Advisory Boards

Inter-Disciplinary.Net has been established as a not-for-profit research and publications network, limited by guarantee.

The network is presently being restructured. There will be 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 structure looks like this:

Structure 2011d

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

Dr Ann-Marie Cook
Visiting Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Professor Jacque Lynn Foltyn,
Professor of Sociology College of Letters and Sciences National University, La Jolla, CA, USA

Dr Nate Hinerman
Nursing/Theology and Religious Studies
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

Dr Peter Mario Kreuter,
Südost-Institut, Regensburg, Germany

Dr Niall Scott
The International School for Communities Rights and Inclusion, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Global Advisory Board
Professor Margaret Chatterjee,
New Delhi, India

Dr Wayne Cristaudo,
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor Asa Kasher,
Laura Schwarz-Kipp Professor of Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Practice and Professor of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Professor John Parry,
Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, USA

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 Natalia Kaloh Vid
University of Maribor, Slovenia

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 – 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: Dr Gonzalo Araoz
University of Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Dr Phil Fitzsimmons,
Faculty of Education, Avondale College of Higher Learning, New South Wales, Australia

Professor Diana Medlicott
Magistrate and Independent Scholar, London, United Kingdom

Dr Sofia Pantouvaki
Scenographer, and Department of Theatre Studies, University of Peloponnese, Greece

Dr Maria Vaccarella
Research Fellow, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

Dr Bernie Warren
University of Windsor, Canada


Area of Activity Board – Publishing
Leader: Dr Daniel Riha (Network Manager – Publishing)
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Chair: Mira Crouch
School of Sociology and Social Anthropology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Board to be Announced shortly.

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