Inter-Disciplinary.Net has been established as a not-for-profit research and publications network, limited by guarantee.
The network has recently undergone a period of restructruing. There is a Core Executive Group, coordinating with 4 Area of Activity Boards. These will also work in tandem with supplemental Boards each having their own specific area of focus. The following organogram provides an oversight of the organisational structure of the network:
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Core Executive
Leader: Dr Robert Fisher,
Network Founder and Network Leader for Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxford, United Kingdom
Chair: Stephen Morris
Independent Scholar, New York, USA
James Arvanitakis
Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Simon Bacon
Independent Scholar, Poznan, Poland
Peter Bray
Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Dr Ann-Marie Cook
Visiting Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Lisa Howard
Farmington, St. Louis, USA
Karl Spracklen
Professor of Leisure Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr S. Ram Vemuri
School of Law and Business, Faculty of Law, Business and Arts, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
Global Advisory Board
Professor Margaret Chatterjee,
New Delhi, India
Dr Peter Mario Kreuter,
Südost-Institut, Regensburg, Germany
Professor John Parry,
Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, USA
Dr Niall Scott
The International School for Communities Rights and Inclusion, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Professor Peter L Twohig,
Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor, c/o Gorsebrook Research Institute, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS Canada
Revd Dr Kenneth Wilson OBE,
Independent Scholar, United Kingdom
Area of Activity Board – Conferences
Leader: Simon Bacon (Network Manager – Conferences)
Independent Scholar, Poznan, Poland
Chair: Dr Peter Bray
Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Dr Colette Balmain (Project Leader)
Independent Scholar, United Kingdom
Dr Nancy Billias (Meetings Manager)
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA
Barbara Braid (Project Leader)
English Department, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Graeme Goldsworthy (Project Leader)
Webster University and the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, The Netherlands
Dr Phil Fitzsimmons (Hub Leader)
Faculty of Education, Avondale College of Higher Learning, New South Wales, Australia
James Gritton (Project Leader)
Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Management School of Health & Social Care, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
Stephen Morris (Hub Leader)
Independent Scholar, New York, USA
Dr Charles Nuckolls (Project Leader)
Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University, USA
Dr Daniel Riha (Hub Leader)
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Tom Ronquillo (Administrative Coordinator)
Project Management, Taytay, Philippines
Dr Maria Vaccarella (Hub Leader)
Research Fellow, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
Dr S. Ram Vemuri (Hub Leader)
School of Law and Business, Faculty of Law, Business and Arts, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
Area of Activity Board – Research and Development
Leader: Dr Ann-Marie Cook (Network Manager – Development)
Visiting Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Chair: Professor Karl Spracklen
Professor of Leisure Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Gonzalo Araoz
Independent Scholar and Founder of the Transatlantic Research and Development Network on Mental Health and the Arts (TRAMHA)
Professor Diana Medlicott
Magistrate and Independent Scholar, London, United Kingdom
Dr Sofia Pantouvaki
Professor of Costume Design for Theatre and Film at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Dr Brandy L. Schillace
Managing Editor, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry: Assistant Professor, English Department Winona State University, USA
Vidia Tallo
Administrative Coordinator, Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Jerusalem, Israel
Nexus Leaders will automatically join the Area of Activity Board once a Nexus is established and operating.
Area of Activity Board – Publishing
Publications Project Manager: Lisa Howard
Farmington, St Louis, USA
Publications Project Manager: Ken Monteith
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chair: James Arvanitakis
Centre for Cultural research, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Simon Bacon
Independent Scholar, Poznan, Poland
Katarzyna Bronk
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Jo Chipperfield
Writer and Educationalist, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ann-Marie Cook
Visiting Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Karl Spracklen
Professor of Leisure Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom
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