{"id":262,"date":"2021-04-09T12:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T12:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:56:05","slug":"doctoral-dialogues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/past-festivals\/graduate-school-festival-2021\/programme\/doctoral-dialogues\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Dialogues"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"262\" class=\"elementor elementor-262\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e81021 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e81021\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df95503\" data-id=\"df95503\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e953e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e953e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Doctoral Dialogues<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdcc2b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdcc2b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c0f67d\" data-id=\"8c0f67d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed774d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ed774d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Doctoral Dialogues podcast series features informal conversations between PhD researchers from across the university.<\/p><p>Below you can listen to each of our episodes and hear our researchers reflect on their experiences and discover more about the innovative research happening across the Westminster Graduate School community.<\/p><p>Taking part are doctoral researchers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Mahmoud\">Mahmoud Aldraimli<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Francesco\">Francesco Arese Visconti<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Steven\">Steven Barclay<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Stav\">Stav B<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Gustavo\">Gustavo Espinoza Ramos<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Anna\">Anna Kaxira<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Piero\">Piero Latino<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Renan\">Renan Nery Porto<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Kiu\">Kiu Sum<\/a><\/span><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"#Khaoula\">Khaoula Zitouni<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e1e05e\" data-id=\"8e1e05e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afb982e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afb982e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-164\" alt=\"Microphone centre screen with a blurred Laptop screen in the background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/pexels-magda-ehlers-1054713-2-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4538b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4538b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-161c7ef\" data-id=\"161c7ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c6586 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c6586\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-517c6b7\" data-id=\"517c6b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c74ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70c74ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participants<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7961fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7961fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8691062\" data-id=\"8691062\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eaa84f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9eaa84f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-890aab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"890aab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Mahmoud_Aldraimli_Photo-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-433\" alt=\"Photo of Mahmoud Aldraimli\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Mahmoud_Aldraimli_Photo-2.png 637w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Mahmoud_Aldraimli_Photo-2-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Mahmoud_Aldraimli_Photo-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Mahmoud_Aldraimli_Photo-2-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a631cf8\" data-id=\"a631cf8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a44dfcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a44dfcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Mahmoud\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65fc2a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65fc2a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mahmoud Aldraimli<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41a30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b41a30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After many years of accomplishments in the industry, I joined The University of Westminster as a Doctoral Researcher in Health-Data Science in September 2017. During that time, I had great success stories in research. Now\u00a0I am a research fellow health data scientist at the Health Innovation Ecosystem collaborating with the NHS health professionals applying Artificial Inttelence to improve patients\u2019 Quality of Life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a19cd9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a19cd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7de97f1\" data-id=\"7de97f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fe635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a7fe635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dab401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4dab401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Profile-Pic-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Profile-Pic-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Profile-Pic-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Profile-Pic-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Profile-Pic-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-38af401\" data-id=\"38af401\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-317e59f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"317e59f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Francesco\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ee068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33ee068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Francesco Arese Visconti<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6672d4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6672d4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Francesco Arese Visconti (1971) is the\u00a0Head of the Media Communications Department and Photography Program Coordinator at\u00a0Webster University Geneva. At Webster University he teaches visual communication courses.\u00a0As a member of the research faculty, he\u00a0focuses his\u00a0work on the migration processes in Switzerland and in Italy. His current work is about recent Italian migration in the Swiss Confederation. Ten images from this research project were exhibited in 2015 at the EXPO in Milan and are part of his Ph.D. research at the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media of the University of Westminster (UK). Arese Visconti is also a member of the Union Suisse des Photographes Professionnels (USPP)\u00a0and the organizer of the webinar series &#8216;The Looking Glass &#8211; A Webster Geneva live stream with an expert on a current topic.&#8217;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8cd9c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8cd9c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f879e30\" data-id=\"f879e30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca21cd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ca21cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f3edf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f3edf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Steven-Barclay-photo-2-325x260.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog size-blog wp-image-339\" alt=\"Profile Image of Steven Barclay\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d6a9a1\" data-id=\"7d6a9a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40009b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b40009b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Steven\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ffdd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70ffdd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Steven Barclay<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9184773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9184773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am a final year PhD student at the University of Westminster, researching the history of literacy and BBC school broadcasting. I also currently work as a research assistant on a British Academy funded project on the broadcaster Alistair Cooke.\u00a0I previously worked as an editor of educational films.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f00aa6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f00aa6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4555cfa\" data-id=\"4555cfa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fba9aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3fba9aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93fac7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93fac7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-399\" alt=\"stav B profile image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/stav-B-profile-image-2-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-835dffd\" data-id=\"835dffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc55369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"bc55369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Stav\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d7d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2d7d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stav B<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f0026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53f0026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am a visual artist, conceiving and manifesting an interdisciplinary body of work, that I have been developing and expanding: Spoken word, Live Art, Installation, Video and Sound. My current practice combines all of these elements, which have been incorporated and synthetically established for a multimedia presentation.\u00a0<\/p><p>My work is placed at the junctions of visual art and performance and deals with the on-going theme of (sexual) identity, love, the politics of the female gaze, the aesthetics of beauty, obsession and transformation, nature and evolution. The linear progress of my body of work (has shaped my direction and focus.<\/p><p>I am currently a first year PhD Candidate at CREAM.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-53500e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53500e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64d9283\" data-id=\"64d9283\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f190d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"12f190d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-063cb86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"063cb86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-561\" alt=\"Photo of Gustavo R. Espinoza-Ramos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Gustavo-R.