Lower Saxony – Scotland Joint Forum
20 + 21 November 2023

Professor Christina von Haaren is Vice President International and (designated) Sustainability and Professor of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation at Leibniz University Hannover. Her research focusses on modelling and planning Ecosystem Services and biodiversity. Recent projects about allocation of renewable energy and considering water demands of habitats in water scarcity assessments. She can be contacted via haaren@umwelt.uni-hannover.de.

James Conroy is Professor of Religious and Philosophical Education (Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith) and Dean of Global Engagement for Europe at the University of Glasgow. He is Academic Director of the European Centre for Advanced Studies.

Jörg Philipp Terhechte is Professor of Public, European and International Law at and Vice President of Leuphana University Lüneburg. He is Academic Director of the European Centre for Advanced Studies.

James Conroy is Professor of Religious and Philosophical Education (Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith) and Dean of Global Engagement for Europe at the University of Glasgow. He is Academic Director of the European Centre for Advanced Studies.

Martina Glomb is a professor for fashion design at the Hochschule Hannover, Germany. She specializes in design methods with a focus on slow fashion and sustainability in teaching, research and transfer. As founder of the USE-LESS Centre for Sustainable Strategies she has initiated various international and interdisciplinary projects and exhibitions with universities and practice partners, aiming to merge science, education and design. You can contact her via martina.glomb@hs-hannover.de.

Maria Silies is a fashion and textile designer and member of the research staff at the USE-LESS Center for Sustainable Design Strategies. She has accompanied the projects of the Scotland Initiative in the past years and planned and implemented the USE-LESS Milltour. You can contact her via maria.silies@hs-hannover.de.

Josie Steed is Associate Dean for Research at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University where she is responsible for the management of research activities across art and design. In her own research, she focuses on fashion and textiles in relation to craft, heritage, and technological innovation. An example of her current work has been the Augmented Fashion project, that aims to determine how immersive interactions can be used to communicate the experience and value of creative, artisan fashion and textile products with a focus on culture, provenance, heritage, the human hand and sustainable clothing consumption. She can be contacted via j.steed@rgu.ac.uk.

Dr Lynn Wilson is the Adam Smith Research Fellow, Adam Smith Business School, UofG. Originally trained in Fashion and Textile design, Dr Wilson gained a PhD (Management), 2022. Her research investigates consumer household experiences of clothing dirt, contamination,
and hygiene, which leads to clothing being kept in circulation or disposed of. In 2021 Lynn founded Circular Design Synergy, a training, mentoring, and research consultancy enabling businesses to transition to the circular business models, and was supported by a funded Creative Entrepreneur
residency, Creative Informatics, University of Edinburgh. From 2013-2017, Dr Wilson was the Sector Manager – Textiles, Circular Economy team at Zero Waste Scotland, contributing to the Scottish Government, Making Things Last – A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland.  Since 2018, Dr Wilson has been a non-executive board member of Architecture and Design Scotland an arm’s length Scottish Government public body. You can contact her via Lynn.Wilson@glasgow.ac.uk.

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Judith is Deputy Managing Director and Senior Academic Coordinator at the European Centre for Advanced Studies. She has studied European and International Law at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. During her studies she also went to study abroad in Madrid, Spain and Toulouse, France. In her career she has already worked at the University of Passau as programme coordinator for a European Law programme as well as Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Karolina is Academic Coordinator at the European Centre for Advanced Studies. She holds a master’s degree in Culture, Arts and Media from Leuphana University Lüneburg and a bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Wrocław. Her academic interests cover cultural organisations and their impact upon urban space and society.

Jörg Philipp Terhechte is Professor of Public, European and International Law at and Vice President of Leuphana University Lüneburg. He is Academic Director of the European Centre for Advanced Studies.

Ilja Gerhardt ist professor of physics at the Leibniz University Hannover. In his research, he researches on single molecules, atomic vapors, and quantum optics. His background in nano-optics allows him to bridge his research to modern microscopy and sensing. You can contact him via ilja.gerhardt@physics.uni-hannover.de.

Karolina is Academic Coordinator at the European Centre for Advanced Studies. She holds a master’s degree in Culture, Arts and Media from Leuphana University Lüneburg and a bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Wrocław. Her academic interests cover cultural organisations and their impact upon urban space and society.

Benjamin W. Butler is a beneficiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. Currently, Benjamin is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, where his primary academic focus is on the topic of structured light and its interaction with atoms and molecules. You can contact him via b.butler.1@research.gla.ac.uk.

Denis Uhland is a beneficiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. Currently, Denis is a PhD student at the Leibniz University Hannover, where his primary academic focus is on the topic of atomic vapours and their interaction with light. You can contact him via denis.uhland@physics.uni-hannover.de.

