Conference Speakers

Dr. Jaymini Pravinchandra Shah is visual artist, researcher and works as a visual art teacher at Florianópolis Municipal Education Department – PMF- Brazil. She received her PhD from State University of Santa Catarina, UDESC in 2023. Since her master studies, her research focuses on continued training of visual arts teachers who work in the fundamental public education system. From the foundation of historical and dialectical materialism she investigates the relationship between art and education. Making this as a critical point in the conception of art education as a basis in training of teachers. The creator acts complexity as socio-historical and educational mediation. Integrating knowledge of art and its relevance in the training process.

Shokhan Mohammed Fatah holds a Ph.D. in English Literature. She has been working in higher education since 2012 and is a committed researcher. She has published 11 papers in various journals. Her areas of interest include fiction, psychoanalysis, feminism, postcolonialism, and comparative literature.

Dr. Timothy Carson teaches liminal studies in the Honors College of the University of Missouri, USA. He is the author/editor of five books on Liminality, the most recent being Leaning into the Liminal: A Guide for Counselors and Companions (The Liminality Press, 2024). Timothy Carson holds degrees in education (B.Ed 1976), theology (M.Div 1980), and Pastoral Psychology (D.Min 1996). His dissertation was on liminality. He lives in central Missouri near the banks of the Missouri River, with his wife and golden retriever dog. The Carsons enjoy the arts, music, film, travel, and sharing long evenings with good friends.

Omoyebagbe Rosaline Dania holds a doctorate degree in Business Administration. A Senior Lecturer in the Department of HRM. Areas of interest are; HRM, OB, Research Methodology, Strategic Management, IRPM & General Management/Entrepreneurship. Awards; Guaranty Trust Bank Outstanding Performance Award 2003/2004, NUAMBS Excellent Service Award 1995/1996 Academic Session. Membership; Institute of Entrepreneurs, TAMN and OWSD. Pioneer HOD of HRM, 2021-2024.

Dr. Anna Maria Filippetta holds a degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, as well as a second-level MA in Management and Leadership in Education from Roma Tre University in Rome, Italy. She is currently pursuing a PhD in English Philology at the University of La Rioja, Spain. Dr. Filippetta is also a junior high school teacher in Ravenna, Italy, with a strong interest in social studies, particularly focused on immigration.

Dr. Yohei Kato is a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities. Trained in the fields of community development and urban studies, he explores research areas including empowerment, mixed-methods research, social network analysis, and the relationships between built and natural environments, well-being, and children’s and young people’s participation. He holds a Master of Science in Community Development from the University of California, Davis, and a PhD in Architecture and Sustainable Design from the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Dr. Mait Bertollo has a PhD in Geography from the University of São Paulo (Brazil). She is currently working on a post-doctoral research project on digitalization in rural areas in Brazil and France at the Institute of Geosciences – State University of Campinas (Brazil), with an internship at the Center de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques at Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III – France. She is a Geography professor and researcher specializing in globalization and digitalization in agricultural activities and its territorial impacts for all scales of rural producers, especially those of a smaller scale, such as family farming.

Dr. Adobi Jessica Timiyo obtained her doctorate degree (PhD) from the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. Her thesis explored the intricacies surrounding servant leadership among UK higher education institutions. She was curious and became interested in understanding the complex nature of university leadership in order to shed more light on the subject. She invariably developed the leading manager theory from her thesis and proposed specific leadership styles suitable for managing higher education institutions. Her academic journey spanned across different continents including the United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa. She worked as part-time lecturer in Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, and later joined the university of Seychelles as full-time lecturer in 2016 teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is currently a full-time assistant professor in the American University of Malta. She remains an active researcher within the fields of leadership, marketing, research methods and strategic management. She has attended many international conferences in USA, Spain, Vienna, UK, Czech Republic etc. She chaired some sessions of these conferences and was equally a key speaker in others.

Mirhiga Okuwhere holds a PhD from Coventry University, UK, and is a visiting lecturer in Business Management at Birmingham Newman University. He has taught at the International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship (ICTE), Coventry University, and the Department of Entrepreneurship, University of Benin, Nigeria.
He has an MSc from Bournemouth University, UK, an MBA, a BSc, and a diploma from the University of Benin, Nigeria.
His research interests include SMEs digitalization, sustainable performance, entrepreneurship, clusters, and open innovation.

Dr. Indra Kusumawardhana, Vice Dean at Universitas Pertamina and Associate Professor in International Relations, specializes in energy security, maritime governance, and sustainability. A cum laude doctorate holder, he is a SEME Award recipient from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the National Resilience Institute of Indonesia graduate, actively contributing to global research, seminars, and policy evaluations in maritime security and diplomacy.

