Leen d'Haenens is a Professor of Communication Science at KU Leuven's Faculty of Social Sciences. She has held leadership roles including Vice-Dean (2011-2018), Director of Studies (2007-2011), and Jean Monnet Chair (2000-2007). She specializes in media literacy, digital youth engagement, and media policy, with a focus on post-truth politics, migration, and online resilience. Education: MA in Romance Languages (UGent), MSc in Press & Communication (UGent), MSc in Information Studies (University of Toronto), PhD in Political & Social Sciences (UGent). Research interests include: Political communication in digital age EU media policy integration Children's digital well-being Risk mitigation strategies Minority media experiences Key contributions include: Co-founded EU KIDS Online network Advised EU Commission on media literacy strategies Authored/co-authored 191 peer-reviewed articles Edited 18 books including 2023's Islamophobia as Radicalisation Awards include ERC Consolidator Grant Panel Chair (2021-present) and Jean Monnet Chair (2000-2007). She serves on editorial boards for top journals like Communications and New Media & Society.
Professor Melanie Davern is a Professor of Public Health and Urban Planning at RMIT University's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS), and Director of the Australian Urban Observatory (AUO). Her work focuses on the intersection of public health and urban planning, particularly in areas of liveability, health equity, and applied transdisciplinary research. She holds a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship (2022) and has led initiatives such as the AUO's digital liveability platform, which translates research into policy. Her research interests include urban policy, healthy ageing, walkability, climate adaptation, and community engagement. Melanie actively supervises Honours, Masters, and PhD students in topics related to health and place. She also serves on RMIT's Academic Board and collaborates with international partners on urban liveability frameworks. Notable contributions include the development of liveability scorecards for Australian cities and the 'Quality Green Space' literature review. Her work has been featured in media outlets like The Conversation and Croakey Health Media.
Sophia CHAE is an Associate Professor in the Department of Demography at Université de Montréal, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She holds a PhD and MA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS from Harvard University, and a BA from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on marriage, gender, family dynamics, migration, and social demography in Sub-Saharan Africa, employing quantitative methods. Key research interests include polygyny transformation, migration impacts on women's well-being, and bridewealth systems. She leads projects funded by NIH and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (CRSH) of Canada. Notable grants include studies on marriage and health in Malawi (2023–2026) and sibling mortality in low-income countries (2023–2025). Dr. Chae has supervised two master's theses: on polygyny's impact on family planning in Benin (2024) and familial influences on fertility preferences in Madagascar (2024). She collaborates with institutions like McGill University’s Center on Population Dynamics and publishes in journals such as Demography and The Lancet . Her work addresses gender norms, reproductive health, and educational disparities, with recent publications analyzing long-term migration effects and global gender norm–health linkages. She contributes to interdisciplinary teams exploring child social competence and adolescent gender attitudes in Zambia.
Nathalie Arbour is a Full Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Montreal and an accredited professor in the Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology. She holds the Claude-Bertrand Chair in Neurosurgery and is affiliated with the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM). Her research focuses on neuroimmunology, particularly the interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS), with a focus on T lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis. She has published over 56 articles and secured grants from agencies like the MS Society of Canada, CIHR, and NSERC. Affiliations: University of Montreal (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience) CRCHUM (Neurosciences Axis Lead) CHUM (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal) Research Interests: Elucidating T cell mechanisms in autoimmune CNS diseases, cytokine modulation of immune responses, and neural cell interactions. Key projects include studying IL-15 and IL-27 in MS progression, and evaluating cannabinoids for symptom relief. Grants & Awards: - Claude-Bertrand Chair in Neurosurgery (2019–2024) - Multiple grants from IRSC, NSERC, and MS Society of Canada Teaching & Mentorship: Supervised over 20 graduate students and teaches immunology and neurosciences courses. Involved in training programs like the CIHR Integrated Training Program in Neuroinflammation. Labs/Teams: Leads a lab at CRCHUM (office R09.464, lab R09.326) focusing on neuroimmunology. Collaborates on projects like the CANSEP trial evaluating cannabinoid efficacy in MS.
Ian Sue Wing is a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University, specializing in the economic analysis of energy and environmental policy with a focus on climate change and computational general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2001 and has conducted extensive research on climate change impacts, energy systems, natural hazards, and policy implications. His work bridges CGE models with econometric and process-based simulations to assess economic consequences of environmental shocks and policy interventions. His research emphasizes the broader economic impacts of climate change, including agriculture, energy systems, and human health, supported by grants from agencies like the NSF, DOE, and EPA. He has contributed to the IPCC AR5 and the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Key areas of study include wildfire risk, power outage economics, and heat-related health disparities. Wing has advised federal panels and integrates interdisciplinary approaches to address complex environmental challenges.
