Simon Sølvsten is a researcher at the Department of Business and Sustainability, University of Southern Denmark, and director of the European Center for Risk & Resilience Studies (ECRRS) since 2023. His dual expertise spans academia and the insurance industry, with current external roles at Willis Towers Watson as Head of Organizational Resilience Research (UK, Global) since 2021. PhD in Economics (SDU, 2022) MSc in Economics and Business Administration (SDU, 2018) HD diplomas in Business Administration (Aarhus University, 2014-2016) Leadership Degree (University College Nordjylland, 2011) His research focuses on organizational resilience, risk financing, and engineering applications like computer vision for fire risk assessment. Articles address supply chain disruptions, climate risks, and technological solutions for hazard mitigation. He supervises multiple PhD candidates and leads projects on catastrophe transitions and disaster risk financing. Royal Reveals: LiDAR Mapping of Kronborg Castle (2024) Reimaging disaster risk financing through insurance (ongoing)
Barbara Martini, PhD, is a full Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and Professor of Economics at Temple University Rome . She also serves as an Associate Researcher at the Research Centre for Macroeconomic and Regional Forecasting of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and as the Rector’s Delegate for Equal Opportunities and Inclusion at Tor Vergata. Education Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Post-graduate Erasmus program in Econometrics and Dynamic Optimization, University of Groningen, The Netherlands B.A. (cum laude) in Economics and Commerce, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Research Interests Professor Martini’s research sits at the intersection of gender economics , regional resilience , spatial econometrics and innovation studies . She investigates how regional economic structures, human capital and institutional factors mediate the capacity of territories to absorb shocks and sustain inclusive growth. A recurrent theme is the role of gender equality in shaping regional resilience and productivity differentials across Italian provinces and regions. Recent Publication Trends Between 2019 and 2022, Martini authored or co-authored more than fifteen peer-reviewed articles focusing on spatio-temporal analyses of regional resilience, gender effects on industrial variety, and the economic impacts of Covid-19 at the provincial level. Her work is published in leading journals such as Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , Spatial Economic Analysis , Journal of Macroeconomics and Scienze Regionali , reflecting a strong quantitative orientation and policy relevance. European Projects & Grants C4C – Connect 4 Children: Collaborative Network for European Clinical Trials for Children (H2020) OLTRE – Oltre l’orizzonte: Contro-narrazioni dai margini al centro (European Commission Internal Security Fund) INDRIX – Inclusive Disaster Resilience Index (European Commission) Teaching & Academic Service At Temple University Rome she teaches Macroeconomic Principles , Microeconomic Principles and International Trade , while at Tor Vergata she delivers Statistical Methods in Economics , Economics of Innovation and Gender & Inclusion . She is also module leader for Spatial Econometrics in the PhD programme at Sapienza University of Rome. Additionally, she serves on the Gender Committee of the Italian Society of Economics (SIE) and is a member of AISRe, ERSA and SIE.
Associate Professor Kristle Romero Cortes is affiliated with the School of Banking and Finance within the UNSW Business School . Holding a PhD in Finance from Boston College and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Northwestern University, she previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland , contributing to the Federal Open Market Committee process. PhD Finance, Boston College BA (Honours) Economics & Philosophy, Northwestern University Her research focuses on financial intermediation , empirical corporate finance , and entrepreneurial finance , with recent work examining climate risk exposure in banking, housing market psychology, and regulatory impacts on credit markets. She employs rigorous econometric methods across studies involving: Bank responses to natural disasters Credit sentiment analysis Small business lending dynamics Government subsidized loan programs Dr. Cortés teaches FINS3633 Real Estate Finance and FINS5533 Real Estate Finance and Investment , and has presented at major conferences including the Melbourne Money & Finance Conference and Financial Intermediation Research Society events.
