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Andrea McArdleView profile

Professor

• Urban Land Use
• Climate Governance
• Legal Pedagogy
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Andrea McArdle is a Professor of Law at the CUNY School of Law, where she teaches experiential courses in judicial rhetoric, urban land use, and community lawyering. She chairs the Curriculum Committee and directs the Legal Writing program, shaping the law school’s writing-intensive curriculum. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on urban governance, climate adaptation, legal pedagogy, and the intersection of law with narrative and voice. McArdle holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law, an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from NYU’s Department of Cultural and Social Analysis. Her research explores urban land use policies, climate resilience, and the societal impacts of policing. Notable contributions include co-editing books like Uniform Behavior: Police Localism and National Politics (2006) and Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City (2001). She also organized a 2017 conference on climate change and urban resilience, emphasizing community voices in environmental justice strategies. McArdle’s recent scholarship includes reimagining public housing as a commons and analyzing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s approach to the Fair Housing Act. She has been recognized for teaching excellence, including a 2013 award from the graduating class.

Leanne TortezView profile

Assistant Professor

• Work-Family Interface
• Leader-Follower Dynamics
• Employee Well-Being
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Leanne Tortez, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organizational and Leadership Psychology at William James College. She holds a PhD in Applied Organizational Psychology from Hofstra University, an MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and a BA in Psychology, both from California State University. Courses Taught: Statistics and Research Methods I (726), Statistics and Research Methods II (727), Doctoral Project I (802) Research Interests focus on the work-family interface, leader-follower dynamics, employee well-being, and underrepresented groups in the workplace (e.g., shift workers, low-income and minority employees). She also specializes in psychometrics and humanistic interprofessional training models. Publication Trends reveal a consistent emphasis on: Work-family conflict and social support mechanisms Development of psychometric scales (e.g., Family-Supportive Coworker Behavior Scale) Healthcare worker well-being and physician stress Anti-trafficking training frameworks Gender dynamics in organizational settings Humanistic faculty development programs Professional Affiliations include the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management, American Psychological Society, and National Native American Human Resources Association. Leadership Roles encompass serving as a Supervising Research Specialist for Riverside County, California, and contributing to symposiums on workload-wellbeing relations and diversity management.

Madeline GleesonView profile

Senior Lecturer

• International Refugee Law
• State Responsibility
• Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations
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Madeline Gleeson is a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School and Senior Research Fellow at the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, where she directs Offshore Processing and Regional Protection research. She specializes in extraterritorial human rights obligations and refugee law, with fieldwork in Cambodia, Switzerland, and Indonesia. Holds a Master in International Law from the Graduate Institute Geneva, LLB (Hons) from UNSW, and Diplôme d’Études Politiques from Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence. Research examines: Australia's offshore processing regime on Nauru/Manus Island State responsibility under international law OPCAT compliance in immigration detention Asia-Pacific refugee protection frameworks Awarded the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru (2017). Regularly advises parliamentary committees on migration legislation and contributes to UN human rights reviews. Teaches Forced Migration & Human Rights in International Law.

Taha Hossein RashidiView profile

Professor

• Travel behaviour analysis
• Transportation planning
• Activity-based travel demand modelling
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Professor Taha Hossein Rashidi is a leading expert in Transport Engineering at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), and a member of the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI). His work bridges disciplines like economics, statistics, urban design, and sustainability to advance smart-city solutions. Education : PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago (2011); MS Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2005); BS Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2003). His research focuses on travel behaviour analysis, activity-based travel demand modelling, integrated land use and transportation models, and autonomous driving technologies. He leads the rCITI Travel Behaviour Modelling Team, which includes 3 Post-docs, 7 PhD, and 3 MSc students. Recent work explores shared autonomous vehicles, social media data integration for transport models, and dynamic ride-sharing systems. His publications span topics like pedestrian demand modeling, residential relocation dynamics, and pandemic-related travel restrictions. Scientific Awards Fred Burggraf Award (TRB, 2008) Dwight Eisenhower Fellow (2008) ASCE Freeman Fellowship (2009) NSERC PDF Award (2012) Industrial RAND Fellowship (2012) Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2015, Team) Award for Engineering Education Engagement (2015, Team) Outstanding Paper (TRB Analytics Contest, 2017) He has secured over $1.2 million in research funding since 2007, including ARC DECRA and Linkage Grants. His teaching includes courses on geometric design, urban transport modeling, and transport econometrics.

