American Psychological Association (APA], Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA], College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) and British Psychological Society (BPS)
CyprusDr. Lilia Psalta is currently a course Leader at the MSc in Forensic Psychology and a lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus (Since 2015). She is also pursuing her 2nd PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cyprus in the research are of Grief, Attachment and Life Transition. She studied Psychology in the USA, following her postgraduate studies in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York, UK. She is a Research Fellow at the University of Cyprus (Since 2013) and the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. She is an active member of the Cognitive Research Group of UCLan, Preston and of the Cognitive and Developmental Lab of UCLan, Cyprus. She is research active within the area of neuroscience and psychology and participates in the design, development and analysis of experimental protocol for the study of neural and behavioral assemblies that underline emotional judgments and perception. She has long-term participation in research projects funded by national and international bodies, including the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) and the European Union. She has been the principal researcher and coordinator for the development of occupational health and safety policy and psychosocial risk management in Cypriot firefighters. She worked with Police Officials in Cyprus and the FBI to endorse knowledge on issues of Corruption in the law enforcement officers. Other areas of research interests are: Mental Health, Ghosting, Grief, Life Transition, and Internet offending (i.e., revenge porn. Cyber-harassment, stalking). Her recent research has examined: Internet offending; new approaches to the treatment of offenders, and the neurobiological basis of offending. With her research she is using cognitive neuropsychology and psychobiological approach, while interested in investigating psychological interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing. Her research was published in distinguished scientific journals like, Psychological Science, Perception, and Journal of Vision and she has presented her findings in various international conferences (EWIC, EPS, VSS). She is a member of various international research networks and professional bodies like the American Psychological Association (APA], the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA], the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT)and the British Psychological Society (BPS).
CloseDepartment of Accounting and Economic Analysis, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Mykolaiv
UkraineDr. Professor Olena Kotykova currently works in the Department of Accounting and Economic Analysis, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (Ukraine). Olena Kotykova, Dr. Professor, is currently a visiting professor at the University of Bamberg (Germany). She received a Master's degree in economist-manager, a PhD in economic sciences and a Doctor of economic sciences at Mykolaiv National Agrarian University (Ukraine). The results of her scientific research are presented in more than 150 scientific publications (19 articles in publications indexed by Scopus and/or Web of Science databases), 22 author's certificates and 10 monographs. As a leader or member of a scientific or organizational committee, she participated in the organization of more than 20 scientific conferences. As an academic coordinator, she carried out 2 research projects sponsored by the European Commission. She is also President of the Regional Center of European Educational Scientific Enterprises, an Expert of the NAQA and Expert of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, an Expert of the Scientific Committee of the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, a member of the Association to Excellent Women Academics 'AcademiaNet'. She has been actively engaged in teaching activities for over 25 years. Her attention is focused on sustainable development (SDG 2, 12): agricultural land use, food safety, sustainable food chains, food losses and waste, and circular economy.
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United StatesDr. Tom Berendt holds a BA from The University of Edinburgh in Scandinavian Studies and a PhD from Temple University in Religion. His research explores the intersection between animal and human spiritual encounters, in particular, the totemic quality of bovine and ursine veneration. Alongside writing and publishing theoretical research papers, he is also actively involved in interdimensional ethnographic work, collaborating with shamanic and indigenous science practitioners. This work seeks to challenge the empirical/colonial bias over personal/indigenous gnosis. He works as a lecturer at Arcadia University in Religious Studies.
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HungaryProf. Dr. Anita Boros is a professor at the National University of Public Service, the Hungarian University of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, and the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences. She graduated in 2001 from the College of Public Administration, and in 2005 as a lawyer at the Eötvös Loránd University, and in 2010 at the Andrássy Gyula German Language University, the comparative state and jurisprudence LL.M program. She obtained a doctorate (PhD) degree in 2009 and a habilitated doctorate in 2016. During her career, she has held senior positions in several state administrative and judicial bodies. She has also performed the duties of head of department and head of the institute in recent years. She is the editor and member of the editorial board of several Hungarian scientific journals. (E.g.: Kodifikáció és Közigazgatás, Közigazgatási Eljárási Jogi Közlemények, Közbeszerzési Értesítő Plusz) In addition, she is a member of several bodies, such as a member of the Hungarian Lawyers' Association, a member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a member of the Circular Economy Interdepartmental Standing Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is a member of the RENEUAL European Research Network, the president of the Public Administration Procedural Law Association, and the leader of the Greenology Green Innovation and Sustainability Knowledge Center. Dr. Boros has been the leader of several types of research in the past period, mainly in the areas of public administrative authority procedures, green economy, circular economy and sustainability. So far, she has helped the work of nearly twenty doctoral students. Seven of them have already obtained a scientific degree at the Hungarian universities. Her research areas include the green economy, the relationship between sustainability and economic law, the emergence of green innovations in individual sectors, certain aspects of the circular economy, and the economic aspects of public administrative law.
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Hong KongDr. Patrick TSANG received his B.Eng., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Prior to joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he was on the Faculty of Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019-2023) and College of Business of City University of Hong Kong (2018-2019). Patrick’s research interests cover operations management with applications from a broad range of fields such as logistics, supply chain management, transportation, emerging business, applied operations research and data analytics. Patrick has been teaching a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of undergraduate engineering mathematics, postgraduate transportation logistics and operations management. He is passionate in teaching and interaction with students. He was the recipient of teaching awards multiple times. He also has industry experiences from the sectors of banking, engineering, healthcare and procurement. Also, he is a certified Carbon Auditor.
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