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Mark de Rond is Professor of Organisational Ethnography at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow of Darwin College, University of Cambridge. His work focuses on immersive ethnographic studies of human behavior in extreme contexts including war zones, high-stakes sports, and controversial social movements, revealing how individuals navigate challenging circumstances through compromise and sensemaking. His educational background includes a DPhil from the University of Oxford alongside advanced degrees in management and economics, photojournalism, documentary photography, biography, creative nonfiction, and prose fiction. This multidisciplinary training informs his unconventional methodological approach. De Rond's research centers on extreme context ethnography, examining how pressure-cooker environments expose fundamental organizational dynamics. His work spans military medicine (Camp Bastion fieldwork), elite sports (Cambridge Boat Race), Amazon river expeditions, and controversial practices like paedophile hunting. Key contributions explore negotiation, conflict resolution, serendipity, institutional persistence, and the emotional toll of fieldwork, often employing innovative methods like enactive ethnography and linguistic analysis of digital communities. His recent publications reveal a growing focus on digital vigilantism and the societal implications of extreme practices, with increasing interdisciplinary reach across organizational studies, criminology, medical anthropology, and sociology. The work demonstrates methodological creativity through linguistic analysis of Facebook groups, embodiment studies in extreme environments, and dream-based reflexive techniques. Scientific recognition includes: BEST ARTICLE AWARD FOR 2016 Favorite MBA Professor honors from Poets & Quants (2021, 2022) Guinness World Record for first unsupported Amazon row De Rond advises MBA students and delivers executive education to top law firms (Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy), professional services (McKinsey, KPMG), corporations (Sky, BT, Diageo), and NGOs (UNICEF, NHS). His negotiation training from Harvard Law School informs both academic work and university mediation practice. Current research involves collaborative teams studying paedophile hunting (featured in Sundance-nominated documentary Predators ) and high-performance sports organizations, with fieldwork requiring deep immersion in challenging environments. His research methodology involves embedded collaboration with diverse teams including medical personnel in conflict zones, elite rowers, and controversial activist groups, often pushing methodological boundaries through photojournalism and creative nonfiction approaches.

• Organisational Ethnography
• Extreme Context Research
• Negotiation and Mediation
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Professor Roberta Fida is the Head of the Leadership and Management Department at Aston Business School, part of Aston University in the UK. She holds a Professorship in Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Psychology, with prior roles including Professor of Work Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Chair of the Ethics Committee there. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, her research focuses on unethical workplace behaviors, moral disengagement, and workplace stress, particularly in healthcare contexts. She specializes in advanced data analytics like structural equation modeling and has led major grants including EDI initiatives and studies on workplace aggression policy mapping. Her work bridges academic research with practical applications to foster ethical and inclusive organizational cultures. Education: Laurea (5-year degree in Work and Organizational Psychology) from Sapienza University of Rome (2002) MA in Organizational Training (2004–2005) PhD in Psychology from Sapienza University (2006) Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice (UEA, 2017) Italian National Qualifications as Full Professor (2017) and Associate Professor (2013) Research Interests: Her core areas include moral disengagement, counterproductive workplace behaviors, stress resilience, healthcare leadership, and EDI. She has published over 60 articles and is listed in Stanford's Top 2% Scientists globally. Awards & Grants: NIHR Work & Health Development Award (2023–2024) for EDI Smart-Dash (£95,855) INAIL grants totaling over €1.1 million for psychosocial risk studies and work-related stress analyses ESRC funding for workplace wellbeing research (£659,540) Research Council of Canada grant for nurse leadership studies ($202,852) Teaching & Supervision: She has taught across undergraduate to postgraduate levels, including modules on organizational psychology, multivariate analysis, and conflict management. She supervises PhD students and has led course design for programs focusing on organizational wellbeing and research methods.

• Workplace Ethics
• Organizational Behavior
• Workplace Aggression
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Juliette Pattinson is Professor of War Studies at King's College London, where she researches gender, cultural memory, and personal testimonies of war. An AdvanceHE Chair of Athena Swan, she previously held leadership positions at the University of Kent including Director of Arts and Humanities. Pattinson's work examines gender dynamics in conflict, particularly during the Second World War. She investigates resistance movements, civilian masculinities, and cultural representations of war. Her research employs oral history methodologies to analyze lived experiences of conflict. Current projects include the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry in the Second World War and cultural representations of civilian men in the First World War. Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on gender analysis of war experiences and memory construction.

