Contributors xiii
Pat O’Malley, PhD, is a Distinguished Honorary Professor in the School of
Sociology at the Australian National University and an Adjunct Research
Professor in Sociology at Carleton University in Canada. Previously, he
was Professorial Research Fellow in Law at the University of Sydney. Most
research over the past 25 years has focused on risk as a form of governance
in criminal and civil justice, disaster management, and insurance. Recent
research into insurance has focused on the role of the insurance industry in
promoting and enacting risk-based fire prevention regimes in urban settings.
Nick Osbaldiston, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at James Cook
University, Australia. His research focusses on three areas: internal
migration, adaptation to environmental risks, and coastal research. He
has recently published the monograph Towards a Sociology of the Coast
(published 2018) and prior to that Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture,
and the Self (published 2012).
Lauren Rickards, PhD, is a Professor in the Centre for Urban Research
at RMIT University, Melbourne, where she leads the Urban Futures
Enabling Capability Platform and the Climate Change Transformations
research program. A human geographer, Lauren’s work examines the
ideas and discourses that shape how we interact with the environment,
notably with issues of climate, land, and food. Lauren is a lead author with
the forthcoming IPCC report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
Minna Ruckenstein, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Centre for
Consumer Society Research at University of Helsinki, Finland. She leads
an interdisciplinary research group, and is currently directing two large
research projects, one focusing on algorithmic culture and the other on
rehumanising automated decision-making.
Maiju Tanninen, PhD, is a doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki and
Tampere University. In her ongoing PhD research, she studies the (new)
datafication of life insurance markets, focusing on both industry practices
and consumers’ everyday experiences with the emerging technologies.
Zac Taylor, PhD, is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture and
the Built Environment at Delft University of Technology. They research
urban climate risk governance within the financial system and across
three contexts (South Florida, Singapore, and the Netherlands). Zac
currently a co-convenes the Urban Climate Finance Network, and their
recent work can be found in Environment and Planning A: Economy and
Space and the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
Jonathon Turnbull is a cultural and environmental geographer based at the
University of Cambridge. His current research explores the human–
animal relations and weird ecologies of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
with particular reference to dogs and wolves. He also writes on digital
ecologies, more-than-human filmic geographies, and bovine geographies.
Pat O’Malley, PhD, is a Distinguished Honorary Professor in the School of
Sociology at the Australian National University and an Adjunct Research
Professor in Sociology at Carleton University in Canada. Previously, he
was Professorial Research Fellow in Law at the University of Sydney. Most
research over the past 25 years has focused on risk as a form of governance
in criminal and civil justice, disaster management, and insurance. Recent
research into insurance has focused on the role of the insurance industry in
promoting and enacting risk-based fire prevention regimes in urban settings.
Nick Osbaldiston, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at James Cook
University, Australia. His research focusses on three areas: internal
migration, adaptation to environmental risks, and coastal research. He
has recently published the monograph Towards a Sociology of the Coast
(published 2018) and prior to that Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture,
and the Self (published 2012).
Lauren Rickards, PhD, is a Professor in the Centre for Urban Research
at RMIT University, Melbourne, where she leads the Urban Futures
Enabling Capability Platform and the Climate Change Transformations
research program. A human geographer, Lauren’s work examines the
ideas and discourses that shape how we interact with the environment,
notably with issues of climate, land, and food. Lauren is a lead author with
the forthcoming IPCC report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
Minna Ruckenstein, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Centre for
Consumer Society Research at University of Helsinki, Finland. She leads
an interdisciplinary research group, and is currently directing two large
research projects, one focusing on algorithmic culture and the other on
rehumanising automated decision-making.
Maiju Tanninen, PhD, is a doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki and
Tampere University. In her ongoing PhD research, she studies the (new)
datafication of life insurance markets, focusing on both industry practices
and consumers’ everyday experiences with the emerging technologies.
Zac Taylor, PhD, is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture and
the Built Environment at Delft University of Technology. They research
urban climate risk governance within the financial system and across
three contexts (South Florida, Singapore, and the Netherlands). Zac
currently a co-convenes the Urban Climate Finance Network, and their
recent work can be found in Environment and Planning A: Economy and
Space and the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
Jonathon Turnbull is a cultural and environmental geographer based at the
University of Cambridge. His current research explores the human–
animal relations and weird ecologies of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
with particular reference to dogs and wolves. He also writes on digital
ecologies, more-than-human filmic geographies, and bovine geographies.