Francesca Larosa is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources , University College London, and an affiliated researcher at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) in Venice, Italy. Her work bridges climate finance , energy transition , and artificial intelligence for sustainability. Education : PhD in Climate Change Sciences and Management (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), MSc in Economic and Social Sciences (Bocconi University), BA in Economics (University of Pisa) Francesca specializes in green technologies , critical minerals , and complex systems approaches to climate challenges. She has developed business models for climate innovation and advanced climate finance analysis using AI techniques. Her recent publications focus on climate policy AI limitations, fossil fuel finance decarbonization, and equity in climate funding. Key themes include sustainable development pathways , seasonal climate services , and ocean governance . Francesca’s interdisciplinary research connects climate science , economics , and technology policy to address global sustainability challenges.
Tracy Levett-Jones is a Distinguished Professor and Professor of Nursing Education at the University of Technology Sydney's School of Nursing and Midwifery. She holds multiple prestigious appointments including Conjoint Professor at Monash University and Visiting Professor positions at several international institutions including the University of Leicester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and previously at University of Leuven, Oxford Brookes University, Keele University, and University of Southampton. Her academic credentials include a PhD in Nursing from the University of Newcastle (2002-2006), a Master's in Education & Work from Macquarie University (1999-2000), and a Bachelor of Nursing from Avondale College of Higher Education (1993-1995). She is also a Registered Nurse with certification dating back to 1978-1981. Professor Levett-Jones is recognized as a world-leading researcher in nursing education, evidenced by her induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2022 and being ranked among the World's top 1% of scientists in nursing by Stanford University in 2021. Her research spans several critical areas including patient safety, planetary health, empathy, clinical reasoning, and healthcare simulation. She has pioneered innovative educational approaches including virtual communities, museums, websites, and games that have transformed nursing education. Her extensive publication record includes over 250 works since 2004, with recent focus on planetary health and climate change in nursing education. Her research demonstrates a clear trajectory toward integrating environmental sustainability with healthcare practice, emphasizing the nurse's role in addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. She has developed influential frameworks for clinical reasoning and patient safety that are now used in nursing curricula across Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame (2022) World's top 1% of scientists in nursing (Stanford University, 2021) Top researcher in health and medical sciences in nursing (Australian Research Magazine, 2019) Australian Universities Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2023) Health Dean's Academic Excellence Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (2019) Professor Levett-Jones has secured over $7 million in grant funding and received 21 research awards. She leads the Planetary Health for Nursing & Midwifery Research and Education Collaborative and the Empathy Initiative research group. She has supervised numerous HDR students and serves on editorial boards for prominent nursing journals including Nurse Education Today. Her funded research projects span areas of planetary health, empathy development, patient safety, and clinical reasoning in nursing education. She co-convenes the Faculty of Health Climate and Health Collaborative and leads the development of innovative educational resources including the Virtual Empathy Museum and the 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People' educational board game. Her work with the Empathy Initiative has transformed clinical practice in settings such as refugee services, spinal and stroke units through evidence-based empathy interventions.
Luís Miguel Rainho Catela Nunes is a Full Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), with a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has held leadership roles including Head of the Research Unit, Deputy Dean for Research, and President of the Pedagogical Council. Currently, he co-directs the Economics of Education Knowledge Center and founded the Social Sciences DataLab in 2017. Education: PhD in Economics (1994), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master in Economics (1991), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bachelor in Economics (1987), Universidade Nova de Lisboa Research interests span Econometrics , Economics of Education , Environmental Economics , Structural Breaks , and Educational Inequalities . His work focuses on policy evaluation in education, environmental valuation, and structural economic analysis. Recent publications explore topics like the impact of private-public school performance gaps, environmental conservation through crowdfunding, teacher influence on student achievement, and socioeconomic determinants of educational inequality. Collaborations include projects with Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and the Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation. Students supervised include: João Firmino (PhD, 2025) Vladimir Otrachshenko (PhD, 2018) António Rua (PhD, 2013) His grants and projects involve initiatives such as "Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Well-Being in Portugal" and "From socioeconomic inequalities to educational inequalities", funded by national and international institutions.