• Gender and War
• Cultural Memory
• Oral History Methodology
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Professor David Alldred is a Professor of Medicines Use and Safety at the University of Leeds' School of Healthcare, within the Faculty of Medicine and Health. His expertise spans medicines optimisation, patient safety, deprescribing, and care home medication management. He leads key research initiatives such as the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration's 'Decluttering Safely for Safety' theme and co-leads the School of Healthcare's Quality and Safety research theme. Education: PhD (clinical research on care home medication review), MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, PGCert in Learning and Teaching, and BPharm (Hons). Professional memberships include Fellowships of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Higher Education Academy. Research focuses on improving medication use for older adults in care homes and underserved populations, employing systematic reviews, qualitative studies, and RCTs. Notable projects include the CHUMS study (Department of Health-funded medication error analysis in care homes) and leadership roles in NIHR Programme Grants like CHIPPS and CHARMER. He collaborates with NHS England to implement medicines optimisation programs and co-designed multilingual medication review resources to reduce health inequalities. Awards include the Pharmacy Practice UK Research Award (2015) and NIHR Senior Investigator status (2025). His work emphasizes translating evidence into clinical practice, with over 150 publications and supervising NIHR-funded doctoral students in critical care, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and geriatrics. Led the Care Homes' Use of Medicines Study (CHUMS), contributed to NICE guidelines for care home medicines management, and developed interventions like the Medicines at Transitions Intervention (MaTI) for heart failure patients. His research themes address polypharmacy reduction, medication safety across care transitions, and pharmacist-led deprescribing strategies.

• Medicines Optimisation
• Patient Safety
• Deprescribing
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Professor Lars E. Eriksson is a Registered Nurse with a PhD in Nursing and an MSc in Chemistry, currently serving as a part-time Professor in Nursing at the School of Health and Medical Sciences, City St George's, University of London, and as a full Professor in Nursing at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads the Lars E. Eriksson Research Group. His academic journey began with a UC in Nursing in 1985, followed by over a decade of clinical work in hematology, immunology, and HIV care in Stockholm, before transitioning into research and academia. His research is centered on biobehavioral and translational nursing, particularly focusing on health and quality of life among individuals with chronic conditions such as HIV, cancer, and long-term infections. Key areas include disease-related stigma, symptom research, patient-reported outcomes, and biomarker development. He is Principal Investigator for a lung cancer biomarker project funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish PI for the H2020 Magnet4Europe project on mental health in healthcare workplaces. His recent publications show a strong trend in using mixed methods to explore end-of-life communication, death literacy, sexual and reproductive health after cancer, and stigma in chronic illness. He frequently employs patient-reported outcomes, online focus groups, and web-based interventions, often in collaboration with international partners. His work bridges clinical practice, nursing science, and public health. Scientific Awards and Memberships: British HIV Association (BHIVA) National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA) Swedish Society of Nursing Swedish Society of Medicine Swedish Society of Medical Microbiology Lars Eriksson has advised numerous PhD and Master’s students, primarily on topics related to quality of life, stigma, and chronic illness. He teaches postgraduate modules including MSc Dissertation, Advanced Practice Dissertation, and Sexual and Reproductive Health. He is affiliated with the Centre for Health Services Research and the Centre for Public Health Research at City St George's.

• Translational Nursing Research
• Biobehavioral Nursing
• Quality of Life
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Dr Benjamin Hunter is a Lecturer in International Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, specializing in the political economy of development and global health financing. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and King's College London. His research focuses on development finance, private finance in global health, and the global healthcare economy. He leads the Unsettling Healthcare initiative and is affiliated with The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health and the Editorial Board of Globalization and Health . Key research themes include financialization of healthcare, market-making in social sectors, and regulatory capitalism. His work examines case studies in India, China, and the UK, exploring how private finance influences healthcare systems and global health equity. He has secured grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. Recent publications analyze private financial actors' threats to global health, NHS internationalization, and corporatization in Indian healthcare. His 2023 book Investor States: Global Health at The End of Aid critiques evolving development financing paradigms. Collaborations with WHO, the Global Fund, and Oxfam highlight his engagement with multilateral and NGO sectors. Dr Hunter advises on PhD topics related to healthcare globalization, including Singapore’s medical history and menstrual health in Delhi. His grants include a £722k ESRC project on NHS service commercialization in China/India and a Wellcome Trust study on healthcare brokerage in Delhi/London.

