Conference Speakers

Niuma Mohamed is a strong advocate who promotes e-learning and the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning. She believes that the purposeful use of technology allows to close the achievement gaps and ensures academic success for every student. She has completed her Ph.D in Education in 2020, and currently working as a Lead Instructional Designer at the Centre for Educational Technology and Excellence (CETE), in The Maldives National University (MNU). She has been actively engaged in research and publications in the field of e-learning and instructional design, and involved in reviewing for international academic journals. She made several publications and presented various papers at different international academic research conferences. Her current research projects include ‘Investigating factors affecting student engagement in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in the public universities of the Maldives’, and a project to develop a model for Learning Management System (LMS) to facilitate e-learning in higher education in the Maldives.

Xin Yang is a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design. She holds a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interest is exploring how the built environment can support active ageing in place.

In the early years of Hamad Ameen’s life, his insatiable curiosity sparked a love affair with the digital world. We delve into his childhood, tracing the roots of his fascination with technology and the nascent signs of his innate creative prowess. It is here that we witness the emergence of a digital virtuoso, eagerly experimenting and exploring the endless possibilities within the realm of digital media. Hamad Ameen received Diploma in 2006 in media, also 2010 received his B.S. in mass media and Master in Digital Media in 2014 from Coventry University United Kingdom. Hamad Ameen from 2015 to the present is a lecturer at Erbil Polytechnic University at Erbil Administration technical institute.

Shuyi Li is a PhD candidate in the Department of Literature at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, majoring in Comparative and World Literature. Her research interests include Japanese literature and English literature. With her research, she combines knowledge from her studies in national culture and psychology.

Khalid Mahmood Ranjha is a PhD scholar in Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University, China. He earned his master’s degree (LLM) in International Law, with distinction, from Wuhan University, China. His current research centers around the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its Dispute Settlement Mechanism. His research interests include International Economic law, International Environmental law, and comparative legal studies. He is a serving Government Officer in Government of the Punjab, Pakistan. He is also working as a consultant with Jinnah International Law Group UK.

Alp Bugra Oder is a senior BA student in English Language Teaching Department at Bursa Uludag University. Since he is pursuing an academic career, he writes academic papers on different scientific disciplines. His research interests are TESOL, sociolinguistics, first and second language acquisition and speech acts.

Dr. Judith Salfati is a lecturer at the Open University and the Academic College of Education. Her areas of specialization are: teacher training and adapted teaching. She guides students in writing seminar papers and theses and deals with the professional development of teachers. Her research areas focus on teacher training

Dimitrios Dentsoras is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He received his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University. His research interests include the History of Philosophy (especially Ancient Philosophy), ethics, and moral psychology.

Dr. Mohammed ADLI is an Associate Professor of Business Communication at ESTO in Mohammed Ist University in Oujda, Morocco. He got his Master degree in Colonial and Post-Colonial Discourse in 2010 from Mohammed Ist University, and a PhD degree in Languages, Cultures and Communication in 2016. Professor ADLI has participated in several study days and seminars in Morocco and overseas. His research interests mainly include Social Sciences, Communication and Humanities. He also received lots of certificates and published numerous articles in different national and international journals.

Dr. Alexandra Jeikner is Assistant Professor in the English and Modern Languages Dept., at Deree — The American College of Greece, with a doctorate in English Literature from Newcastle University, Children’s Literature Unit. Her publications and conference presentations reflect her research interests, ranging from Victorian (children’s) literature to writing pedagogy and academic integrity. She received the Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2020 from Deree.

Dr. Smaçi holds a Doctor of Science Degree (Ph.D.) in History (field Military History) from the Center for Albanian Studies, Research Institute of History. Dr. Smaçi is also a graduate of the Marshall Center’s Program in Applied Security Studies. Currently she holds the position of vice rector for scientific research at the Albanian Armed Forces Academy. Etleva Smaçi’s research interest includes a wide range of security concerns, with an emphasis on Russia and Balkan security affairs.

Dr. Kinga Anna Gajda associate professor and lecturer at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University. Professor of cultural studies, doctor of literary studies. Her research interests include issues related to memory, heritage, and intercultural competencies. She is the author of three books and numerous articles. She has been a visiting scholar at European universities (a.o. in Sweden, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Albania). She completed an internship in, among others, the European Center for Educational Resilience at the University of Malta, Radboud University Nijmegen, Pedagogical University in Kropywnyckie in Ukraine, and Freie Universtät Berlin. She coordinated many research and educational projects. She is a member of the editorial team of four journals and a reviewer of many.

Dr. Kittitach Sumpowthong has been working as a lecturer at Faculty of Music, Silpakorn University, Thailand since 2008. His administrative position is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, and member of curriculum development committee. Lastly, he also takes a role of internal auditor for education quality assurance (AUN-QA) and EdPEx assessor committee.

