Tobías G. Palma is a Chilean-Italian storytelling researcher. He’s currently in the final year of his PhD project, titled “The Hunter & the Wolff: Hands-off Interactive Storytelling in Cinematic Virtual Reality”, in the University of York, in which he explores the use of interactive technologies for the human impulse of telling stories. Before moving to Europe, he worked as a filmmaker in Chile, his native country, focusing on the relation between music and image. He also specialized in arts and culture audiences’ studies, which later evolved into his interest in the relation between the arts and the post-humanities. The core of his work has always been the importance of storytelling as a means of building sense, on both a collective and individual level. He also published the novel Santiago Underland, inspired in the urban mythology of his home city.
Patricia Lagos is a PhD student of Research in Education at the University of Nottingham. Also, she got a master in Education Research at Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Patricia has over 12 years of experience as a teacher in primary and secondary schools, as well as Higher Education. Her principal interest is the subject of Psychology and social aspects of education, with a focus on mental health care and vulnerable environments in public schools.
She has been awarded twice with a scholarship by the Chilean government to study abroad for a Master degree and a PhD programme.
Currently, she lives in York and in her free time, she enjoys watching films, baking and reading about different topics.
Dr. Miguel Gaete is a PhD student in History of Art at The University of York, United Kingdom. His main research matter is the Romantic period. Currently, he investigates the imbrication between sciences and arts in German romantic explorer artists journeying through Latin America in the nineteenth century. His research and pedagogical interests also include decolonising thinking in Latin America and the aesthetic theory of the sublime and its impact on contemporary visual arts, urbanism and architecture.
Miguel holds a Master degree in advanced studies in History of Art from the Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, and also he gained a first PhD in Philosophy (aesthetic) from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Among his achievements is the getting of several scholarships, presentations in international congresses and publications in academic journals and books in countries such as Canada, Chile, Spain, and Brazil.
Yael A. Lopez Torres is a Mexican analyst in security studies. She studies her second year of PhD in Politics at the University of York. Her main research areas are democratisation, human rights, violence and state capacity in Latin America. She is currently interested in obtaining micro-data about the role of local civil society to curb drug-related violence in Mexico. During her 10-year experience of work at the Mexican federal government and then as a human rights defender, she has participated in conferences and workshops in Central America, United States, Mexico, France and the UK. She holds a BA in International Relations by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Javier Montalvo Cabrera is a Chilean Anthropologist, and a current PhD student in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology University of York. His research interests focus on the use of biomolecular techniques to assess culinary practices of prehispanic societies, specially from the south of Chile. He is currently conducting biomolecular analyses of preserved lipids from archaeological pottery from the Malleco valley, Araucanía Region, Chile, in order to understand more about the Mapuche people that lived in the area before the contact with the first Europeans. He holds a MSc in Bioarchaeology at the University of York and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Concepción, Chile, with a speciality in Physical Anthropology.
Jonatha J. Lopez-Rodríguez gained a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS). Then, he earned a Master's degree in Social Sciences from the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEMor). Currently, he is a PhD student in Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
His main research interests are political representation, Democracy and politicians’ behaviour. Nowadays, his thesis project is part of the research line of legislative studies; in particular, he is interested in studying representative styles to explain the behaviour of federal legislators (the deputies) in Mexico.
Jonatha has experience as a professor for undergraduate and graduate students, particularly, teaching the course of Scientific Research Methodology. In addition, he has been Parliamentary Advisor in the H. Congress of the State of Sinaloa; in the LXII Legislature (2016 - 2018) and in the H. Culiacan City Council; in the administration 2014 - 2016.
Yael X. Rivera-Cardiel, Bachelor in Political Science with a Master in Public Administration and Public Policy by the Tecnologico de Monterrey. She has worked in the Personal Data Protection area with publications in some specialized magazines. Currently, Yael works at the National Institute of Transparency, Public Information Access and Personal Data Protection (INAI) directly with national parties and the electoral institutions. Furthermore, she is a PhD student in Political And Social Sciences at the Mexican National Autonomous University (UNAM) researching legislative parties switching and legislative behaviour.