Dr. Masoumah is a Lecturer in the Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences, at the University of Babylon, Iraq. She specializes in English Language/Linguistics. She is interested in fields within linguistics like critical discourse analysis, critical pragmatics, stylistics, multi-modal critical discourse analysis, and semiotics. She is currently investigating concepts like naturalization, islamophobia, legalization, and radical ideologies. She has published ten papers so far and working on new projects in the fields of criticality and its relationship to linguistics. Her papers are Critical Pragmatic Analysis of Women’s Oppression, The Pragmatics of Slogans and Cards, A Critical Discourse Analysis of Oppression in To Kill a Mockingbird, and a Stylistic Study of English Catholic Death Prayers. Other papers written by Dr. Masoumah are The Use of Ingratiation in American Shows: A Critical Pragmatic Analysis, Using Lexical Items for Achieving the Impression of Self-Promotion and Self-Supplication: A Critical Pragmatic Analysis and Exemplification as a Critical Pragmatic Strategy in An American Election Interview.

Dr. Yesim Sultan Akbay holds a PhD in English Language and Literature from Süleyman Demirel University, Türkiye, where she is on the academic staff. Dr Akbay is currently a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University. She has been awarded the TÜBİTAK 2219 Postdoctoral Scholarship for this ongoing project. Her scholarly publications focus mainly on English women writers and the novel genre. Her areas of interest include nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary literature, life-writing studies, and intersectionality.

Prof. Dr. Kristian Pérez Zurutuza, PhD, holds BA degrees in English and Spanish Philologies, Pedagogy, and Psychology, alongside various MA degrees. Author, teacher, musician, and researcher in Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Language Acquisition, Music, and Pedagogy; he has published numerous articles in scientific magazines. He is a researcher in the University of the Basque Country and Beasain BHI, Beasain (Spain).

Prof. Ekhiñe Olano Schnabel holds BA and MA degrees in Music. She is a highly experienced musician who has played in various famous orchestras with numerous publications and recordings. She is a Music teacher and researcher in Music and Pedagogy in Beasain BHI, Beasain (Spain).

Dr. Abdul Rahman is a Coordinator at the Centre for Ocean Governance, Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. His research focuses on the intersection of policy and environmental sustainability, particularly in the realm of ocean governance. He has a keen interest in analyzing the effectiveness of ocean policies and understanding their real-world impacts. With a strong background in policy monitoring and evaluation, Dr. Rahman is dedicated to contributing to evidence-based decision-making and sustainable ocean management.

Asst. Lect. Safa Naji Abed specializes in English Language and Linguistics and works at the University of Babylon, College of Education for Human Sciences, in the Department of English. She has published papers in international journals and conferences across various interdisciplinary linguistic fields. Dr. Abed has also served as a linguistic reviewer for national and international journals, including the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection, J-LLANS, and Innovations Journal of Humanities and Social Studies. She has received an award for International Creativity.

Jose Benjamin Aspra Rubi is a 2nd year PhD student at York University for Social and Political Thought in Toronto. Mr. Aspra holds a BA (Hons.) and MA from Toronto Metropolitan University in Criminology and Social Justice. His dissertation aims to investigate the role that coloniality has in forming and maintaining racial identities in Latin America.

Anna Zaccaro holds an MA in Global Politics from the University of Catania and an MA in European Studies from Europa Universitaet Flensburg, both ended with highest marks and magna cum laude. Currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at the University of Rostock, her research delves into governance and capacity building in the Baltic Sea Region, particularly within the frameworks of EUSBSR and Interreg BSR. Recognized for academic excellence, Anna was honored with the Premio America Giovani from the Fondazione Italia USA in 2023 as one of Italy’s top graduates.

Zhan Xiao is a PhD candidate specializing in Film by Practice at the University of Exeter. His work focuses on enhancing visual experiences by integrating new digital technologies with traditional cinematic forms. Notable achievements include winning Best Student Film at the Hong Kong World Festival 2021 for his feature ‘I Come from the Fog’ and an official selection at The London International Smartphone Film Festival 2021 for his short documentary ‘Kent or Cant’.