• Political Economy of Development
• Development Financing
• Global Health
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Dillon Newton is a Research Fellow at the School of Human and Health Sciences , University of Huddersfield, and a member of the Centre for Applied Research in Health . His work focuses on interdisciplinary research in social policy, addressing contemporary societal challenges through policy and practice responses. Joined University of Huddersfield in 2020 PhD from University of Salford's Sustainable Housing & Urban Studies Unit Active in research commissioned by UK government, local authorities, and NGOs Research Interests include: Migration : Integration of international nurses, pandemic impacts on healthcare workforce Housing : Housing quality, homelessness, pandemic-related mental health effects Social Inequalities : Devolution, community health outcomes in Northern England Regional Food Systems : Food security and policy intersections Article Trends highlight interdisciplinary work across Public Health , Social Policy , and Migration Studies , with a focus on acculturation , pandemic effects , and structural equation modelling . Scientific Metrics : Scopus h-index: 125 Google Scholar h-index: 6 (from 69 citations) Advising : Accepting PhD students in areas related to migration, housing, and social policy. Collaborates with institutions like University of Salford and University of Huddersfield on grants from UK government departments and charities. Labs & Teams : Collaborates with the Centre for Applied Research in Health and Sustainable Housing & Urban Studies Unit. External collaborations span countries including Nepal, New Zealand, and England.

• Migration
• Housing
• Homelessness
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Professor Marie Griffiths is a distinguished academic and expert in digital transformation at Salford Business School, University of Salford. She holds the position of Professor of Digital Technologies in Organizations and serves as EDI Lead for Research (2023–present). Her academic career includes significant leadership roles such as PGR Director at Salford Business School (2019–2023) and Head of the Digital Business Research Centre. She previously served as President of the UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) after her tenure as Vice President. Dr. Griffiths earned her PhD in Business Information Systems, establishing the foundation for her expertise in digital transformation. Her research spans multiple critical areas including digital transformation, information systems, gender and IT, AI and disruptive technologies, digital society, privacy and surveillance studies, family surveillance, productivity technologies, and digital education. Her work consistently bridges academic theory with practical business applications, focusing on how organizations respond to digital disruptions and how workforces adapt to emerging technologies. Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on strategic digital transformation, digital maturity assessment, and the intersection of technology with social impact. The 2025 second edition of her book 'Strategic Digital Transformation – A Results-Driven Approach' represents a significant contribution to the field. Her research increasingly addresses the gender dimensions of digital transformation, as evidenced by her 2024 work on closing the REF Gender Inequality Gap. She also explores the practical applications of digital technologies in specific sectors including government organizations, healthcare (particularly nursing), and financial technology. Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teacher Awards (multiple) Professor Griffiths has supervised 14 PhD completions and currently oversees doctoral candidates researching fintech, digital transformation, and sustainability. She established the PGR International Women's Network to support female researchers. Her grant leadership includes 11 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) with organizations like Manchester Chamber of Commerce, OPAL, and Hydro-X, securing significant funding from Innovate UK. She has also contributed to policy development through work with the British Standards Institute Steering Group for Digital Maturity. As Head of the Digital Business Research Centre, Professor Griffiths leads a team focused on practical digital transformation research with strong industry connections. Her approach emphasizes people-centric transformation, ensuring that people remain at the heart of any change. The centre's work spans multiple sectors including government, healthcare, finance, and small and medium enterprises, with a particular focus on developing practical tools like digital transformation canvases for different organizational contexts.

