Dr Silvia Borelli is a Visiting Lecturer at King's College London's Dickson Poon School of Law and an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University's Caruso School of Law. Her expertise spans international law, with a focus on human rights, refugee law, and humanitarian law. She holds a PhD from the University of Milan and has held roles at institutions like the University of Bedfordshire and UCL. Dr Borelli is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has advised organizations such as the British Red Cross and REDRESS Trust. Her research examines the intersection of human rights and international humanitarian law, particularly in counter-terrorism and migration contexts. She has explored issues like extraterritorial military operations, refugee family reunification, and legal aid access for asylum seekers. Dr Borelli’s work bridges academic scholarship with practical advocacy, addressing contemporary challenges in global governance and human rights protection. Teaching includes modules on Public International Law and Transnational Human Rights Litigation. Her funded research projects include studies on UK legal aid reforms affecting refugees and refugee family reunification mechanisms. Professional collaborations include roles with the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk and Peace Brigades International UK.
Dr Thomas Paul Colley holds dual roles as Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. His work bridges academic research and strategic policy application across multiple domains. Research Expertise Propaganda and strategic communication in conflict Strategic narratives in international relations Military strategy communication dynamics Insurgency and counterinsurgency frameworks Climate change strategic communication Social media analysis for defense applications Disinformation impact assessment Scientific Contributions 2022 : News Wars (book, with Martin Moore) 2021 : Book chapter on diplomatic engagement 2020 : Multiple high-impact articles on disinformation and insurgency Awards & Recognition Recipient of King’s College London’s Rising Star Teaching Excellence Award Featured expert in major UK media (BBC, The Times, The Independent) Consulting for UK government agencies (Home Office, Cabinet Office, DSTL) Teaching & Supervision Co-convenor of MA War Studies flagship modules PhD supervision on UK combatant memory of Afghanistan Global defense engagement training for international officers
Parminder Jeet Singh is a Lecturer and serves as Executive Director of IT for Change, an organization focusing on digital equity and policy. His work bridges technology and societal development in areas like internet governance, e-governance, and the digital economy. Global roles: Special Advisor to the UN's Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and UN Global Alliance for ICTD. Contributions: Co-coordinated the Internet Governance Caucus, a key civil society group, and participated in UN working groups on IGF improvements and internet policy cooperation. Advocacy: Founded the Just Net Coalition and Internet Rights and Principles Coalition, and contributed to drafting India’s e-commerce policy. No formal academic publications or awards are explicitly listed in the provided text.
Carlos Diaz Ruiz is an Associate Professor (tenure-track) at the Department of Marketing, Hanken School of Economics in Vasa, Finland. He holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from Finland and has held faculty positions at Hanken, Aalto University, KEDGE Business School (France), and the University of Auckland (New Zealand). His research focuses on market-shaping, consumer culture, and disinformation, particularly in digital advertising and social media contexts. He authored the book *Market-Oriented Disinformation Research: Digital Advertising, Disinformation and Fake News on Social Media* (2025) and received the 2025 Thomas C. Kinnear Award for his work on disinformation in social media echo chambers. Dr. Diaz Ruiz’s academic career includes roles as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, and prior to academia, he worked as a consumer insights consultant for Latin American companies, recognized in ESOMAR's Insights250 (2022, 2024). He is an Associate Editor at the *Journal of Marketing Management* and actively publishes in top journals like *Journal of Public Policy & Marketing* and *New Media & Society*. His teaching emphasizes bridging academic research with industry needs, offering courses in qualitative research, strategic branding, and consumer culture. Methodologically, he employs business anthropology and ethnography to study consumer-led marketing strategies. Key research themes include the intersection of disinformation, social media business models, and the performative role of market representations.
Rev. Patrick E. Reidy, C.S.C. is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School and Co-Director of the Church Properties Initiative within the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate. He is an ordained Roman Catholic priest with the Congregation of Holy Cross. His research focuses on the intersection of property law and religion, addressing legal frameworks for religious property ownership and doctrinal impacts on religious practice. Former Visiting Lecturer in Law and Fellow in Private Law at Yale Law School Clerk for Honorable Thomas M. Hardiman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Past Rector of Marilyn M. Keough Hall at Notre Dame, supporting Campus Ministry and athletic teams Member of the University of Portland's Board of Regents His research explores how legal systems interpret religious entities in property disputes, and how property laws enable religious practices. Key themes include affordable housing on church land, sacred easements, and constitutional protections for religious property. His work has been published in top journals like the Yale Law Journal and Virginia Law Review. Father Pat’s academic contributions bridge theoretical legal scholarship with practical guidance for faith communities managing property. His writings address contemporary issues like zoning laws affecting religious institutions and eminent domain challenges to church properties.