Professor Joe Tomlinson is a leading academic in Public Law at the University of York's York Law School. He holds a Chair in Public Law and has held visiting roles at institutions like Yale Law School and the Institute for Advanced Study at Durham University. His research focuses on administrative law, digital governance, and procedural fairness, with a particular emphasis on how legal processes intersect with social science methods. Education: LLB (Hons) from the University of Manchester (2013), PhD in Law (2017) Previous Roles: Lecturer at the University of Sheffield (2016–2018), King’s College London (2018–2019) Honors: Philip Leverhulme Prize in Law (2023) His research explores the operation of law within public sector organizations and its impact on societal experiences. Key projects include the Administrative Fairness Lab (co-founded with Simon Halliday and Jed Meers) and the Transforming Justice Programme at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. These initiatives examine how legal and economic methods can improve public service performance and judicial system efficiency. Notable publications include Artificial Intelligence and Public Law (2025) and Judicial Review of AI in UK Government (2025), addressing AI's legal implications. He has also contributed to policy reviews, parliamentary debates, and court cases at all levels, including the UK Supreme Court. Professor Tomlinson chairs the Academic Panel of the Administrative Justice Council and serves on Blackstone Chambers' Academic Panel. His work is funded by bodies such as the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust.
Dr. Daniel Martínez is an Associate Professor in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona, serving as co-director of the Binational Migration Institute and core faculty in the Mexican American Studies Department. His work focuses on criminology, race and ethnicity, and immigration, with a particular emphasis on the criminalization of migration and border enforcement impacts. His research examines deportation, migrant deaths along the US-Mexico border, and the social consequences of immigration policies. He leads the Ford Foundation-funded Migrant Border Crossing Study, analyzing the experiences of deported migrants. Dr. Martínez also explores Latino/a panethnicity, sanctuary policies' effects on public safety, and ecological correlates of police violence in southwestern cities. He is affiliated with the School of Government and Public Policy, the School of Geography, Development, & Environment, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the SBS Human Rights Practice Program. His edited book In the Shadow of the Wall (2018) analyzes border violence and migration. Dr. Martínez serves on editorial boards for the American Sociological Review and Journal on Migration and Human Security . His work underscores the intersection of structural violence, policy, and human rights in migration contexts.
Dr. Andreas Cebulla is an Associate Professor (Full Academic Status) at Flinders University's College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, with adjunct roles across multiple colleges. His primary focus is on the future of work, AI ethics, and automation impacts. He holds research affiliations at the University of Adelaide and the University of Queensland's Life Course Centre. Research Interests: Current work explores AI's societal implications, automation trends, labour market dynamics, and aging workforce policies. He advises on PhD proposals related to digital transformation and macroeconomic AI effects. Publications: His 2024 edited volume The Future of Work and Technology in Australia synthesizes global and local insights. Notable works address WHS risks in AI adoption, migrant skill mismatches, and aging at home technologies. Grants/Projects: 2024: Migrants’ Labour Market Outcomes in South Australia (Lead) 2024: Independent Review of Paid Domestic Violence Leave (Lead) 2023: Workplace AI Ethics Scorecard Development Labs/Teams: Australian Industrial Transformation Institute (AITI), Smart Ageing Research Group Key Activities: Invited talks on AI in workplaces, submissions to South Australian AI policy committees, and media contributions on future of work issues.
Susan Detmer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathology at the University of Saskatchewan. She specializes in molecular and phenotypic characterization of influenza A viruses and focuses on infectious diseases of swine, particularly porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), influenza A, and porcine circovirus type 2. Dr. Detmer teaches undergraduate systemic pathology, necropsy rotations, and graduate mammalian pathology courses. Her research explores viral pathogenesis in swine, including maternal-fetal interface interactions during PRRSV infections, Brachyspira-associated colitis, and influenza A virus dynamics. She has contributed to diagnostic methods for swine respiratory pathogens and vaccine efficacy studies. Publications highlight her work on viral transmission mechanisms, placental pathology in infected gilts, and global influenza A virus migration. Her studies emphasize clinical and molecular approaches to understanding swine disease epidemiology, with a focus on improving diagnostic and preventive strategies. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided materials. She advises students in her courses but no formal advisee list is available.
