studies , focusing on the intersection of human rights , gendered violence , and legal frameworks in Turkey and the EU. Education : Habilitation in Public International Law (2012), Ph.D. in Public International Law (2002), Master of Arts in Public International Law (1996), Sorbonne Language Education Programme (1995), Attorney Apprenticeship (1994). Research & Teaching : Courses on 'Gendering Syrian Refugee Crisis', 'Human Rights', and 'Forced Displacement'. Led projects like 'Gender in Exile' (2015–2017) and contributed to the 'Constitutive Powers of Migration' project (2017). Publications : Co-edited A Gendered Approach to the Syrian Refugee Crisis (Routledge, 2017), authored Gender and Exile: Female and LGBTI Syrian Refugees in Istanbul (Derin Yayınları, 2015). Awards : 2017–2018 Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Fellowship, 2003 UNESCO Post Doc Fellowship, Turkish Ministry of National Education Grant (1995–1996). Presentations : Keynote speeches on 'Gender and Refugee Rights', 'Legal Strategies against Authoritarian Rule', and 'EU-Turkey Refugee Deal' at international conferences (2014–2019). Email: zeynep.kivilcim@hu-berlin.de

Paola RicaurteView profile

Professor

• Decolonial AI
• Technology Ethics
• Data Justice
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Paola Ricaurte is a Professor in the Department of Media and Digital Culture at the School of Humanities and Education, Monterrey Institute of Technology. She serves as a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and represents Mexico in the OECD's Global Alliance for Artificial Intelligence. Institution: Monterrey Institute of Technology School: School of Humanities and Education Department: Department of Media and Digital Culture Additional Affiliations: Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University); Member, Mexican Expert Committee in Global Alliance for AI (OECD) Ricaurte is a leading Latin American activist against hegemonic technological systems that deepen global injustices. Her research examines how AI systems reproduce systemic inequalities, particularly focusing on data-driven modeling biases that exclude women and linguistic diversity. She argues commercial AI is built on principles of economic benefit, making it extractivist, patriarchal, racist and colonialist, with internet data reflecting only hegemonic knowledge rather than true human diversity. Her work analyzes how AI trends emerging from an unequal world impact governance and individuals, especially marginalized communities. The Decolonial Artificial Intelligence Manifesto she authored forms the foundation of her advocacy for technologies that serve diverse populations while preserving ancestral knowledge. Ricaurte coordinates the Feminist AI Research Network (FAIR), which creates feminist action research agendas by and for women across the Global South. Key Publication: Manifiesto de la Inteligencia Artificial descolonial (2024) Ricaurte envisions an inclusive AI future where Indigenous communities develop their own databases and technologies to achieve sovereignty. She advocates for Latin American technological sovereignty, citing successful examples like tools developed with Mexico's Yaqui tribe for water governance, demonstrating how region-specific technologies can solve local problems without colonial, patriarchal, or capitalist logic.

Martin GranderView profile

Researcher

• Housing Policy
• Welfare State
• Urban Development
• +7 more

Martin Grander is a researcher at the Department of Urban Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University. His work focuses on housing policy, welfare states, and urban development, particularly addressing socioeconomic segregation, housing inequality, and the evolution of public housing systems. Key Affiliations: Malmö University (current) SNS Förlag (book author) Formas-funded research projects European Union Citispyce project Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKL) collaboration Research Trends: Grander’s publications analyze housing as a welfare dimension, historical institutionalization of housing policies, and contemporary challenges like globalization and financial market integration. Recent articles explore social innovations, youth inequality, and housing market neutrality between ownership and rental. Scientific Awards: Recipient of Årets avhandling (Dissertation of the Year) for his PhD thesis on Swedish social housing. Collaborations: Engaged with stakeholders such as AFRY, Rädda Barnen, Stadsmissionen, Glokala Folkhögskolan, Seved Area Program, and Swedish housing policy actors (Fastighetsägarna Sverige, Sveriges Allmännytta, Hyresgästföreningen).