Edyta Bojanowska serves as Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University with an affiliated appointment in the Department of History. Her academic career bridges literary scholarship and historical analysis, focusing on imperial and postcolonial frameworks within Russian and Central European contexts. Bojanowska earned her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature from Harvard University and completed her undergraduate studies at Barnard College with a dual major in English and Russian. Her educational trajectory established the foundation for her interdisciplinary approach to Slavic studies. Her research program critically examines 19th-century Russian literature through the lenses of empire, nationalism, and globalization. Key interests include settler colonial dynamics, spatial theory, travel writing, and the interplay between ideology and literary form. She has pioneered methodologies connecting Russian cultural production to global imperial histories, particularly through her award-winning work on Goncharov's The Frigate Pallada and Gogol's Ukrainian-Russian identity negotiations. Bojanowska's publication record reveals consistent engagement with colonial paradigms in Russian literature, evolving from early studies of Gogol and Pushkin toward broader imperial frameworks. Her recent scholarship demonstrates increasing focus on racial discourse, indigenous land rights, and the spatial dimensions of empire, culminating in the Ab Imperio Award-winning analysis of Tolstoy's Bashkir estate. The thematic continuity across her work establishes her as a leading voice in post-Soviet imperial historiography. National Humanities Center Fellowship (Spring 2025) Ab Imperio Award for Best Study in New Imperial History (2022) Guggenheim Fellowship (2020-2021) AATSEEL Best Book in Literary Scholarship (2019) MLA Scaglione Prize for Best Book in Slavic Studies (2007-2008) Bojanowska actively shapes her field through editorial leadership on Ab Imperio and the PMLA Advisory Committee. Her teaching portfolio reflects her research expertise, featuring undergraduate seminars on War and Peace and Russian short fiction alongside graduate courses on spatial theory and imperial culture. Current leave status for Spring and Fall 2025 accommodates her National Humanities Center residency while maintaining her position as a central figure in Slavic literary studies.
Professor Mindy Blaise is a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for People, Place and Planet at Edith Cowan University (ECU), Western Australia. Her transdisciplinary research focuses on feminist knowledge production, anticolonial practices, and pedagogies addressing environmental crises and social inequities. Blaise holds a Doctor of Education (1999) from the United States and has held academic positions at institutions including the University of Texas, Austin, and The Education University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include experimental pedagogies for the Anthropocene, queer theory, postdevelopmentalism, and multi-species ethnography. She leads major projects like the ARC Discovery Project on 'Understanding and Addressing Everyday Sexisms in Australian Universities' and collaborates internationally through collectives such as #FEAS (Feminist Educators Against Sexism), which won the 2023-2025 AARE award. Blaise’s recent articles explore topics like regenerative sustainability education, feminist postdevelopmental lexicons, and ecological grief in childhood. Her work often bridges early childhood education with environmental humanities, emphasizing ethical relations with non-human worlds. Grants include funding from the ARC, Healthway, and philanthropic foundations for projects on climate justice, Indigenous knowledge transfer, and anti-sexism initiatives. Professional associations: AARE, AERA, Gender and Education Association Research supervision: Over 15 completed PhD/MEd projects focusing on gender, ecology, and pedagogy Labs/teams: Director of ECU’s strategic research centre; co-founder of Common Worlds Research Collective and The Ediths
Ruth Kelly is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of York, within the School of Social and Political Sciences. She holds a PhD in Politics and is actively engaged in research on feminist theory, human rights, and creative activism. Her work bridges academic inquiry with practical engagement through toolkits, workshops, and collaborative projects. Her research interests include: Feminist Theory and Cultural Politics Transnational Solidarities and Postcolonial Narratives Digital Humanities and Ethnographic Research Creative and Artful Activism Language and Socio-political Imaginaries Equity in Academic Partnerships The thematic trends in her publications reveal a consistent focus on narrative, memory, and resistance. Her recent articles explore the intersections of folklore and politics, textile art and human rights, and digital storytelling as tools of empowerment. She emphasizes culturally situated knowledge and challenges Eurocentric frameworks through comparative, interdisciplinary research. Ruth leads significant research projects funded by The British Academy and internal university grants, focusing on language change in Bangladesh and equity in non-academic partnerships. She organizes the York Human Rights Workshop, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on justice and memorialization. Her work includes mentoring early-career researchers and promoting inclusive research practices. She is actively involved in academic service, including peer review, journal contributions, and organizing symposia. Her projects emphasize collaboration across disciplines and with non-academic partners, reflecting a commitment to socially engaged scholarship.