Sabine Henry is a Professor in the Department of Geography within the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Namur, Belgium. Her research focuses on the interaction between environment and migration at household and individual levels, with extensive fieldwork across Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America. She leads a research team within the Institute of Life-Earth-Environment (ILEE) and maintains active collaborations with institutions worldwide including the London School of Economics, University of Neuchâtel, and universities in the Philippines and Ecuador. Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain (2003) DESS in Demography, University of Human Sciences of Strasbourg (1998) Degree in Geographical Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain (1997) Professor Henry's research centers on environmental migration, vulnerability assessment, and resilience building in contexts of climate change and natural disasters. Her work explores who is likely to migrate based on gender, age, socio-economic status, and education, as well as how environmental changes are perceived by potential migrants. She employs diverse methodological approaches including event-history analysis, qualitative methods, and innovative techniques like board games to capture complex decision-making processes. Her fieldwork spans Burkina Faso (drought-migration links), Philippines (typhoon impacts), Ecuador (environmental benefits of migration), and multiple African nations (vulnerability assessments). Her research output shows consistent focus on environmental migration patterns, with recent publications addressing community vulnerability in Rwanda, hydrological changes in Senegal, and seismic risk perception in Haiti. The work demonstrates interdisciplinary integration of geography, demography, and environmental science with strong methodological diversity. Best Poster Award, Population Association of America (2008) Best Poster Award, UISSP (2013) Poster Award for 'The nexus between international migrations and ecological services uses...' (2012) Professor Henry currently supervises 5 PhD students and one permanent scientific collaborator, supported by multiple international and national projects. Her team has received significant funding including FNRS PDR projects, PRD-ARES grants, and collaborations with institutions in Switzerland, Senegal, and Romania. Current projects include vulnerability assessments for earthquakes in Haiti (2018-23), landslides and floods in Rwanda (2019-23), and flash floods in Burundi (2019-23), alongside ongoing work on environmental modifications and human mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her research group operates within the Hugo Observatory, a research center committed to studying interactions between environmental changes, human migration, and politics. The team employs community participatory approaches to ensure durability of project outcomes and examines migration-environment links from multiple angles including drivers, vulnerability, resilience, and disaster impacts.
Valerie Mueller is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University's School of Politics and Global Studies, and a Nonresident Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her research focuses on agricultural economics, climate change impacts, migration dynamics, and rural development in Africa and Asia. Education: MS (2001) in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland PhD (2005) in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland Research themes include: quantifying rural vulnerability to climate variability (migration, nutrition, and health impacts); improving rural service delivery through randomized controlled trials; and analyzing youth employment prospects in Africa. Her work has been published in prestigious journals like Nature Climate Change , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , and American Economic Review , with significant media coverage in outlets like Le Monde and Science . She actively collaborates with donor communities and policymakers, maintaining ties with IFPRI while engaging in field experiments across East Africa. Her recent projects include analyzing cash transfer programs in Bangladesh and Mali, and applying machine learning to study climate-related migration patterns.
Prof Dr Grega Strban is Full Professor of Labour and Social Security Law and Head of the Labour and Social Law Department at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, where he previously served as Dean (2018-2022) and Vice-Dean for Economic Affairs (2010-2018). He maintains a dual academic affiliation as Senior Research Associate at the Department of Public Law, University of Johannesburg. His institutional leadership extends to heading the Faculty of Law's research program group since 2014 and coordinating the EU MoveS project on workers' mobility and social security coordination. Strban's research focuses on Labour Law, Social Security Law, and European Union Law with particular expertise in cross-border social security coordination, healthcare rights, and the impact of digitalization on social systems. His scholarly approach integrates comparative legal analysis with practical policy development, examining how social security systems adapt to demographic shifts, labor mobility, and technological disruption. Recent work explores the tension between solidarity principles and individual responsibility in welfare systems, alongside the legal challenges of long-term care provision in aging societies. His publication record demonstrates consistent engagement with evolving social law paradigms, particularly evident in his 15 most recent articles spanning 2021-2024. These works reveal three dominant thematic clusters: (1) cross-border healthcare coordination and reverse discrimination issues in EU law; (2) adaptation of social security systems to digital labor markets and mobility patterns; and (3) conceptual evolution of social rights frameworks toward universal dignity-based protection. The publications strategically bridge theoretical legal analysis with concrete policy recommendations for national and supranational institutions. Scientific Recognition Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (continuous since 2010) Three-time recipient of Faculty of Law's Most Echoed Researcher Award (2020, 2021, 2023) Roger Dillemans Award for Excellence in Social Security (KU Leuven, 2004) Best Young Lawyer of the Year 2000 in Slovenia Strban's advisory impact extends through multiple high-level appointments including membership on the European Committee of Social Rights (Council of Europe), presidency of the Slovenian Association for Labour Law and Social Security, and vice-presidency roles in both the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (Geneva) and the European Institute of Social Security (Leuven). His practical influence manifests in national policy through leadership of the Permanent Arbitration Court for collective labor disputes at Triglav Insurance and membership on Slovenia's Strategic Council for Health. Current research infrastructure includes coordination of the EU MoveS project and ongoing collaboration with the Max-Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy where he serves as external expert following his Humboldt Fellowship.
