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I am Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research, Cambridge Judge Business School. My research examines the role of financial and non-financial firms in sustainable economic development, monetary policy transmission, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Dr Giorgio Caselli is Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research (CBR), Cambridge Judge Business School, and Fellow of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow and Supervisor on the MSt in Sustainability Leadership at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). Giorgio’s research examines the role of financial and non-financial firms in sustainable economic development, monetary policy transmission, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. He has been working on several projects, funded among others by Cambridge Ahead, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Business Board, the Babraham Research Campus and the Greater Cambridge Partnership. Prior to joining the CBR, Giorgio worked at Deloitte Italy’s Global Financial Services Industry and completed his PhD in Financial Economics at Cranfield University. His PhD thesis was awarded the Director’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis of the Year. Giorgio regularly presents his research at leading international conferences and his work received several awards, including a Young Researcher Award by the European Association of Cooperative Banks. His research has been published in several academic and practitioner journals such as the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Financial Review and SUERF Policy Notes.

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Publications

• Caselli G. & Migliorelli M. (2024), [Title], SUERF Policy Note, https://tinyurl.com/3x37vmem
• Caselli G. & Figueira C. (2023), [Title], The Financial Review, DOI: 10.1111/fire.12329
• Caselli G. (2022), [Title], in Migliorelli M. and Lamarque E., [Title], ISBN: 978-3-030-98193-8
• Caselli G., Cosh A. & Tyler P. (2021), “The Cambridge Phenomenon; [Subtitle]”, Innovation & Impact
• Caselli G. et al. (2020), [Title], Cambridge Journal of Economics, DOI: 10.1093/cje/beaa011

Awards & Recognitions

• European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB) Award for Young Researchers on Cooperative Banks
• Director’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis of the Year, School of Management, Cranfield University

Dr Hannah Holmes is a Research Associate at CCHPR, and Director of Studies in Land Economy at St Edmund’s College. Since joining CCHPR Hannah’s work has spanned several research projects. These include research on urban governance in Smart Cities, which considered stakeholder engagement in Smart City initiatives, the ethics of decision-making in Smart City governance, and the logics which underpin the selection of particular kinds of Smart initiatives in different cities in the UK.

In addition, having developed several interconnected research projects converging around the theme of digital exclusion, she has a strong interest in the relationship between housing inequalities and digital inequalities. Hannah completed her PhD studies at Durham University, where her work focused on marginality and territorial stigma in the regeneration of Middlehaven, Middlesbrough and she has a particular interest in marginal urban economies, urban regeneration and governance.

She is currently undertaking further research on processes of stigmatisation.

My research focuses on the history of Israel-Palestine, particularly on the pre-state period of British rule between 1918-1948. I also have an interest in how events in the Middle East impact communities in the UK, and how issues 'over there' effect us here and how these issues are played out.

James completed his DPhil in history at Merton College, University of Oxford, and his undergraduate and master's degrees in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. His doctoral thesis focussed on (often violent) interactions between the Jewish Yishuv (community) and the British during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine (1917-1948). He also examined continued interactions between the Yishuv and Palestinian Arab community during the latter stages of the Mandate when clear Nationalist camps were crystalising and interaction became more difficult.

James has also previously engaged in teaching for the University of Oxford and for the University of Georgia on a range of topics including Modern Middle Eastern history and politics, the Israel-Palestine conflict, religion, society and politics in Victorian England, and IR approaches to terrorism and insurgencies. He also lectured at Brunel University in 2023, delivering classes on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Publications

• Book chapter entitled Whispers of Lives: Jewish Women and Sex Work in Mandatory Palestine 1918-1948, in 'Sex Work and Jewish History,' ed. Stefanie Fischer, Elisabeth Janik-Freis, Daniel Lee, and Paola Zichi [forthcoming]

My research and clinical activity focuses on the identification of individuals at increased risk of cancer due to a heritable genetic cause, and methods to mitigate that risk where identified.

James obtained his medical degree from the University of Leicester in 2007. He continued his clinical training in the East Midlands before taking up an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in Clinical Genetics in Birmingham. He moved to Cambridge to undertake a PhD, which was completed in 2019 and led to his appointment as an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer prior to his current post.