Dr. Tareq Alfraidi received his B.E. (2003) and MA (2007) degrees from Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabic. Then, he received his PhD from Exeter University, UK (2017). He currently works as an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Islamic University of Madinah. His research interests focus on Modern Arabic Linguistics, Linguistics theories (especially Functional Linguistics), and Corpus Linguistics.

Nataša Jakop is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of the Slovenian Language Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and an associate professor of linguistics at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU. Her research areas include lexicology and lexicography, phraseology and normativity. She is co-editor of the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language.

Sumaira Mir is doing PhD in English Literature at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin in Malaysia. She is a researcher and also doing job as a research assistant and Lecturer in University of Lahore at Pakistan. Her ambition is to bring a new change in thinking and motive to make people understand things and feel happy.

Mihaela Aghenitei is a PhD Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at the University of the “Lower Danube” and participates in a grant funded from the funds of the research project carried out by the University “Lower Danube” from Galati. She is an associate researcher at the Institute of Legal Research – Romanian Academy and a member of ELI and ESIL. She has published 81 articles indexed in national and international databases and 5 specialized books in criminal law.

Dr. Mayowa Fawole is an educational consultant and teacher coach with expertise in inclusive education. She has a bachelor’s degree in Special Education, master’s degree in Administration and Supervision, and doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership with Emphasis in Special Education. Dr. Fawole believes in educational equity for all.

Dr. Garima Tiwari is currently working as an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Admissions at the School of Law, Bennett University, India. Previously, she has worked at the National Judicial Academy, India. She has a Ph.D. from University of Camerino, Italy with full scholarship and was a visiting researcher at University of Oxford, UK and University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has an LL.M. from University of Torino in collaboration with United Nations, Italy.

Majid Asadnabizadeh is a teaching assistant and researcher in the Department of International Relations at UMCS in Poland. His research focuses on climate policy, negotiations and carbon.

Katerina Arvanitaki is a PhD candidate in the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus in the field of cultural diplomacy. She works at the National Gallery and Museum of Alexandros Soutsos in the administration department. She have been awarded for her participation in the International Poetry Competition organized by EUARCE.

Zekai Zhao is a student at the University of Toronto, majoring in Arts Management and Media. During this year, he was awarded the UTSC Undergraduate Research & Creative Prize for my academic research.

Saidatun Najmiah is a PhD candidate in the Department Communication, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University Putra Malaysia. She has a Master in Corporate Communication and works as Administrative and Diplomatic Officer Malaysia. Her research interests cover health communication, applied communication, interpersonal communication, relational communication, speech communication, persuasion and social influence, cognition and emotion, mediation and dispute resolution, and semiotics in reducing self-stigma.

Birgit Mitter is a doctoral student researching the field of European cultural policy at the interdisciplinary Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) in Austria. Apart from her core focus on quantiative methodology, she is also highly interested in regional level politics and development. With her research, she combines knowledge from her studies in political science and data science.

Thomas Pettinato is a PhD candidate at the department of Sociology, University of Milan-Bicocca. He has a bachelor in Sociology and an LLM in Sustainable Development, from the department of International Law, University of Milan. His research interests cover labour exploitation, empowerment issues, human rights protection and policy analysis.

Masliza Che Omar is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University Putra Malaysia. She holds bachelors in finance and masters in corporate communication. Her research interests cover communications and social media, youth and new media and corporate communications.

Dr. Barnali Sarkar is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. She was awarded a PhD in 2017 for a thesis on postcolonial identity politics. Her research interests include interdisciplinary sub-disciplines of environmental humanities and human geography. She is currently working on a project that explicates various dimensions of human–nonhuman encounters in contemporary novels.

Dr. Elsayed Elshabrawi Ahmed Hassanein is an associate professor of Special Education, College of Education at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. Dr. Hassanein received his PhD from Exeter University, UK in 2010. His research interests cover a wide range of areas such as literacy, learning disabilities, intellectual and developmental disabilities, inclusive education, teachers’ professional development, personality and mental health.

Dr. Mustabshira Siddiqui is an Indian born- Saudi Arabia based Assistant Professor and Mental Health Counsellor. She has been working as a lecturer since 2012, and is currently working at the Department of English, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia as an assistant professor. Her research interest mainly lies in Postcolonialism, Feminism, African Theatre, Shakespearean Drama and their adaptations. She has written more than thirty five research papers and she has been published in reputed journals including Anglisticum and SAARJ.