Scott Durbin is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for Music Business at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette , affiliated with the School of Music & Performing Arts . With a career spanning academia and the entertainment industry, he is best known as a co-founder of the Grammy-winning children's band Imagination Movers , which produced a Disney Channel series and earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song (2008–2009). His academic work focuses on bridging real-world music industry practices with education. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) , Centenary College of Louisiana (1992) Master of Education (MEd) in Curriculum and Instruction , University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2019) Teacher's Certificate (1994), University of New Orleans Scott's expertise lies in Music Business , Digital Service Providers (DSPs) , Musical Copyright and Rights Management , and Musical Monetization . His research emphasizes Metadata integration for rights tracking and revenue generation, reflecting his industry experience with Disney, Concord Music, and mechanical licensing frameworks. His publications include children's music albums and educational songbooks, showcasing cross-disciplinary impact in Entertainment Industry , Artist Management , and Streaming Revenue Models . These works highlight his role in evolving music industry practices through Digital Distribution and Licensing Agreements . Drs. Chuck and Sue Lein/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Music Management/Business (2015) Rising Star Award , College of Arts (2015) Eminent Faculty Award for Service Leadership (2015) ASCAP Plus Award (2015, 2016, 2019) Daytime Entertainment Emmy® (2008–2009) As a Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) Educator Ambassador , Scott shares industry insights on Musical Copyright and Digital Licensing . He teaches courses like MUS 455: Artist Management, Booking, and Touring , leveraging his experience negotiating contracts with Disney and managing large-scale tours.
Jesook Song is a Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto. She serves as Department Chair and Graduate Chair (Tri-Campus), focusing on sociocultural anthropology, contemporary urban transformation, and welfare issues including homelessness, youth unemployment, and single women's housing in East Asia, particularly South Korea. PhD in Cultural Anthropology (2003), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.A. in Education Science, Yonsei University Her research examines neoliberal capitalism's impact on welfare systems, labor practices, and gendered experiences in urban South Korea. Key themes include: Financial techniques in everyday life Post-development welfare states Gendered care work in public policy Homelessness and urban marginality Single women's spatial autonomy Recent publications analyze pandemic-era welfare policies, financial subjectivity, and urban marginality. Her books include Living on Your Own (2014) and On the Margins of Urban South Korea (2019). American Anthropological Association Sylvia H. Forman Prize (2002) Academy of Korean Studies Distinguished Paper Award (2010) She has advised graduate students Sophia Jaworski, Celeste Pang, and Kristina Alda, while securing multiple grants from SSHRC, Korea Foundation, and Academy of Korean Studies for research on financial techniques in everyday life and welfare systems.
Deepti Misri serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies. Her academic work critically engages with decolonial feminism, Kashmir studies, and disability studies within South Asian contexts. Her research examines intersections of gender, race, disability, and colonialism in Kashmir, focusing on memorialization, loss, and resistance. She develops decolonial feminist frameworks to analyze literary and cultural productions, particularly regarding Kashmiri Pandit experiences and the impact of occupation on gendered bodies. Recent publications (2020-2025) consistently address Kashmiri futures, decolonial feminism, and disability. Key themes include memorial aesthetics, settler occupation, and resistance, demonstrating interdisciplinary approaches that bridge literary theory, critical geography, and postcolonial studies.
Professor Peter Feldhütter is a faculty member at the Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), where he has held the position since 2017. He earned his PhD from CBS and previously worked at the London Business School. His research focuses on fixed income markets, particularly examining how prices are influenced by illiquidity, credit risk, and supply-demand imbalances. Notable contributions include studies on U.S. corporate bond market liquidity and credit spread dynamics. Key research areas include empirical asset pricing, credit risk, fixed income analysis, and liquidity risk. He has authored influential papers such as The Myth of the Credit Spread Puzzle and Corporate Bond Liquidity Before and After the Subprime Crisis . Received awards: Jack Treynor Prize, Wharton’s Outstanding Paper Award, and Nykredit’s Talented Researcher Award. External advisory roles: Legal advice for NTC Parent, Shell, and FourWorld Capital Management; academic advising for Copenhagen Economics. Teaching: External faculty at London Business School and University College London. His recent work explores ESG investing’s impact on capital structure and pricing of sustainability-linked bonds. Ongoing projects include studies on financial market liquidity and corporate bond valuation frameworks.