-Espinoza-Ramos-2.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5117a86\" data-id=\"5117a86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9074b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"c9074b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Gustavo\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3d4630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3d4630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gustavo Espinoza Ramos<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6b595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a6b595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gustavo R. Espinoza-Ramos holds a BSc in Business and Information Technology, and an MSc in Mining Engineering. His working experience in the mining industry and self-motivation underpinned his decision to undertake a PhD course at University of Westminster since January 2015. His research interests are centred on topics related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the formation of partnerships between private companies and civil society in developing countries.\u00a0 He is an enthusiastic lecturer at the Westminster Business School teaching modules related CSR, business ethics, sustainable business and corporate strategy at an undergraduate and master levels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbd0f15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbd0f15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bdb7b4\" data-id=\"8bdb7b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45cbc00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"45cbc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3ff292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3ff292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Anna-Kaxira-photo.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f7290c\" data-id=\"3f7290c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd2109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3fd2109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Anna\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f193183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f193183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anna Kaxira<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb59ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb59ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anna is a PhD Researcher at the University of Westminster, with an MPhil in Environmental Policy (Cambridge University) and 9 years of experience in research and policy experience.<br \/><br \/> Her PhD research project explores the governance of Anaerobic Digestion, which provides a waste management alternative for the production of bioenergy in the United Kingdom, and specifically focuses on relevant policy initiatives of England and Scotland and their impact on the deployment of waste-fed AD. This research is funded by the University of Westminster and closely related to the UK\u2019s Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN), which is based at the University of Surrey.<br \/> <br \/> Anna has managed research and evaluation and delivered several research projects for charitable trusts, the UK Government (Departments, such as BEIS, Defra, DfE, DWP, GEO), the European Commission (DG Sanco, DG Justice, DG Home, DG Employment, DG Clima, DG Environment) and CEDEFOP.<br \/> <br \/> Anna has a diverse background in research, policy evaluation and impact assessment, across a range of public policy projects, which include social, economic, employment and environmental policy themes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e49e14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e49e14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e769e8b\" data-id=\"e769e8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad9b9e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ad9b9e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6fb70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec6fb70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Piero-Latino-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-946\" alt=\"Piero Latino\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Piero-Latino-2.jpg 377w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Piero-Latino-2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9babbe\" data-id=\"f9babbe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46bb996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"46bb996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Piero\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0de4b43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0de4b43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Piero Latino<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96244ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96244ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am currently a PhD researcher in English Literature at the University of Westminster and in French and Comparative Literature at Sorbonne University (dual international PhD \u2013 \u201ccotutelle\u201d). I am also Visiting PhD researcher at the Department of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. Before starting my doctoral path at Westminster and Sorbonne, I obtained a Master in French Literature at Sorbonne University, a Master in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Westminster, and a Master and a Bachelor in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy). I have published a book on the French poet G\u00e9rard de Nerval, and scientific articles on Nerval, Mallarm\u00e9, Dante, Sartre, Foucault. I have also held seminars and conferences about Gabriele Rossetti, the esotericism of Dante and its influence on the English and French literatures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. My research interests concern the relation between literature and esotericism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-94e1fcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94e1fcb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a237fad\" data-id=\"a237fad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5dd11d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a5dd11d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dafeddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dafeddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Renan-Nery-Porto-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-449\" alt=\"Photo of Renan Nery Porto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Renan-Nery-Porto-2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Renan-Nery-Porto-2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5393ce5\" data-id=\"5393ce5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e8fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"51e8fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Renan\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9281703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9281703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Renan Nery Porto<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-399db1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"399db1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Renan Porto is a PhD student in law at the University of Westminster. His research explores the political ecology of cocoa&#8217;s plantations in the northeast of Brazil through a multispecies approach inspired by indigenous cosmologies, looking through this investigation how societies are shaped in a non-anthropocentric perspective. He grew up in a small village called Florestal in the state of Bahia in Brazil, where he used to help his father in the works with cocoa. He also has experience in interdisciplinary research in law and literature, which was his research topic in his master&#8217;s degree at the Rio de Janeiro State University. His academic works are available in the website: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"http:\/\/westminster.academia.edu\/RenanPorto\">westminster.academia.edu\/RenanPorto<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c34ef9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c34ef9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-043f88d\" data-id=\"043f88d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14dbce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"14dbce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f0aa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16f0aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2-930x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-337\" alt=\"Profile of Kiu Sum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2-930x1024.jpg 930w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2-768x846.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2-1395x1536.jpg 1395w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2-1860x2048.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/04\/Kiu-Sum-2.jpg 2294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-27d32c6\" data-id=\"27d32c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc2621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"1fc2621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Kiu\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7691068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7691068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kiu Sum<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb1d6b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb1d6b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am Doctoral Researcher in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Westminster. My research interest focuses on workplace nutrition, dietary behaviour, and public health nutrition. I also chair the PhD Society at Westminster and externally collaborate with other organisations for student engagement activities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a80cbf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a80cbf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ff287e\" data-id=\"0ff287e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e89ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5e89ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed85d69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed85d69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Khaoula-Zitouni-Photo-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-931\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Khaoula-Zitouni-Photo-2.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/graduateschoolfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/05\/Khaoula-Zitouni-Photo-2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6e752a\" data-id=\"b6e752a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a4642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"59a4642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"Khaoula\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f8f248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Khaoula Zitouni<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35741d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35741d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am \u2018professeur Agreg\u00e9\u2019 of English language and Literature at the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities in Tunis. 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