Naomi SchoenbaumView profile

Professor

• Employment Law
• Antidiscrimination Law
• Gender and the Law
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Naomi Schoenbaum is the William Wallace Kirkpatrick Dean's Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. She holds a prestigious named professorship indicating her significant contributions to legal scholarship. Education: BA, Yale University JD, Harvard Law School (Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender) Professor Schoenbaum's research spans three interconnected areas at the intersection of employment law, family law, and gender studies. Her work examines the legal regulation of geographic mobility and workplace relationships, the evolving law of sex equality including contemporary issues like pregnancy, breastfeeding, and gender nonconformity, and the structural design of employment discrimination law with particular focus on hiring discrimination. She approaches these topics through the lens of how legal frameworks interact with social norms and market forces. Her scholarly publications reveal consistent focus on how antidiscrimination law addresses emerging social realities, particularly regarding gender identity and the sharing economy. Schoenbaum frequently analyzes how legal doctrines fail to accommodate biological phenomena in gender-neutral terms and how market structures perpetuate discrimination despite formal legal protections. Professor Schoenbaum has held prestigious academic positions including the Samuel Williston Visiting Professorship at Harvard Law School and a Bigelow Fellowship at the University of Chicago Law School. Her professional experience also includes clerkship with the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and fellowship work at the National Partnership for Women and Families. Her scholarship appears in top law journals including the Alabama Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, and Yale Law Journal Forum, as well as popular publications like The New Republic, The Atlantic, and Slate.

• Combinatorial Optimization
• Approximation Algorithms
• Online Algorithms
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Sven O. Krumke is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), where he has been a faculty member since 2004. He currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, overseeing academic and administrative affairs. His research is centered in combinatorial optimization and algorithmic game theory, with strong applications in logistics, emergency response, and network design. PhD, University of Würzburg (1997) Habilitation, Technical University of Berlin (2002) Professor, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau (since 2004) His research interests include combinatorial optimization, approximation and online algorithms, robust scheduling, algorithmic game theory, and graph-theoretic applications. He has led major interdisciplinary projects such as GRK 2982: MIMO (Mathematics of Interdisciplinary Multiobjective Optimization) and ONE PLAN , focusing on optimizing emergency medical services in Rhineland-Palatinate. His work often bridges theoretical computer science and real-world decision-making systems. His recent publications (2016–2022) emphasize robust optimization , pandemic response logistics , decision-support systems in healthcare , and online routing . These works span domains such as vaccine location strategies, ambulance dispatch, car-sharing relocation, and scheduling under uncertainty. The recurring themes are efficiency, resilience, and algorithmic fairness in dynamic environments. Notable scientific contributions include work on network design, flow problems with budget constraints, and game-theoretic models of routing. While no specific awards are listed, his leadership in DFG-funded research groups underscores his academic standing. He actively supervises bachelor's and master's theses and teaches courses such as Grundlagen der Mathematik I: Analysis . He has collaborated with researchers across Germany and internationally, particularly in algorithmic game theory and optimization under uncertainty. Dr. Krumke leads and contributes to research teams in: AG Optimierung (Optimization Research Group) at RPTU GRK 2982: MIMO – interdisciplinary multiobjective optimization ONE PLAN – optimization in emergency medical response

Cristina CalderónView profile

Lecturer

• Visual Arts
• Multimedia Experimentation
• Territorial Memory
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Cristina Calderón is a visual artist and educator based at the Institut Obert de Catalunya (IOC) , where she teaches and serves as Deputy Coordinator for the Artistic Foundations subject in university entrance exams (PAU). She contributes to educational material development and teacher training in STEAM and digital culture for the Department of Education of the Government of Catalonia . Her academic affiliation also extends to the University of Barcelona (UB), where she earned her Fine Arts degree. Research Focus : Situated artistic practice, territorial memory, visual metaphors, ecofeminist pedagogy, and multimedia experimentation. Projects : Explores domestic space disruption, object anthropology, and critical self-reflection through Dadaist gestures and participatory installations. Exhibitions : Regularly shown at institutions like Galeria Sicart (Barcelona), La Neomudéjar (Madrid), and international fairs (Venice, Miami, Santiago de Chile). Scientific Awards & Grants : Selected for THAMBOS 9 Biennale (Vic, 2011) 4th Fine Arts Award (Gobierno de Cantabria, 2005) Beca Casa de Velázquez (Madrid, 2001) Generación 2000 Award (Madrid, 2000) Beca Fundació Mestres Cabanes (Manresa, 1995) Research Trends : Her work consistently examines domestic and public spaces through ecofeminist and critical pedagogical lenses, using multimedia installations to interrogate ownership, identity, and the artifice of movement. Projects like We Are Here II (2011) and Agape (2007) blend performance, video, and sculpture to explore isolation and mechanical repetition. Collaborations : Frequently collaborates with institutions such as Fabra i Coats (Barcelona), La Fundició (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat), and educational organizations for STEAM integration.