Cynthia Conrad is an Associate Professor in the Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences Department at the University of New Haven within the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences. She teaches courses such as Research Methods, Contemporary Issues in Health Care, and Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, blending expertise in public administration and health policy. Ph.D. in Public Health Administration, University of Texas at Arlington (with UT Health Science Center at Dallas) M.A. in Political Science (Policy Analysis), University of Texas at Arlington B.A. in Political Science (Comparative Government), Southern Illinois University Dr. Conrad’s research spans public health economics, health policy, criminal justice, and organizational decision-making. Her work examines issues like healthcare costs, child abuse and neglect, physician income trends, and emergency preparedness. Her recent publications address topics such as graduate education challenges, cost modeling for child abuse, and ethics in dental hygiene. These works reflect interdisciplinary engagement with public administration, health economics, and policy analysis. Dr. Conrad has not been explicitly linked to scientific awards or grants in the provided text. She has collaborated with colleagues like Coleman and Costello on studies related to public health and criminal justice.
Dr. Zafar Adeel is an Adjunct Professor in the Civil Engineering department at McMaster University , specializing in water resource management , environmental policy , and sustainability science . With a focus on climate change adaptation , groundwater hydrology , and environmental contamination , his work addresses critical global challenges through interdisciplinary research. His scholarly activity spans 25 years , with recent publications analyzing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (2023-2024), flood damage economics (2020-2023), and water scarcity solutions (2024-2025). Key themes include cross-border collaboration on water security, ethical dimensions of international development, and circular bioeconomy applications in Ethiopia. Dr. Adeel’s research has been cited in policy frameworks , Mendeley readership (573 readers), and news outlets . Notable projects include modeling groundwater impacts of agricultural reclamation in Egypt (2015), evaluating economic flood impacts across North America (2020-2023), and advancing UN Sustainable Development Agenda (2017). His work integrates environmental science , policy analysis , and engineering solutions for global water challenges.
Joe Deville is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University with joint appointments in the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology and the Department of Sociology. He serves as Director of the Centre for Science Studies and is a member of the Centre for Technological Futures. As Principal Investigator for the Open Book Futures project (2023-2026) funded by Arcadia and Research England, he builds on previous work with the COPIM project. He co-founded Mattering Press, an open access publisher, and contributes to the Journal of Cultural Economy. Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University Co-founder, Mattering Press Director, Centre for Science Studies Principal Investigator, Open Book Futures project His research spans financialized everyday life (debt collection, credit scoring), algorithmic governance (autonomous systems, digital methods), and open access publishing infrastructures. Current work addresses ethical implications of autonomous systems and sustainability in academic publishing models. Recent publications explore digital higher education (2025), bibliodiversity (2024), comparative research frameworks (2024), autonomous navigation ethics (2024), and OA policy analysis (2024). These works demonstrate recurring themes of technological mediation in social practices, financial subjectivity, and collaborative knowledge production models. He supervises students in areas including household economies, AI proliferation, disaster preparedness, and infrastructures of scholarly communication, drawing from science and technology studies, affect theory, and economic sociology frameworks. He contributes to the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems: Security Node project through EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary research combining social science and computer science approaches to organizational ethics in autonomous systems deployment.
Simon Hakim is Professor of Economics at Temple University's College of Liberal Arts and Director of the Center for Competitive Government. His work bridges economic theory with practical applications in public policy, particularly in security and privatization. His educational credentials include a B.A. in Economics (Hebrew University), M.Sc. in City and Regional Planning (Technion), and M.A./Ph.D. in Regional Science (University of Pennsylvania). Dr. Hakim's research focuses on economics of crime and security, public-private partnerships, and privatization of government services. He has made significant contributions to understanding homeland security, urban economics, and the evaluation of public projects, often examining the interplay between private sector involvement and public service delivery. His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward critical infrastructure protection, disaster management governance, and the economic analysis of social services such as foster care. These works consistently apply economic principles to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness in public-private collaborations. He has conducted funded research for the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor, cities like Philadelphia and Newark, security industry associations, and private companies including ADT and Vector Security. These projects address privatization, security systems, and public finance challenges. As Director of the Center for Competitive Government, he oversees a research team that promotes competitive governance models and public-private partnerships through policy analysis and industry engagement.