Behnam TaebiView profile

Professor

• Energy & Climate Ethics
• Engineering Ethics
• Nuclear Energy
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Behnam Taebi is Full Professor of Energy & Climate Ethics and Scientific Director of the Safety & Security Institute at Delft University of Technology. He leads TU Delft | The Hague, a university-wide initiative connecting engineering knowledge with public policy. His work bridges technology, ethics, and policy through roles at Harvard University’s Belfer Center (2014–2020) and The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016–2021). As co-Editor-in-Chief of Science and Engineering Ethics , he contributes to shaping ethical discourse in engineering. BSc in Material Science and Engineering (2006) PhD in Philosophy of Technology (2010) Taebi's research focuses on the ethical dimensions of energy systems, nuclear technology, and climate engineering. He explores intergenerational justice, distributive equity, and responsible innovation frameworks. His work integrates value-sensitive design and moral emotions to address uncertainties in technological risk governance, particularly for nuclear energy and carbon capture. Recent publications highlight ethics in nuclear waste repositories, climate policy metaphors, and synthesizing justice frameworks. His VENI-grant from NWO supports innovative research on technological risks. Collaborations span the OECD Expert Panel on transdisciplinary research and co-editorship of influential volumes like The Ethics of Nuclear Energy (Cambridge, 2015) and Ethics and Engineering: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2021). As Scientific Director of the Safety & Security Institute , he leads interdisciplinary efforts to address societal challenges through engineering ethics. His initiatives emphasize inclusive energy transitions, equitable climate strategies, and bridging technical and social sciences in policy-making.

Ryan GaltView profile

Professor

• Political Ecology
• Agricultural Sustainability
• Food Systems Governance
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Ryan Galt is a Professor in the Department of Community & Regional Development at the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on the governance of agrifood systems, political ecology, and the intersection of agriculture, environment, and society across scales. He holds a Ph.D. (2006) and M.S. (2001) in Geography from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a B.A. (1999) in Geography from UC Berkeley. Key research themes include: (1) pesticide use and regulation in global food systems, (2) community-based food systems like CSA models, (3) wildfire resilience in agricultural landscapes, and (4) agroecological transitions in the Corn Belt. He emphasizes participatory methodologies and critical pedagogy in sustainability education. Recent work explores pandemic impacts on direct-market farmers, pesticide trade inequities, and institutional pathways for agricultural diversification. His publications span 30 years of addressing systemic challenges in food systems through interdisciplinary approaches.

Sara BennettView profile

Professor

• Health Systems
• Health Policy
• Global Health
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Sara Bennett is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health. She is affiliated with the Center for Global Health and serves as the Director of the DrPH program. She is also the CEO of the Future Health Systems consortium and chairs the Joint Health Systems Research Committee (Wellcome Trust/MRC/DFID/ESRC). PhD, London School of Economics, 1997 MPhil, University of Cambridge, Kings College, 1987 BA, University of Oxford, St. Anne's College, 1986 Her research centers on health systems in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on governance, institutional capacity, sustainability, evidence-to-policy processes, multisectoral collaboration, and donor transition . She integrates political science into health systems research, emphasizing accountability mechanisms and policy networks. Her interdisciplinary approach often employs mixed-methods designs. Her recent publications (2024–2025) reflect a strong trend in global health governance, refugee health data integration, fair financing for universal health coverage, and sustainability of HIV programs . These works demonstrate her leadership in shaping policy debates around health system resilience, equity in funding, and effective international collaboration. She has received recognition through extensive citations and engagement across academic and policy platforms, though specific awards are not listed in the provided text. Bennett leads major research initiatives such as the Future Health Systems consortium and the DrPH program. She has advised on numerous projects including the Avahan Program, Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Support, and the African Health Diagnostics Platform. Her work involves deep collaboration with institutions in Uganda, India, Jordan, and Lebanon.