Anqi Shen is a Professor of Law at Northumbria Law School, with adjunct roles at Nanjing University and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. She also serves as a Fellow of the Jiangsu Research Centre of the Development of the Regional Rule of Law in China. Previously, she held visiting positions at the Australian National University, Zhejiang Police College, and Nanjing Normal University. She is on the editorial boards of Women and Criminal Justice and Trends in Organised Crime . Her research focuses on sentencing, policing, organized crime (including human trafficking and counterfeiting), youth justice, gender and crime, migration and crime, and gender dynamics in law enforcement. She has authored/co-authored key texts such as Women Police in Contemporary China: Gender and Policing (2022) and Internal Migration, Crime and Punishment in Contemporary China (2018). Shen's recent work explores topics like prostitution regulation, police mental health, and equity policies for female officers. Her publications highlight intersections between gender, criminal justice systems, and public policy. Before her academic career, Shen worked as a police officer and lawyer in China. She currently supervises postgraduate research into legal remedies for reputational damage caused by defamation.
Professor Maria Nilsson is a leading academic in public health and climate change at Umeå University's Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. She chairs the Lancet Countdown in Europe, a research initiative monitoring climate change impacts on health. Her work focuses on climate adaptation, policy development, and communication strategies to address health vulnerabilities. She holds a PhD in epidemiology and has led international projects in low- to high-income countries, including studies on heat exposure in sugarcane workers, mental health in Vietnam, and dengue risk communication in Indonesia. Education: PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences. She has been awarded the National Champion award (2023) and a SIGHT Global Health Leadership Fellowship (2017). She is Editor-in-Chief of Global Health Action , emphasizing global health challenges from a practical perspective. Research Interests: Climate change's health impacts, adaptation strategies, vulnerable populations, health policy, and behavioral change communication. Her recent work includes the Horizon project CATALYSE (2022–2027) and strategic grants on climate communication. Grants and Leadership: Leads the Lancet Countdown Europe, co-leads the Lancet's Adaptation Working Group, and chairs the European Climate and Health Observatory. She has coordinated projects such as the TOPAS tobacco prevention program and studies on household mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Awards: Notable recognitions include the 2023 Frontiers Planet Prize finalist and 2017 SIGHT Fellowship. She contributed to major reports like the 2015 Lancet Commission and the Lancet Countdown 2030 initiative. Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary collaborations, including with the European Commission and EASAC. Her research integrates epidemiology, global health, and policy to drive actionable climate responses.
Jonathan Wadsworth is a Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London, affiliated with the Department of Economics and research centers including the Centre for Macroeconomic and Labour Economics (MaLEc). He holds additional affiliations with the Centre for Economic Performance (LSE) and the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (UCL). Education: B.A. from University of Hull, followed by MSc and PhD at the London School of Economics (LSE). Research focuses on Labour Economics and Applied Econometrics, with recent work addressing immigration impacts, labor market dynamics, public policy analysis, and historical labor market studies. His 2023-2024 publications explore topics ranging from demographic-immigration interactions to historical commuting patterns' economic effects. Active in interdisciplinary projects, he led/co-led 5 funded research initiatives between 2006-2018 focusing on migration's training effects, minimum wage geographies, and economic aspects of intimate partner violence. These projects were supported by organizations like the ESRC, British Academy, and Low Pay Commission. Labs/Teams: Collaborates through multi-institutional research networks, particularly with LSE and UCL centers, addressing contemporary economic challenges through quantitative methodologies.