Jan BjuvbergView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Corporate Law
• Tax Law
• Accounting Law
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Jan Bjuvberg is Senior Lecturer in Corporate Law and Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research and teaching focus on the intersection of accounting and taxation, international tax law, and corporate law. He is a prolific author with numerous peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters, particularly in Swedish tax law and OECD-related international taxation. Research Interests: Corporate Law and Corporate Taxation Accounting Law and Financial Reporting International Taxation and OECD Model Convention Valuation of Financial Instruments Tax Treatment of Cross-border Transactions Bjuvberg’s work often explores the legal implications of accounting standards on taxation, the interpretation of the OECD Model Tax Convention in Swedish courts, and the constitutional boundaries of financial regulatory authorities. His recent publications reflect a sustained interest in the evolving landscape of international tax rules and their domestic application. Scientific Contributions: Over 50 scholarly articles in leading Swedish legal journals such as Svensk Skattetidning and Skattenytt Author of multiple editions of the textbook Företagsekonomi för jurister Co-editor of festschrifts honoring prominent tax scholars Regular contributor to policy discussions via legal commentary and expert analysis He has also reviewed academic dissertations and contributed to collected works, indicating an active role in the Swedish legal academic community.

OLARIU MIHAIView profile

Associate Professor

• Criminal Law
• Procedural Law
• Medical Research
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Associate Professor Olariu Mihai is affiliated with the Romanian-American University (RAU), specifically the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. His academic career spans both legal and medical research domains. Academic Rank: Associate Professor, PhD Contact: mihai.olariu@rau.ro His research interests include: Criminal Procedure and Comparative Law Medical Research (HIV treatment, gastric carcinogenesis, viral pathology) Intellectual Property Law and Art Legal Frameworks Procedural Law Reforms in Romania Selected publications highlight: Advancements in HIV patient care Legal interpretations of Romanian Criminal Procedure Code Copyright implications in artistic works Medical diagnostics and pathology

Victor HainesView profile

Professor

• Strategic Human Resources Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Occupational Health
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Dr. Victor Haines is a Full Professor in Strategic Human Resources Management at the School of Industrial Relations, University of Montreal, where he has been a faculty member since 2001. His research focuses on high-performance HR practices, organizational behavior, and workplace well-being, with particular emphasis on stress and work-family conflict. Key research areas include organizational culture's impact on individual well-being, work-family interface dynamics, and HR practices evaluation. He has supervised over 30 Master's and Ph.D. students since 2000, with recent theses examining topics like neurodiversity in hiring and telework satisfaction. Active in funded research since 1999, he participates in multi-institutional studies on aging workforce challenges, mental health determinants, and work-family health inequalities. His work has been published in top-tier journals like Journal of Occupational Health Psychology , Human Resource Management , and Work & Stress . Current research trends show sustained focus on work-family conflict (2019-2025), burnout pathways (2016-2023), and organizational justice (2005-2025), with recent projects examining gendered mental health disparities and healthy organizational frameworks.

Christopher CameronView profile

Professor

• Labor Law
• Employment Law
• Bankruptcy
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Christopher Cameron is the Justice Marshall F. McComb Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, where he has served since 1991. Previously holding roles as Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, his interdisciplinary research bridges labor law, bankruptcy, immigration, and sports/entertainment law. Cameron earned his J.D. from Harvard University and B.A. summa cum laude from UCLA. His research explores intersections of workplace regulation with societal structures, emphasizing equity in labor relations. Current foci include transnational labor standards, sports franchise mobility, and ethical dispute resolution in digital contexts. Publications reveal consistent themes: labor rights evolution, judicial impacts on industry, and equity in professional sports. His scholarship demonstrates deep engagement with historical labor jurisprudence and contemporary challenges like remote arbitration. Recent work analyzes technological disruptions in legal practice while maintaining core focus on worker protections. Awards & Honors: Excellence in Teaching Award (inaugural recipient) Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Elected Member: American Law Institute, National Academy of Arbitrators Endowed Chairs: Rosenberg, Buchalter, and McComb Professorships As Commissioner for Los Angeles labor agencies, he oversees disputes affecting 150,000+ municipal workers. He mentors through the Mexican American Bar Foundation, advancing Latino legal education.