I am deeply interested in light-matter interactions, particularly in tiny semiconductors known as Quantum Dots (QDs), which possess intriguing properties for lighting technologies such as LEDs, lasers, and quantum light sources.

Javad completed his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the University of Tehran, where he undertook a research project under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Reza Ganjali. He then pursued a PhD at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the University of Genoa, focusing on semiconducting nanocrystals and their optoelectronic properties. Following his PhD, Javad joined the Hyperion ERC project led by Prof. Sam Stranks at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, where he researched quantum-confined perovskite nanoplatelets for lighting technologies, including LEDs and quantum lighting, from 2018 to 2022. After completing his postdoctoral research in September 2022, he stepped away from intensive research roles and accepted a position as the EPSRC Programme Grant Manager in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. Although he initially intended to take a brief break of about a year, his plans were disrupted in October 2023, when he tragically lost his mother in an accident. This profound loss had a significant emotional impact, leaving him unable to re-enter the research sector immediately.

Recently, Javad began teaching energy materials courses to MPhil students in the Department of Materials and Physics at the University of Cambridge. He also took on a part-time lecturing role at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. In 2019, he joined St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, initially as a PDRA, and later as a Tutor and Bye-Fellow, providing pastoral support to approximately 40 students each term. He has also delivered several public lectures on his research, making it more accessible to a wider audience and contributing to broader societal benefits. Additionally, Javad is the director of ShamsLab, a consultancy specialising in energy, energy materials, nanotechnology, and quantum technologies, with a focus on tackling the pressing challenges within the energy sector.

At the college, aside from engaging in intellectual discussions with peers and providing pastoral support to students in their academic lives, Javad is keen to explore his interest in understanding the nature of light - something beyond the ripples of the electromagnetic field. This work bridges his expertise with his religion, which to some extent aligns with the philosophy of Ishraq. Inspired by Georges Lemaître, he believes St Edmund’s College is the ideal place to contemplate the connection between science and religion.

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My research interests include transport resilience, transport reliability, transport robustness, transport management and optimization.

Dr Liu is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Future Roads Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. from Southwest Jiaotong University and was a Ph.D. visiting student at the University of Maryland. Prior to his research at the University of Cambridge, he served as an associate professor at Kunming University of Science and Technology. His project is aimed at evaluating the impacts of climate change on transport performance and developing effective models and methods to mitigate the negative impacts of various climatic events. He is involved as an investigator in several projects centered around transport resilience and reliability. He is the first or corresponding author of 25 peer-reviewed journal papers and 16 conference papers, with several selected as "Editor’s Choice" and best papers. He also serves as a reviewer for 13 international journals and is a member of the editorial board for two journals.

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Publications

• Liu J, Schonfeld P M, Peng Q, et al. Measures of travel reliability on an urban rail transit network[J]. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 2020, 146(6): 04020037.
• Liu J, He M, Schonfeld P M, et al. Measures of accessibility incorporating time reliability for an urban rail transit network: A case study in Wuhan, China[J]. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022, 165: 471-489.
• Liu J, Schonfeld P M, Zhan S, et al. The economic value of reserve capacity considering the reliability and robustness of a rail transit network[J]. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 2023, 149(6): 04023046.
• Liu J, Schonfeld P M, Zhan S, et al. Measuring and enhancing the connectivity reliability of a rail transit network[J]. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2022, 18(3): 1699-1733.

Dr. Jing Su holds the position of Cancer Bioinformatics Lead at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. With an educational background that includes an MPhil and PhD in Computational Biology from the University of Cambridge, she has been associated with St. Edmunds College since 2004 and has been actively engaged in cancer research throughout her career. Driven by a deep passion, she aims to leverage her academic expertise to contribute to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer patients.

Beyond her work in cancer bioinformatics, Dr. Su is deeply committed to her role as an Associate Tutor and Bye-Fellow at the college. She views these positions as opportunities to give back to the college that has shaped her journey. Through her service to the college, she aspires to make a positive impact by sharing her knowledge and experiences.

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).