• Digital Transformation
• Information Systems
• Gender and IT
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Dr. Mylene Lagarde is an Associate Professor of Health Economics and Deputy Head of Department (Research) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Department of Health Policy. Her research focuses on applied economic analysis of healthcare decisions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly provider behavior, healthcare demand, and health policy evaluation. She has conducted studies on topics such as health worker incentives, user fee removal policies, and the impact of performance-based financing. She holds affiliations with J-PAL and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her work combines quantitative methods, randomized experiments, and policy analysis to inform global health interventions. Educated in France and with field experience in Cameroon, Lagarde’s academic career includes roles at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine before joining LSE in 2016. She teaches advanced health economics courses, including MPhil/PhD programs in Health Economics and Policy, and modules on randomized evaluations of health programs. Her research has explored provider behavior in Senegal, Zambia, South Africa, and other LMICs, addressing challenges like antibiotic overprescription, healthcare quality under workload pressures, and equitable access to services. Key areas of focus include the role of pro-social preferences in healthcare workforce distribution, the effectiveness of group incentives for preventive care, and the framing effects of health policies. She has contributed to understanding how financial and non-financial incentives shape healthcare provider performance and patient choices, with implications for improving health system efficiency and equity globally.

• Health Economics
• Global Health
• Healthcare Policy
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Dr Arran K Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer and Group Leader at the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, leading the Translational Oncology Research Group focused on breast and prostate cancer mechanisms and biomarker development. Education: BSc (Hons) in Molecular Biology, MSc(Res) in Immunology, Genetics and Pathway Medicine, MBChB from University of Glasgow, and PhD in Oncology from University of Edinburgh. Research Interests: Specializes in estrogen receptor positive and HER2-positive breast cancer, investigating endocrine therapy resistance through high-throughput multiomics approaches including RNA/DNA sequencing, proteomics, and spatial genomics. Key focus areas include treatment response prediction, DCIS biomarker discovery, and prostate cancer radiotherapy resistance mechanisms, translating findings into clinically applicable diagnostic tools. Scientific Awards: Breast Cancer Now Researcher of the Year award (2018) Sir Antony Driver Prize (2018) Advising and Grants: Supervises PhD students Charlene Kay (node-positive ER+ breast cancer risk prediction) and Zuzanna Gedziorowska (prostate cancer biomarker discovery). Current funding includes Breast Cancer Now, Breast Cancer Institute, The Urology Foundation, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Tenovus Scotland, CSO, NHS Lothian Charity, John Black Foundation, and NIH grants. Laboratory and Collaborations: Leads a multidisciplinary team including postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, research nurses, and bioinformaticians. Maintains active national/international partnerships with University of North Carolina, Georgetown University, University of Hong Kong, and industry collaborators including AstraZeneca and Philips.

• Breast Cancer
• Endocrine Therapy Resistance
• Biomarker Discovery
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Carolyn Maile is a Programme Lead and Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Hull's School of Nursing and Midwifery. With 12 years of clinical experience in acute mental health services and a brief period as a Health Visitor, she transitioned to academia in 2020. Her qualifications include a BSc, PGDip, and CertHE from the University of Hull. Her research focuses on integrating lived experience into nursing education, mental health workforce training for psychedelic substance use, and ethical challenges in nurse-student relationships. She holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is a DARTE Fellow Reviewer. Her work emphasizes co-production in curriculum design and mentorship dynamics in mental health nursing education. Education: BSc (University of Hull) PGDip (University of Hull) CertHE (University of Hull) Research Interests: Enhancing mental health nursing education through lived experience integration, exploring the impact of psychedelic substances in mental health treatment, and addressing ethical considerations when student nurses have prior service-user histories. Her work bridges clinical practice, education, and patient-centered care. Articles Trends: Her publications highlight curriculum co-production, interdisciplinary collaboration in healthcare education, and the psychological challenges of nurse mentorship. Recent work explores stigma reduction and practical frameworks for supporting student nurses with lived mental health experiences. Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) DARTE Fellow Reviewer (2025) Advising & Grants: No specific grants or student advisees listed, but leads educational initiatives in mental health nursing curriculum development. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to advance healthcare education models. Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the School of Nursing and Midwifery and contributes to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research (CAMHR) at the University of Hull.

