November 2024

Dr Sal Consoli

Dr Sal Consoli is a Lecturer in Language Education at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. His research is concerned with the fields of applied linguistics, language education, and educational psychology. His work on "life capital" explores how unique personal life stories shape both learners’ and teachers’ experiences.

Dr Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth (Betty) Banks is a global historian of the Soviet Union and twentieth century Africa, with thematic interests in gender, development, and the environment. She received her PhD from New York University and joined Edinburgh as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow following an interlude at the European University Institute in Florence.