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My research focuses on Foundations of mathematics, in particular set theory and mathematical logic. Philosophy of mathematics. Empirical studies of mathematical practices.

Benedikt Löwe is a researcher connecting mathematics, computer science, philosophy and the social sciences. He is the Professor of mathematical logic and interdisciplinary applications of logic at the Universität Hamburg and is the chair-holder of the CIPSH chair ‘Diversity of Mathematical Research Cultures and Practices’. He is a member if the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS), the Academia Europaea (AE), the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, and a Fellow of the International Science Council (FISC). He currently serves as Vice President of the International Humanities Council (CIPSH) and the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI).

In addition to being the Director of Studies for Mathematics at St Edmund's, he is a College Professor, Bye Fellow, Director of Studies at Lucy Cavendish College and a Fellow of Churchill College.

Academic Profile

Awards & Recognitions 

• Member of the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences
• Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE)
• Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
• Fellow of the International Science Council (FISC)

Carey studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, followed by an MA in Aural and Visual Cultures, also at Goldsmiths. She is currently Deputy Director, Learning and Public Programmes at the Fitzwilliam Museum, where she is responsible for the strategic leadership and development of multidisciplinary creative learning experiences for a wide range of audiences. She has formerly held strategic, curatorial, and freelance roles at leading cultural institutions including Tate Britain, Tate Modern, the South London Gallery, South London Gallery, and the Courtauld.

Carey is Co-chair of My Cambridge, an initiative enabling young people to connect to cultural opportunities across the city. She is a Trustee at A New Direction, a not-for-profit organisation generating creative and cultural opportunities for children and young people, and Create London, an organisation who work with local communities in cities to commission art and architecture.

Chris is a Research Associate in the Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors specialising in liquid crystal displays and scalable manufacturing processes. He completed his PhD in electronic engineering at St. Edmund’s College.

He has developed an electrically switchable window capable of reflecting heat, controlling privacy, and displaying images while using no continuous power. To commercialise this innovation, he cofounded Flexypix in 2016 and was awarded an Enterprise Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering to pursue this venture.

His wider interests include playing the guitar, photography, and motorcycles.

Professor Harris Beider is the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Engagement at the University of Bradford.  He is  responsible for leading the work of the University in these thematic areas as well as working with colleagues on the University Executive Board to shape the future direction of the institution.

He is Professor of Communities and Public Policy at Birmingham City University where he has held leadership roles including Dean for Research in the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences and Head of the School of Social Sciences.  Previously he had been Director of Research Development and Professor of Community Cohesion at The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations: Coventry University and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Birmingham. In 2014 and 2016, Prof Beider was awarded a Visiting Professorship in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the City of New York and was nominated for the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Prize in 2017.

Prior to working in higher education, he held a number of leadership positions including Executive Director of the Federation of Black Housing Organisations and National Director of People for Action.  Prof Beider has published widely with his last book - The Other America: White Working-Class Perspectives on Race, Identity and Change (2020: University of Chicago Press) -   nominated for the 2021 Komarovsky Book Prize.   His work has been featured in The Guardian, The Huffington Post and BBC TV. Prof Beider’ s passion for his work  on issues of inclusion, identity and change is shaped in part by being born in Karachi, Pakistan but growing up inner city Birmingham and then attending secondary school in one of the poorest parts of the city.

Gemma Simmonds is a sister of the Congregation of Jesus.  She is a senior research fellow at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge, UK, where she is director of the Religious Life Institute, teaching Christian spirituality and pastoral theology. An international speaker and lecturer, she is an honorary fellow of Durham University, past president of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain and chair of trustees of the ecumenical Community of St. Anselm based at Lambeth Palace, London.  Gemma is an ecumenical canon of the Church in Wales and lectured in theology at Heythrop College, University of London from 2005 until its closure in 2018, specialising in Christian spirituality.  She has trained candidates for religious life and ordination in the Catholic and Anglican churches and been a spiritual director and retreat giver for over 30 years.

Gemma has been a missionary in Brazil, a chaplain in the Universities of Cambridge and London and a chaplaincy volunteer in Holloway Prison for 25 years.  She is a regular broadcaster on religious matters on the BBC, Radio Maria England and other radio and television networks.

Recent publications include:

Conspiracy Theories and Ignatian Discernment’ in Martin Dojčár ed., How Do We Discern Conspiracy Theories? (Trnava University Press, 2023)

Contributions on ‘What it Means to be Human’ and ‘Living a Religious Life’ in Peter Vardy ed., The Philosophers’ Daughters, (London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 2023)

‘Religieus Leven: de Toekomst Onderscheiden’ in Henk Witte and Arnold Smeets eds., Religieus leven met toekomst, (Berne Media, Tilburg University, 2023)

Dancing at the Still Point: Retreat Practices for Busy Lives (London, SPCK, July 2021)

Religious Life: Discerning the Future (with María Calderón-Muñoz), Joint Project Report for the Religious Life Institute and Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University, 2020

‘Reflections on Mary and Mission’ in Susan Lucas ed., God’s Church in the World: the Gift of Catholic Mission, (London, Canterbury Press, 2020)

‘Mystical Ecclesiology’ in Mark McIntosh and Edward Howells, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Mystical Theology, (Oxford, OUP, 2020)

‘Perfectae Caritatis’ in Richard Gaillardetz, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Second Vatican Council, (Cambridge, CUP, 2020)

‘Mary Ward: a Hidden Life in Painting’ in Kathryn Kerby-Fulton and Kate Bugyis eds., Women Leaders and Intellectuals of the Medieval World, (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020)

‘Women at the Grassroots’ Level of Church Leadership’, in Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel et al., (eds.), Towards Just Gender Relations: Rethinking the Role of Women in Church and Society, Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society, vol. 13, (Vienna University Press, 2019), 29-36

‘Hearing the Call: a Theology of Vocation’ in Kevin J. Alban, ed., A Festschrift for Wilfrid McGreal, (Rome, Edizioni Carmelitane, 2019)

The Way of Ignatius: a Prayer Journey through Lent, (London, SPCK, 2018)

President of the University of Notre Dame

I am Assistant Professor in Second Language Education, with my research focusing on the intersection of second language acquisition (SLA), educational technology, and language education. 

