Centre for Democratic Futures

Our people

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Dr Triana Amen

Lecturer in Advanced Cell Biology

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Dr Valentina Cardo

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Valentina's research interests include:
  • The relationship between citizenship and identity;
  • Political representation;

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Dr Valentina Di Iasio

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Economics of Migration 
  • Development Economics
  • Economic Geography
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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

Research interests

  • AI and democracy
  • Platforms and cities 
  • Platforms and wellbeing 

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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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