Dr. George Hikah Benson is a Ghanaian academic, politician and businessman. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Conflict Studies of the University of Education, Winneba-Ghana. He is author of over thirty (30) books and journal articles including the reference book published in 2021, ‘Ghana’s Development Under the 1992 Constitutional Practice: Gains, Challenges and Prospects’. Aside from being an editor of three books so far, he also reviews for many international journals. Before his scholarly engagement, Dr. George Hikah Benson was a Minster of State in the Republic of Ghana from 2005-2009; and is married with five children.

Dr. Reem Abuiyada is working as Assistant Professor at Dhofar University in the Sultanate of Oman. Her PhD in social Work from Hull University, UK. She has published many papers related to the community issues. She also participated in numerous local, regional and international conferences & Talks. Above all, while optimizing her professional knowledge and experience, she has been actively serving different committees at Dhofar University in varied capacities.

Dr. Zuhal Gök Demir is an assistant professor of Faculty of Communication in Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. She has carried out researches on the topics of strategic public relations, corporate reputation, crisis communication, public segmentation, activism, and brand personality. She has carried out numerous EU projects on women, aging, adult education, social inclusion, gender, environment, Horeca sector, and career management.

Norma Valencio: Economist, master’s in education and PhD in Human Sciences. Collaborating Professor of the Interdisciplinary Program in Human and Social Sciences (ICHSA) at University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Senior Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences (DCAm) at Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), where she is vice-coordinator of the Laboratory for Social Studies and Research in Disasters.

Kanupriya Rawat is a Ph.D. student (second year) in the Department of Psychology of Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland. Her areas of interest are cross-cultural research, sport psychology, counseling and yoga. She was an ERASMUS+ exchange student for 6 months during her Master’s studies.

Ph.D. Candidate at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Field of socio-economic geography & spatial management. Current position, IT administrator at the ABB. Research interests: economic development indicators (labor, health, and education) the SDT for the SSA, and Fertility geographical spatial autocorrelation in Rwanda. World Health Organization (WHO) Rwanda, Community change youth project award 2012-13.

My name is Katerina Arvanitaki and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus in the field of cultural diplomacy.  I work at the National Gallery and Museum of Alexandros Soutsos in the administration department. I have been awarded for my participation in the International Poetry Competition organized by EUARCE.

Julian Li is a high school student studying at Beijing City International School. His area of interest is Sports Management. Certificates: Participation in the workshop of Business Negotiation, Integrative Negotiations, Distributive Negotiation, and Mathematical Models of Conflict and Cooperation with the associate professor at UCL School of Management; Participation in the workshop of Big Data, discovering the different types of usages for big data in the marketing of a business and the feedback collecting of a business.

I am Naice Uwitonze, I am a sales and Marketing manager at Nuru Ventures with extensive experience in Composing direct marketing communications. I have a bachelor’s degree in IT(Software Engineering). I am most interested in reading and writing about all kinds of topics but especially Humanities and Social life. I am certified as an above average candidate for the International Psychometric Logical Assessment Exponential Nominal Objective Mean Score (IPLAENOS).

My name is YanKanYu and I am currently an undergraduate at Burapha  University in Thailand, specializing in international business management. Prior to completing primary, middle and high school education in China. I currently hold a certificate of junior accounting title in China, and I have not yet joined the work. I am interested in psychology, sociology and economics, especially behavioral economics. No international awards have been awarded.

Yuan Zhang studies at Bishop Ready High School. Her areas of interest are the humanistic connotation and the carnival color of Nüshu-related festivals and the culture of Nüshu singing hall. She has received the 1st prize in George Sloyd Social Justice Writing Competition. She is Co-Founder of the online Nüshu dictionary and the youngest member of Nüshu Rap and Singing Art Association; participated Nüshu calligraphy tutorial.

He is a reader in philosophy at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. He has also studied philosophy and psychology at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. In addition, He does research as an academic member of the Royal Institute of Philosophy in London, UK as well as American Philosophical Association in New York, USA. He is  also very eager to study philosophy of religion, science along with language.

Miss Zheng Fang is now studying at University of Oxford majoring applied linguistics for her second master’s degree. Before that, she was at University College London majoring comparative literature for her first master’s study. Her research interests include language and society, postmodernism, as well as interdisciplinary learning of literature and science.

He is Zexing Li, a senior student in Yali High School International Department, Changsha China. After participating in the workshop on financial valuation led by Raghu’s at Cambridge, He began a series of researches about asymmetric information. Besides, He won the Critical Thinking Award in National Economics Challenge and the Best Risk Management in SKT Investment Competition.

Elaheh Isaqzadeh is an MBA student at Istanbul Aydin University.  She got the best paper award in 6^th International EMI Entrepreneurship and Social Science Congress of 2021. She worked as Project manager in different National and International Non-Profit organizations in Afghanistan for 6 years. She also taught ESP  (English for Specific Purpose ) at university in Afghanistan for two years.