Phung Dao is Assistant Professor in Second Language Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, where he teaches MPhil/MEd courses in Research in Second Language Education (RSLE) and supervises PhD students. Before joining the University of Cambridge, Phung was a senior Lecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University (2018-2022), teaching undergraduate/postgraduate courses and supervising PhD students in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. He also taught undergraduate/postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics at University of Queensland (Australia), Concordia University (Canada) and An Giang University (Vietnam). His research interests focus on instructed second language acquisition (ISLA), technology for language teaching and learning, peer interaction, learner engagement, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), L2 pedagogy, and L2 teacher education. His publications appear in international peer-reviewed Applied Linguistic journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Teaching, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Language Teaching Research, Applied Linguistics Review, TESOL Journal, System, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Language Learning Journal, IRAL and among others.

His current research projects, funded by British Council and IELTS IDP Australia, investigate online English language teaching in Vietnamese public schools, IELTS impacts on stakeholders, and young learners’ engagement in L2 learning tasks in face-to-face and online classes.

Academic Profile 

Publications

• Dao, P. (2024). Learner Engagement in Online Second Language Classrooms. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Iwashita, N., Dao, P., & Nguyen, M. (2025). Understanding Interaction in the Second Language Classroom Context. Multilingual Matters.
• Dao, P., M. Nguyen, PT. Duong, V. Tran-Thanh. (2021) Learners’ Engagement in L2 Computer-Mediated Interaction: Chat Mode, Interlocutor Familiarity, and Text Quality. Modern Language Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12737
• Dao, P., Bui, T. & Nguyen, XNCM (2024). Public primary school teachers’ perceptions and assessment of young learners’ engagement. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241253546

Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine 

Dr Chris Adcock is a Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, as well as Training Programme Director for Acute Internal Medicine higher specialty training in the East of England. He has clinical experience of providing healthcare on aircraft and in austere environments as an NHS and RAF Consultant. He teaches on Preparing for Patients B, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Communication Skills.

Chris is a clinician and educator with a keen focus on effective communication, collaboration, and partnership with patients and learners alike. Chris believes that accessibility and security are fundamental to this; as Training Programme Director he has championed enhanced induction for International Medical Graduates, organised rotations to minimise geographical disruption across the training programme, and supported less than full-time training and professional support and wellbeing initiatives.

His teaching encompasses communication skills, professionalism, clinical reasoning, and simulation for medical emergencies and cardiac arrest. Chris is always happy to talk to students in College about careers in medicine or the health professions, and is pleased to be part of the College tutor team.

Director of Development, Schools and Non-Clinical Academic Programmes

Josh Bowerman serves as Director of Development at the University of Cambridge for the University’s School’s Programme within the central Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations team (CUDAR). In this role, his primary responsibility is to oversee the teams responsible for designing and executing fundraising and external relations activities on behalf of the University’s six non-clinical academic programmes—including the School of Arts & Humanities, the School of the Biological Sciences, the Cambridge Judge Business School, the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, the School of the Physical Sciences, and the School of Technology.

Josh holds an undergraduate degree in Rhetoric (1997; Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX, USA) and a graduate degree in Business Administration (2001; Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, USA), and was awarded a fellowship by the US-Germany Fulbright Commission in 2019.

Josh and his spouse, Jennifer Shimp-Bowerman (who also holds a senior post on the CUDAR team), live in Cambridge near Addenbrooke’s and are the parents of one daughter (Emily), who lives and works in Charleston, SC, USA.

Research Affiliate and Co-Director of VentureESG

Dr Johannes Lenhard is affiliate lecturer and researcher at the University of Cambridge. He is research affiliate at the Minderoo Center for Technology and Democracy and the co-director of VentureESG. He has recently published a monograph on people experiencing homelessness in Paris (Making Better Lives), a co-authored book on diversity and inclusion in venture capital and tech (Better Venture) and his forthcoming book on the ‘Ethics of venture capital investors’ is under contract with Columbia University Press. He writes regular for a variety of journalistic outlets and runs the non-profit CHIRN (Cambridge Homelessness Impact Research Network).

Emma obtained her PhD from Cambridge University, Department of Pathology, where she studied the protein-protein interactions of Influenza A virus polymerase. After a period of time at St George’s Hospital Medical School studying immune evasion mechanism of paramyxoviruses, she returned to Cambridge University. Emma then worked in the Department of Medicine at Cambridge University where she worked on Human Cytomegalovirus. In the Department of Medicine she worked as a Senior Research Associate researching the molecular mechanisms of Human Cytomegalovirus latency. In 2023 she was appointed an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, where she continues to study Human Cytomegalovirus latency with a view to the development of novel therapeutics.