Dr. Yuen Lo is a Researcher affiliated with the Department of Economics at SOAS University of London . Their work focuses on the intersection of financial systems, disaster risk management, and sustainable investment strategies in developing economies. Research Themes : International economics, financial risk modeling, climate finance, and policy-oriented development economics. Recent Contributions : Empirical analysis of disaster impacts on macroeconomic stability and frameworks for scaling green investments in the Global South. Publications Trends : Recent outputs (2024–2025) address systemic financial risks from natural disasters and innovative financing mechanisms for sustainable development. Key subfields include disaster economics, exchange rate dynamics, and climate-resilient capital strategies.
Sharmistha Swain, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor of Quantitative Management at the Greehey School of Business , St. Mary's University, teaching courses in Applied Business Analytics and Data Storytelling with Visual Analytics. Her research focuses on statistical computing, location analytics, and satellite image analytics for climate and insurance risk modeling. Education: Ph.D. in Geographic Information Systems (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management, M.Sc. in Regional and Rural Development Planning (Asian Institute of Technology), Certificate in Business Analytics (Northwestern University) Research Interests: Swain integrates advanced statistical modeling and machine learning to analyze climate impacts on health, agriculture, and public policy. Her work addresses drought monitoring, vegetation stress assessment, and predictive analytics for government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and United States Department of Agriculture-Risk Management Agency. Scientific Contributions: Her publications span climate-informed public health, drought response systems, and remote sensing applications. Key trends include interdisciplinary approaches combining geospatial data with socioeconomic and ecological analysis to address climate adaptation challenges.
Justīna Hudenko is an Associate Professor at the Department of Customs and Taxation, Riga Technical University, specializing in Sustainable infrastructure Rail transport and logistics Tax systems and governance Digital technologies Blockchain Transport modelling and simulations Her research focuses on integrating sustainability principles into infrastructure development, optimizing logistics systems, and analyzing tax policy impacts. She actively combines academic work with leadership roles in transportation and climate governance. Recent publications highlight her work on GIS-based transport simulations, Green Deal policy assessments, and blockchain applications in logistics. She contributes to EU-funded projects and serves on national and international advisory boards.
Pietro Bonetti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Control at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, located in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a PhD in Economics (specializing in Accounting) from the University of Padua and Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Accounting from the University of Bologna. After completing his doctorate, he spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. His research focuses on the economic impact of financial regulation and disclosure, corporate governance, international accounting, sustainability, and transparency. Professor Bonetti has published extensively in top accounting and interdisciplinary journals, with recent work examining environmental disclosure and cost of capital, climate disclosures along supply chains, and the impact of transparency regulation on environmental externalities. His publication record demonstrates significant scholarly impact across multiple domains including environmental accounting, corporate governance, and financial regulation. His research often employs large-sample empirical approaches to examine real-world impacts of accounting practices and regulations. Professor Bonetti has received recognition through publications in premier journals including Science, European Accounting Review, and Journal of Accounting Research, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature and high impact of his scholarly contributions. His academic career demonstrates a strong trajectory from his educational foundation in Italian institutions to international research collaboration and a faculty position at one of Europe's leading business schools. His research bridges theoretical accounting principles with practical implications for corporate governance, environmental sustainability, and financial regulation.
Dr. John Hillier is a Professor in Natural Hazard Risk at Loughborough University, holding academic roles since 2010, including Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader. His professional affiliations include editorial roles for EGU's Geoscience Communication and Heliyon (Elsevier). He specializes in natural hazard risk assessment, GIS applications, climate change impacts, and science communication. Research focuses on compound hazards (e.g., flood-wind co-occurrence), catastrophe modeling, and disaster risk finance. His work bridges academia with industry, particularly through NERC-funded projects and collaborations with insurers like Zurich. Key outputs include the Co-RISK tool for university-industry hazard mitigation projects and open-source R code frameworks for financial risk evaluation. His articles highlight trends in jet stream-driven extreme weather, permafrost degradation impacts on landslides, and AI applications in risk assessment. Awards include the 2017 Loughborough University Research Informed Teaching Award and 2012 Higher Education Academy Fellowship. He has advised on disaster risk finance in Indonesia and pioneered outreach through Nuffield STEM programs. Current projects emphasize climate gentrification and integrating AI into hazard modeling.