Gedion Onyango is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He serves as a co-Principal Investigator at the ESRC-funded Centre for Public Authority and International Development (CPAID) and holds editorial roles at the Evidence & Policy Journal and other publications like the Canadian Journal of African Studies and SN Business and Economics . His expertise spans public policy, governance, and technological transformations in African contexts, with a focus on accountability reforms, whistleblowing, and digital governance across South Africa, Uganda, and Kenya. His research has influenced international policy documents, including the International Labour Organization’s 2022 white paper on whistleblowers and OECD publications on digitalisation and Sustainable Development Goals. Gedion is actively engaged in peer review for ESRC, South Africa’s National Research Foundation, World Bank, and academic publishers. He co-founded the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Region Epistemic Community (IREC) and contributes to Afrobarometer as a Co-National Investigator for Kenya. African public policy Public administration Technological transformations Accountability reforms Whistleblowing Local governance His publications emphasize ethnographic methodologies applied to public sector accountability, police corruption, and evidence-based policymaking. Gedion collaborates extensively with scholars, politicians, and practitioners, aiming to improve governance through stakeholder engagement and data-driven research.
Daniele Caramani is a Full Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Zurich's Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Political Science, where he holds the Chair of Comparative Politics since 2014. He also serves as the Ernst B. Haas Chair at the European University Institute in Florence, directing the European Governance and Politics Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (currently on leave from UZH). His teaching includes courses on Comparative Politics, Political Systems and Theories, Political Representation, and Reforming Representative Democracy. His educational background includes a baccalauréat from the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, followed by BA and MA degrees from the University of Geneva, and a Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence. He attended methods summer schools at Essex and Michigan. Caramani's research focuses on comparative and historical political science with emphasis on political cleavages, electoral geography, party systems, European integration, and globalization. His work often employs quantitative time series reaching back to the 19th century, examining mass democratization, state formation, nationalism, and industrialization. He is particularly known for analyzing the interplay between territorial and functional cleavages at national, European, and global levels. His recent publications reveal a clear trajectory from national party systems (The Nationalization of Politics, 2004) to European integration (The Europeanization of Politics, 2015) and now to global cleavages (with his ERC Advanced Grant project GLOBAL). His current work examines technocratic representation, populist challenges, and the evolution of global political alignments using automated text analysis of historical documents dating back to 1843. Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research (2004) Lijphart-Przeworski-Verba Dataset Award from Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association (2012) Vincent Wright Memorial Prize for best article in West European Politics (2006) Caramani has directed major research projects including the ERC Advanced Grant project GLOBAL analyzing global cleavages. He has been instrumental in developing significant datasets like the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA), which received the APSA award in 2012 and now covers over 2,025 elections from 180 countries with GeoReferenced Electoral Districts. His academic leadership extends to editing the comprehensive textbook Comparative Politics (Oxford University Press, sixth edition, 2023). As Director of the European Governance and Politics Programme at the European University Institute, Caramani leads research on European integration and governance. He also co-directs the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA), a major resource for electoral studies that includes historical maps from 74 countries. His work continues Stein Rokkan's legacy in comparative social science, as evidenced by his 2023 Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture.
Kenneth A. Reinert is Professor of Public Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. He previously served as Director of the Global Commerce and Policy Program from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2022, demonstrating sustained leadership in global economic policy education. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. Prior academic and professional roles include Associate Professor of Economics at Kalamazoo College and Senior International Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Reinert's research centers on international economics, trade policy, economic development, globalization, and the universal provision of basic goods . His work bridges theoretical and applied economics, with a strong emphasis on policy relevance and human development. He explores how trade and economic integration affect inequality, sustainability, and access to essential services in developing nations. His recent publications reveal a thematic evolution from technical trade analysis toward broader critiques of economic nationalism and visions for equitable global development. Books like No Small Hope and The Lure of Economic Nationalism reflect a growing focus on ethical dimensions of globalization and inclusive economic frameworks. Scientific Awards: School of Public Policy Distinguished Teaching Award (2003) Reinert has advised major international institutions through consulting roles with the World Trade Organization, World Bank, OECD Development Centre, and U.S. Department of Commerce , indicating sustained engagement with global policy formulation. While no formal grants are listed, these affiliations imply participation in funded policy research initiatives. He has mentored students and early-career scholars, though specific advisees are not named in the provided texts. He currently serves as editor of Cambridge Elements in International Economics and has led major editorial projects, including the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy and the Handbook of Globalisation and Development , positioning him as a key contributor to academic discourse in global economic policy.