David MillerView profile

Professor

• Political Theory
• Justice
• Nationalism
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David Miller , Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford, is affiliated with the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Faculty of Philosophy. He was trained in philosophy at Cambridge and politics at Oxford, later joining Nuffield College as an Official Fellow in 1979. His work uniquely bridges political philosophy and empirical social science. Research Focus : Justice (social and global), democratic theory, nationality, citizenship, multiculturalism, and immigration ethics. Awards : 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Collaborations : Co-edited works with Christine Straehle, Alice Baderin, and Lea Ypi; current projects include climate-induced migration ethics and meritocracy debates. Students : Supervises doctoral candidates like Henrik Dahlquist, Rufaida Al-Hashmi, and Clare Cai. Recent Publications emphasize immigration control, global justice, and the intersection of political philosophy with empirical evidence. His 2024 works include analyses of involuntary displacement and Kantian immigration ethics, while 2023 saw debates on municipal immigration authority and political equality. Scientific Awards 2020 ECPR Lifetime Achievement Award Advising : Mentors students in political theory and related areas, including B.Phil and M.St candidates. Teams & Labs : Collaborates with the Blavatnik School of Government, focusing on foundational public policy components.

Lucy BastinView profile

Professor

• Biodiversity Informatics
• Remote Sensing
• GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
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Lucy Bastin is a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies at Aston University, part of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. She holds academic roles since 2003, including leadership in the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) project at the European Commission. Her research focuses on biodiversity informatics, remote sensing, and citizen science, with applications in conservation planning and sustainable development. She advises PhD students on topics like GIS, remote sensing, and citizen observatories. Education: BSc Zoology (University of Nottingham), MSc GIS (University of Leicester), PhD in Spatial Population Ecology (University of Birmingham). She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Research Interests: Essential Biodiversity Variables, metadata standards for citizen science, uncertainty in conservation models, disease mapping (e.g., MRSA), and environmental policy support. She developed the DOPA toolkit for protected area monitoring and co-authored the Bari Manifesto for biodiversity variables. Key Projects: DOPA Explorer 2.0, FLIERS EU project, EuroGEOSS initiatives Recent Awards: Midlands Women in Tech Finalist (2021), Best Paper Award (2018) Teaching: Software Engineering, Professional Ethics in Computing, GIS modules Labs/Teams: Part of the Computer Science Research Group and Aston Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Application. Collaborates with global partners on initiatives like BIOPAMA and the Green Deal Data Space.

Ajay PillarisettiView profile

Assistant Professor

• Household Energy Use
• Air Pollution Exposure
• Human Health Impacts
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Ajay Pillarisetti is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences. His research focuses on the interplay between household energy use, air pollution exposure, health outcomes, and climate change in low- and middle-income countries. A graduate of UC Berkeley (PhD) and Emory University (MPH, BS), he has led global projects in India, Mongolia, Nepal, Guatemala, Peru, and Rwanda. PhD – Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley MPH – Global Environmental Health, Emory University BS – Biology, Emory College His work employs low-cost air quality sensors, longitudinal surveys, and randomized controlled trials like the HAPIN study to assess health impacts of clean fuel interventions. Key subfields include exposure assessment, implementation science, pollution's metabolic effects, and policy-driven energy transitions. He collaborates with teams across four continents and has published extensively on household air pollution's multi-scale health burdens. Recent articles (2023–2025) highlight trends in quantifying PM2.5's health effects, optimizing sensor networks, and evaluating LPG interventions for maternal/child health. His studies span Guatemala's RESPIRE cohort, Rwanda's HAPIN trial, and India's community monitoring systems, addressing gaps in exposure-response modeling, biomarker analysis, and policy advocacy.