Alara Yaman is a research associate and doctoral student at the University of Goettingen, Germany. Her research focuses on diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace, women’s career advancement and cross-cultural management. She obtained her Master’s degree in International Business at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany where she also worked as a teaching and research assistant while she was studying. Before moving to Germany, she gained practical experience in the fields of Human Resources, Marketing and Product Management in several companies during and after her undergraduate studies in Istanbul, Turkey. You can contact her via alaracansu.yaman@uni-goettingen.de.

Amira Rahmat graduated with a degree in Actuarial Science at Heriot-Watt University, Scotland before moving to South Korea to study for a Master’s degree in International Business at Ewha Womans University. On graduation, Amira worked as a case researcher, teaching assistant, and MBA programme manager at the Asia School of Business in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the same time, she held positions as a consultant for UN agencies, working on gender data and survey reporting. This culminated in her pursuit of an MSc degree in Gender Research at the London School of Economics. She is currently a doctoral researcher in the Organisation Studies group at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Her research focuses on corporate social responsibility, gender, and postcolonial feminism. You can contact her via Amira.Rahmat@ed.ac.uk.

Steffen Korn is a benificiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. Currently Steffen holds the position of a postdoctoral researcher at the Georg-August-University in Goettingen. His primary academic focus is in high energy particle physics with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC at CERN. His research interests are the physics of the top quark and Higgs boson. You can contact Steffen at steffen.korn@uni-goettingen.de.

Jonathan Jamieson is a benificiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. Currently Jonathan holds the position of a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow. His primary academic focus is on top quark and Higgs physics. His current research interests are studies of quantum information at high energies. You can contact Jonathan at
jonathan.jamieson@glasgow.ac.uk.

Zhujun Ye is a PhD student in the Quantum Theory Group at the University of Glasgow as well as a current beneficiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. Her primary academic interests focus on structured light, including strongly focussing on vector vortex beams and Skyrmions. At the moment, she is investigating further generalisation of the current 2D Skyrmion model to a 3D one, and has found solid tools to characterise 3D polarisation. She can be contacted via 2423997Y@student.gla.ac.uk.

Yijun Wang obtained his bachelor’s degree in applied physics from Dalian University of Technology in China. Afterwards he started his master study in the University of Stuttgart in Germany, and completed his master’s degree in the field of quantum optics. After finishing his studies, he joined Prof. Dr. Ilja Gerhardt’s research group, and relocated to Hannover. He has been a PhD candidate at Leibniz University Hannover since 2021 and a beneficiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme since the beginning of 2023. His research interests include single-photon emitters, fluorescence spectroscopy and atom-photon interactions. He can be contacted via yijun.wang@physics.uni-hannover.de.

Jonas Stehl is a recipient of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. He currently serves as a PhD student at the University of Göttingen, where he is part of the Research Training Group Sustainable Food Systems. His research primarily centers on the critical areas of food security, nutrition, and public health within low- and middle-income countries. He can be contacted via jonas.stehl@uni-goettingen.de.

Alexander Vonderschmidt is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh where he focuses his research on sustainable food systems. His work involves using simulation modelling to predict health & environmental impacts of diet transitions, as well as incorporating machine learning techniques for enhanced diet—disease risk prediction. Originally from Kansas, Alexander received his BS in Dietetics and his BA in French Literature from Kansas State University. He earned his MS in Nutritional Epidemiology and his registered dietitian credential from Cornell University. He can be contaced via A.Vonderschmidt@sms.ed.ac.uk.

Dr. Lourdes S. M. Alwis is a beneficiary of the Lower Saxony – Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Electronic Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. Her current research focuses on avenues where optical fiber sensors can be utilized, such as civil infrastructure monitoring, chemical and biomedical sensing, and wearable technology. Dr. Alwis can be contacted via email at l.alwis@napier.ac.uk.

Dr. Kort Bremer is a scientific staff member at the Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies (HOT) at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. His research interests include optical sensors and optical communication; for instance, fiber optic pressure and temperature sensors, fiber optic gas sensors, reinforcement structures which are functionalized with fiber optic sensors for structural heath monitoring applications, mode-selective fiber couplers for spatial division multiplexing, as well as optical biosensors. Dr. Bremer can be contacted via email at kort.bremer@hot.uni-hannover.de.

Christoph is the Managing Director of ECAS. Prior to this position, he was coordinating the international and digital programmes at Leuphana Professional School. His mission has always been to build bridges and facilitate international (academic) cooperation. You can contact him via kleineberg@ecas-academia.org.