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For my PhD in Sociology I analyse trends in job quality (work intensity, working time flexibility and job autonomy) across various welfare systems in the EU. My research interests involve broadly various aspects of job and employment quality from the comparative perspective. I researched work-life balance arrangements in Italy; retirement transitions in Poland; professional work environments in the UK; debates and measures of quality of employment from the perspective of a development agenda of Latin America; gender equality and gender norms in the EU.

This year at the University of Cambridge, I will be receiving an MPhil in Social and Developmental Psychology under the supervision of Dr. Claire Hughes. During my time in Cambridge I will be working on Dr. Hughes' "Toddlers and Up" project, a longitudinal study that examines young children's learning profiles. By looking at young children with high levels of inhibition and social anxiety, I hope to compare their performance on executive function tasks to their more outgoing peers.

It was during my BSc in Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, NL, that I became interested in how social, cultural and environmental factors present in the immediate environment can bring about individual differences between people. It became clear that brain development and neuroplasticity play a crucial role in contributing to these individual differences and I developed a deep interest in developmental neuroscience. For this reason, I completed an MRes in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, UK, focusing on adolescent socio-cognitive development. I am especially interested in the period of adolescence (defined as 10 to 24 years) because 75% of socio-emotional disorders first appear during this period of life, highlighting the urgent need to better understand how the social environment contributes to the development of the brain and cognition. In a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Global Health in Barcelona, I will carry out an interdisciplinary PhD project that will assess how sociocultural and environmental factors contribute to self- and socio-cognitive processing in adolescence, and how these may be associated with risk and resilience to mental health problems.

Previous Education

University College London Cognitive Neuroscience 2019
University of Amsterdam PPLE - Psychology Major 2018

I graduated first in my faculty, in 2011, with a BA in History and Political Science, a combination which incorporated my passion for both research and activism. This year I completed my master’s thesis on the framing of female sanctity in Early Irish hagiography. My proposed doctoral research expands upon this project, to interrogate the role of vernacular saints’ lives in identity formation. I am particularly excited about the opportunities for interdisciplinary research afforded by my Cambridge department. The experiences and challenges encountered, in returning to education as a mature learner, have been among the most difficult and rewarding of my life. The professional validation and personal fulfilment arising from my studies have been, and continue to be, an immense privilege and I am confident that in my future career I will aid other mature students negotiate their university years.

I earned a BSc in Evolutionary Anthropology and Paleoecology from Rutgers University in 2008 and a MPhil in Archaeological Science from Cambridge in 2009. I completed my PhD in Archaeology at Cambridge in 2012. My PhD combined zooarchaeology and stable isotope analysis to identify changes in human diet and seasonal mobility in response to environmental change from the Pleistocene/Holocene transition to the introduction of domestic animals and agriculture (11,000-7,000 years BP) in the Eastern Adriatic.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge PhD Archaeology 2012
University of Cambridge MPhil Archaeological Science 2009
Rutgers University Evolutionary Anthropology, Paleoecology 2008

Links

http://research.franklin.uga.edu/quaternary
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-pilaar-birch-96408579

I am a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, where I am supervised by Ryan and Simone. At the moment, I am mainly interested in information theory and its application to the study of machine learning models and linguistics. To this end, I have recently been dabbling in information-theoretic linguistics and probing.
I believe that by improving our knowledge of how NLP methods work, we can improve their performance in non-mainstream languages, empowering the communities that speak them.

I enjoy the few sunny days I get in the UK and I am always looking forward to summer.

Previous Education

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Computer Science 2018
Universidade de Brasilia Mechatronics Engineering 2015

Hannah completed her PhD in the Department of Experimental Psychology under the supervision of Dr Denes Szucs. Following her time in Cambridge, Hannah worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Anna Freud Centre and University College London. Hannah completed medical training at The University of Sydney in 2018 and is further specialising in Psychiatry. She is a Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry (conjoint) at the University of New South Wales.

I am a versatile physicist with a PhD from the University of Cambridge, skilled in advanced data analysis, modeling, and simulations. With expertise in Python, C++, MATLAB, and SQL, I have a proven track record in software development, project management, and leading research teams. My background includes significant contributions to the aerospace industry, as well as experience in mentoring and academic publishing. I am eager to transition into roles in data science, quantitative finance, or continue in the aerospace sector, leveraging my analytical skills and problem-solving abilities to drive innovation and success. Open to opportunities in the Los Angeles area or remotely.

Previous Education

University of Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
University of Cambridge

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arazi-pinhas

This year I shall do research in normative ethics and metaethics. Briefly, I am interested in two questions: a) 'What should the relation between moral concerns and non-moral ones be?'and, b)'Is "particularism" ( a position that denies the existence or importance of ethical principles) a viable option for moral philosophers?' I am also interested in exploring other areas of philosophy, e.g., philosophical logic, history, Wittgenstein, and aesthetic.

I pursued the Mphil in Epidemiology at Cambridge University as a Gates Scholar and I am now doing my MBA at CEU. I am an epidemiologist by training with extensive work experience with the pharmaceutical companies, IQVIA, the World Bank Group, CDC, patient organizations, and NGOs from the U.S., Eastern, and Western Europe.
In the past, I was a consultant with the World Bank Group, the world-leading development organization, and later with IQVIA, the world's leading pharmaceutical consulting firm. Overall, I have ten years of multidisciplinary project management, sales, and marketing experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare fields. I was in charge of leading product development from its official launch to exiting the market. Specialties: strategy development, project management, stakeholder management, financial analysis.

Links

https://www.hdigr.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-pirjol-31725816

I am Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Center for Research and Scholarship at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. My research on gender and women’s political representation and participation has appeared in over twenty peer-reviewed journals, including The American Journal of Political Science, Politics & Gender, and Comparative Political Studies, and numerous edited volumes. I co-edit the academic journal Politics, Groups, and Identities and consult regularly for international organizations. Recently for UN Women, I co-authored two reports on women leaders and COVID-19 response and recovery. A frequent commentator in the domestic and international media, my public-facing writing on women and political empowerment has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Review, Ms. Magazine, and The Smithsonian. I received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego, and my M. Phil. in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge.

I am a biologist interested in how technology can be used to create healthier systems. From my experience of growing up in West Africa, I have been concerned about health systems in my country Nigeria and how they operate. More people die every year from preventable and treatable diseases than of terminal illnesses, and a good number of these diseases are hereditary. This influenced my study of genomic medicine in the University of Cambridge where I conducted research on personalised medicine as a more sustainable approach to medicine for developing countries. I now run a startup that provides personalized medicine services in Nigeria.

Links

https://utogenx.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkpoutopius

For as long as I can remember, my life has been enriched by the study and performance of music. For the past three years I have directed a large high school choral music program in North Carolina. During that time, I have seen the power of choral music to stimulate and transform others. I am dedicated to inspiring my students’ realization of this transformative power, and endeavor to illustrate that music is an improvement on life itself. The M.Mus. in Choral Studies at Cambridge will provide a unique intellectual and musical training—one that will allow me to expand my reach to the global community. Cambridge offers a diverse approach to training choral musicians that will provide me with the experience necessary to more effectively work with students on a global level and to make music of the highest caliber. I am excited to immerse myself in a culture that places such a high value on choral music and music education, steeped in a timeless tradition that has thrived for centuries.