John D. NortonView profile

Professor

• History and Philosophy of Physics
• General Relativity
• Special Relativity
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John D. Norton is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has been a faculty member since 1983. He served as Chair of the department from 2000 to 2005 and as Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science from 2005 to 2016. His work bridges the history and philosophy of physics, with deep engagement in Einstein’s relativity, quantum theory, statistical mechanics, and foundational issues in scientific reasoning. His educational background includes a PhD in the School of History and Philosophy of Science from the University of New South Wales (1982) and a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the same institution (1974). Before transitioning to philosophy, he worked as a technologist at the Shell Oil Refinery in Sydney. Norton is renowned for his development of the material theory of induction , which challenges formalist approaches by asserting that inductive inferences are warranted by domain-specific facts rather than universal logical rules. He has also made significant contributions to the philosophy of spacetime, particularly through his analysis of the hole argument , and has published extensively on thought experiments, causation, and the thermodynamics of computation. His recent publications (2021–2025) reflect a sustained focus on induction, spacetime ontology, and the limits of thermodynamic reversibility and information processing. Key themes include the critique of Bayesianism, the historical development of thermodynamics, and the philosophical implications of time travel models in general relativity. His two major books— The Material Theory of Induction (2021) and its sequel The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference (2024)—form a comprehensive philosophical framework for understanding scientific reasoning beyond formal logic. Co-Founder and Executive Committee Member, philsci-archive.pitt.edu Editor for Philosophy of Physics (Space and Time, General Physics), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Contributing Editor, Archive for History of Exact Science (1996–present) Associate/Co-Editor, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics Contributing Editor, Collected Papers of Albert Einstein , Volumes 3 and 4 Norton has advised numerous graduate students and has been instrumental in shaping the academic landscape of philosophy of science through editorial leadership and archival initiatives. His teaching includes graduate seminars on confirmation theory and the popular undergraduate course Einstein for Everyone , for which he maintains a freely available online textbook.

Merve HickokView profile

Lecturer

• AI policy
• AI ethics
• AI governance
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Merve Hickok is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan's School of Information, where she teaches data ethics. She also serves as the Responsible Data and AI Advisor at the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) and is an affiliated faculty member at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Additionally, she is the President and Research Director at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), advising governments and international organizations on AI policy and regulation. Her research focuses on AI policy, ethics, and governance, with particular emphasis on fundamental rights, democratic values, and social justice. She examines the impact of AI systems on individuals, society, and organizations, exploring issues like algorithmic bias, privacy concerns, and the societal implications of emerging AI technologies. Her work bridges technical understanding with social and ethical considerations to promote responsible AI development and deployment, with special attention to employment applications, government procurement, and international policy frameworks. 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ – 2021 Runner-up for Responsible AI Leader of the Year – 2022 (Women in AI) Lifetime Achievement Award - Women in AI of the Year - 2023 Top AI Leaders in Retail (Ethics & Compliance) - 2024 Hickok provides consultancy to C-suite leaders and training services to public and private organizations on Responsible AI development, due diligence, and governance. She has provided testimony to the US Congress, State of California Civil Rights Office, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Detroit City Council, and numerous global organizations. She founded AIethicist.org to help professionals navigate the complex landscape of AI ethics and serves on the founding editorial board of Springer Nature's AI & Ethics journal.

Victor FlynnView profile

Professor

• Number Theory
• Arithmetic Geometry
• Abelian Varieties
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Victor Flynn is a Professor at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, specializing in Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and leads research in the Number Theory group at Oxford's Mathematical Institute, located at the Andrew Wiles Building. His research focuses on: Abelian varieties and Jacobians of curves Structure and visualization of Shafarevich-Tate groups Brauer-Manin obstructions in Diophantine equations Cryptographic applications of isogenies in genus two curves Arithmetic properties of algebraic surfaces and coverings Recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on Tate-Shafarevich groups, with 2023-2024 works exploring p-torsion growth and Kummer surface isogenies. His research connects arithmetic geometry with post-quantum cryptography, particularly through genus two isogeny constructions.

• Number Theory
• Langlands Correspondence
• Shimura Varieties
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Yoichi Mieda is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo . His research focuses on Number Theory , particularly the Langlands correspondence , Shimura varieties , and Rapoport-Zink spaces . Mathematical Society of Japan His work connects automorphic representations and p-adic reductive groups through the geometry of Shimura varieties . Recent publications emphasize l-adic cohomology of Rapoport-Zink spaces, formal degree conjectures , and p-adic uniformization of algebraic varieties. Key collaborations include research with Naoki Imai on potentially good reduction loci of Shimura varieties and Tetsushi Ito on Lubin-Tate spaces. His contributions have advanced understanding of non-cuspidal cohomology and local Langlands correspondences .