• Mental Health Nursing Education
• Psychoactive Substances in Mental Health Treatment
• Lived Experience Integration in Healthcare Education
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Claire Hardie is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Bath, specializing in physiotherapy education and professional identity development. Her research focuses on the professional socialization of physiotherapy students, the formation of professional identity within physiotherapy, and student expectations in higher education, with a particular emphasis on musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

• Professional socialisation of physiotherapy students
• Professional identity within physiotherapy
• Student expectancy of higher education
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Professor Michael J. Gill is Associate Professor of Organisation Studies at the Saïd Business School , University of Oxford, and Tutorial Fellow in Management at St Edmund Hall . He previously served as Assistant then Associate Professor at the University of Bath’s School of Management. Education MA – University of Warwick DPhil – Jesus College, University of Oxford (funded by a scholarship from the Centre for Professional Service Firms) Research Interests Michael’s research centres on the causes and consequences of individuals’ suffering in the workplace , exploring how organisations threaten workers’ mental health and erode their sense of self. He employs qualitative, phenomenological methods to study accountants, chefs, lawyers, consultants, doctors, nurses, police officers and other occupational groups. His work also addresses identity regulation —how organisations shape, constrain and re-define personal identity—and the ethical and methodological challenges of organisational research. Publication Trends Between 2015 and 2025 Michael has produced a steady stream of articles focusing on three broad themes: (1) identity regulation and the phenomenology of self in organisational settings, (2) digital innovation, stigma and professional regulation in healthcare and low- and middle-income countries, and (3) qualitative methodology , including interview design, covert research ethics and phenomenological approaches. Scientific Awards & Fellowships Scholarship from the Centre for Professional Service Firms (doctoral funding) Governing Body Fellow, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford Tutorial Fellow in Management, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford Advising & Grants While no specific doctoral students are named, Michael’s roles as Tutorial Fellow and Associate Professor imply active supervision and teaching responsibilities within the Oxford Saïd Business School and St Edmund Hall. Grant funding details beyond his doctoral scholarship are not provided. Laboratories & Teams Michael is affiliated with the Centre for Professional Service Firms and collaborates through the Saïd Business School research community. No dedicated laboratory is mentioned.

• Organisational Behaviour
• Workplace Suffering
• Identity Regulation
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Dr Caroline Ellis-Hill is a Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University, based in the Bournemouth Gateway Building. Her work focuses on lifeworld-led approaches to healthcare and social care, emphasizing humanistic practices that prioritize subjective experience and wellbeing. She specializes in qualitative research methods, including narrative inquiry, phenomenology, and arts-based methodologies. Her current research includes the Stroke Odysseys project (Wellcome Trust-funded SHAPER initiative) exploring performance arts in stroke rehabilitation, and the InnovateDignity EU project training future leaders in dignified elder care. Past studies include the HeART of Stroke feasibility trial of arts interventions post-stroke and the Humanising Services leadership strategy to enhance dignity in care. Key research interests: lifeworld-led healthcare, embodied knowing, narrative approaches, identity transformation in disability, and arts-based interventions. She contributes to UN SDGs 3 (Good Health) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities). Dr Ellis-Hill advises 15 PhD students through the InnovateDignity network. Her research has been published in journals like Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.

• Arts-based research
• Embodied knowing
• Humanising practice
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Nathan Davies is a Professor of Ageing and Applied Health and Care Research at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Co-Lead for the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. He holds additional roles as an Honorary Professor at University College London (UCL) and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His work focuses on integrated dementia care, palliative care, and clinical decision-making frameworks. Doctor of Philosophy, University College London Master of Science, University of Swansea Bachelor of Science, University of Exeter Recognised Fellow by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2019 Davies' research spans ageing, dementia, palliative care, social care, and clinical decision-making . His projects include evaluating eHealth tools for dementia care, analyzing end-of-life care models, and exploring pharmacist-led interventions. Funded by Marie Curie, Alzheimer’s Society, ESRC, and NIHR with over £33 million, his rule-of-thumb guidelines for end-of-life care have been adopted in care homes, NHS trusts, and training programs. Recent publications highlight his focus on digital decision aids, pandemic impacts on dementia care, enteral feeding risks, and inclusive care models . His 2025 articles examine pharmacist roles in dementia management and rural healthcare partnerships. Dementia Research Leaders Award (Alzheimer’s Society, 2019) NIHR School for Primary Care Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship Alzheimer’s Society Junior Fellowship (2017) Yvonne Carter Award for Outstanding New Researcher (RCGP, 2017) He supervises 8 active PhD students in psychiatry, neurology, and palliative care, with 6 completed doctorates. His teams at QMUL, UCL, and Griffith University collaborate on projects like the Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Dementia Care (ICare-DTC), a £3.1 million, 8-year initiative training 29 future dementia research leaders.

• Ageing
• Dementia
• Palliative Care
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