Centre for Democratic Futures

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Professor Vincent O'connor

Professor of Neurochemistry

Research interests

  • Molecular mechanism of synaptic function and dysfunction
  • Synaptic degeneration
  • Genetic models of synaptic and neuronal dysfunction

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Professor Will Jennings

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Research interests

  • Public policy
  • Public opinion
  • Polling

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Dr William Allen

Lecturer
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Professor Yasmin Sekhon Dhillon

Associate Dean EDI

Research interests

  • Consumer Research
  • Luxury Consumption
  • Cross-cultural Consumption
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Professor Yehuda Baruch

Professor of Management

Research interests

  • Career studies
  • HRM
  • International/global HRM

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Dr Yu-Shan Tseng

Res Fellow (Anniversary Fellowship) ELS

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Dr Yun Luo

Lecturer in Finance

Research interests

  • Banking
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

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Dr Zacharias Maniadis PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Economics of Science
  • Experimental Economics
  • Game Theory
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Zeina Nazer

Research interests

  • Smart Cities, Smart Mobility, Sustainability, LiDAR, Road Safety, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Road User Charging
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Dr Zhifeng Chen

Lecturer in Accounting

Research interests

  • Social and environmental accounting and GHG disclosure
  • Organizational hypocrisy and moral licensing
  • Accounting information/disclosures/CSR and stakeholders’ judgement/decision-making

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