Karsten SchwarzView profile

Researcher

• Business Information Systems
• Operations Research
• Healthcare Resource Planning
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Karsten Schwarz is a Researcher at the Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He has been affiliated with the Dorothea Erxleben Learning Center Halle (DELH) since 2016 and contributes to the research project FORMAT CONTINUUM. Educational Background: Business Information Systems (BSc) and a doctorate focused on data-driven clinical pathways for hospital resource planning. Professional Background: Researcher at the Medical Faculty (2016–present), Research Assistant at the Chair of Business Information Systems and Operations Research (2008–2016). Research Interests: Karsten specializes in process mining, simulation, and optimization for healthcare resource planning. His work bridges business informatics with clinical decision support systems to enhance hospital operations. Recent Publications: His articles focus on simulation models for hospital logistics, robotic systems in geriatric care, and technology-driven solutions for dementia caregivers. These studies highlight interdisciplinary applications of informatics to improve healthcare efficiency and fairness. Collaborations: He has partnered with institutions like OR-Soft GmbH and contributed to projects involving flexible ward clusters and patient flow modeling.

Erik Akseli SjödinView profile

Lecturer

• Civil Law
• Labor Law
• EU Labour Market Regulation
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Erik Akseli Sjödin is a Lecturer in Civil Law, specializing in Labor Law, at Stockholm University's Institute for Social Research (SOFI). His work focuses on EU labor market regulations, collective agreements, and legal frameworks governing employer-employee relationships. Research Interests: Labor Law, EU Regulations, Cross-border Labor Mobility, Social Sustainability, Workplace Democracy, Legal Harmonization Key Projects: 'En inkluderande och hållbar svensk arbetsrätt' (Inclusive and Sustainable Swedish Labor Law), 'Reglering av arbetstid' (Work Time Regulation) His recent publications analyze EU labor law's impact on Swedish workplaces, judicial rulings on employment termination, and legal challenges in cross-border corporate mobility. He collaborates with Eskil Wadensjö and Niklas Selberg on labor rights and policy analysis. Current affiliations include: Stockholm University, Institute for Social Research (SOFI) Labor Market Regulation (AMR) Research Group

Paige RaibmonView profile

Professor

• Indigenous History
• Settler Colonialism
• Public History
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Paige Raibmon is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia , situated within the Faculty of Arts . She is also the editor of BC Studies: The British Columbia Quarterly and an Associate of the L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University (2020–2023). Her work focuses on Indigenous endurance and resurgence against settler colonialism, with a regional emphasis on Canada and the Northwest Coast. Education : PhD in History, Duke University (2000) MA in History, Duke University (1997) BA in History Honours, UBC (1994) Her research spans Indigenous history , colonialism , public history , digital humanities , and oral history . Her book Authentic Indians examines Indigenous strategies of labor and identity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Collaborative projects like As I Remember It (2019) challenge conventional historical narratives through multimedia and Indigenous co-authorship. Recent publications analyze environmental justice , health impacts of colonial relocations , and decolonizing K-12 pedagogy . Articles explore themes such as museum representation , cross-border Indigenous identity , and gender in colonial contexts . Scientific Awards : Senior Fellow, CIFAR’s Successful Societies Program (2014–2019) Best Book in Indigenous History (CHA, 2016) John Hope Franklin Center Book Prize (2005) Arrell M. Gibson Award (2001) She mentors graduate students and advocates for community-based research and interdisciplinary collaboration . Her public history work includes contributions to The Tyee , Active History , and the Walrus Talks event at the Canadian Museum of History.

Alf KimmsView profile

Professor

• Operations Research
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Revenue Management
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Prof. Alf Kimms is a full professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, holding the chair of Logistics and Traffic Management. He previously served as a full professor at the Technical University of Freiberg (2001–2006). His research focuses on applying operations research methods to logistics, supply chain optimization, revenue management, and evacuation planning. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Kiel (1996) and his postdoctoral lecturer qualification (2001), both focusing on project management and production scheduling. Kimms' academic career is marked by contributions to high-impact journals such as European Journal of Operational Research and Annals of Operations Research . He has led projects for companies like Bayer, Lufthansa, and DaimlerChrysler, emphasizing practical applications of optimization. A 2005 Handelsblatt ranking placed him among Germany’s top ten business administration professors. He actively participates in professional societies, including the German OR Society (GOR), where he founded the Revenue Management working group. His research spans network design, disaster response logistics, cooperative game theory, and airline alliance strategies. Notable projects include evacuation modeling for urban areas and revenue management frameworks for broadcasting industries. Kimms reviews for the German Research Foundation (DFG) and serves on international conference committees, balancing academic rigor with industry collaboration.