Yujia Zhu is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Sofia University in the USA. Yujia is a strategic disruptor, life explorer, curious student, and resilient survivor. As a seasoned and multifaceted social entrepreneur, business strategy advisor, executive coach, and philanthropist, she embodies a unique blend of experience and insight. A classical INFJ-A and 8W7, Yujia embraces her identity as a perfectly imperfect human being. With 12 years of experience in the humanitarian field, Yujia is also a dedicated Woman in STEM. As the founder and executive director of a Canadian federally registered nonprofit For A Safer Space(FASS), She is also the creator of FASSLING(Fassling.ai), an AI bot that has become the most-used and highest-rated emotional support app (non-medical/non-therapy) on the official ChatGPT store. Her areas of interest include religion, spirituality, business ethics, social entrepreneurship, human-centered interaction and psychology, and holistic human care.

Ewa Pasternak holds a degree in communications and is a graduate of the Oxford Academy of Quantum Leadership. She is an entrepreneur specializing in developing quantum organizations, based on principles of quantum leadership and quantum management. With over two decades of experience as a company owner, coach, researcher and consultant, she has studied and developed frameworks that apply the principles of quantum physics to create innovative, resilient, and aligned ways of leading and living. Ewa’s deep fascination with liminal spaces—perceived as energy fields of creative and transformative potential—is reflected in her work with executive coaching, crisis management and change management.

Hubert Judge is a PhD candidate in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia. His current research interests are Spanish-English translations of texts on liberation theology. He holds a BA (Spanish) from Adelaide University, a BA (Honours Spanish) from Flinders University and a MA by research from Flinders University. He has worked as an ESL teacher.

Bo Yu (Bobby) Zhang is in his last year of a Cinematography bachelor degree at the Beijing Film Academy. His passion for film ignited in high school, and he has been practicing filming techniques since then. His latest work has won several film festival awards, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Latitude Film Awards, and the British International Film Festival.

Anushka has a dual master’s degree in Political Science and Women’s Studies from IGNOU and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Anushka is passionate about creating inclusive workplaces by gauging the strengths of diversity and equity in the workforce. She brings her academic and experiential knowledge of everyday socialites to her work at Breath Beings as a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Associate. Her area of expertise lies in working with marginalized communities by speaking with them instead of speaking for them. One of her passion projects has been her master’s dissertation, where she worked with the tribal communities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which she is a native of. Anushka aims to take her learnings and ideologies beyond the academic space and work on the praxis of inclusive practices in everyday spaces, including the workplace.

Zhang Zhu is a PhD candidate at the University of Derby, UK, specializing in multimodality-assisted language learning and pedagogy. She is also a Senior Lecturer at Hunan University of Technology, China, where she brings over eight years of experience in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education and related academic research. In the meantime, she has extended her passion for language policy study and language planning, to which she has actively contributed and hosted a provincially funded project focusing on emergency language services and planning.

Muharrem Can SARITAŞ is an English teacher and a graduate of Ege University with a degree in English Language and Literature. He hopes to further his studies in academia in the near future. Passionate about sociology, philosophy, and literature, his current research focuses on the intersection of these fields: discourse analysis, including its causes, effects on politics and society, and its reflection in literature.

Dr. Elif Çağlı Kaynak studies at Istanbul Kent Unıversity Political Science and Public Administration Department. She had PhD from Istanbul Unıversity International Relations Department. She had some articles in national and international journals. Her research fields are political sociology, gender studies, and cultural studies.

Giulia Alonzo, PhD, is a research fellow at the University of Sacro Cuore of Milan. Her research topics range from Sociology of Culture to Social Sciences and Humanities. She collaborates with various Italian theatre webzines, and she is the author of the books on theatre and festivals, Dioniso e la Nuvola. L’informazione e la critica teatrale in rete (FrancoAngeli, 2017), In giro per festival. Guida nomade agli eventi culturali (Altreconomia, 2022). She is also president of the TrovaFestival Association, the website that has been mapping Italian cultural festivals since 2017.

Dr. Yaroslava Levchuk is a senior researcher and project manager at the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Memorial Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine. She specializes in traditional Ukrainian culture, focusing on childhood within this cultural context. Over the years, she has gathered extensive field materials on Ukrainian childhood culture from various regions of Ukraine. Dr. Levchuk earned her PhD from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2008 and has since dedicated her research to exploring how different aspects of traditional culture can be integrated into modern life.

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.

Ziding Wang is now studing at Tsinghua University majoring fashion design for her master’s degree. She has participated in a social psychology research project with a professor at University College London. This project focused on analysing the factors that influence human emotions, thoughts and behaviours. Her research interests centre around design practice and transdisciplinary approaches, including design psychology, art therapy, wellbeing design and participatory design.

Konstantinos Boumpourekas is a PhD candidate in the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education of the University of Western Macedonia and holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences, specializing in Creative Writing and a Degree in Philology, specializing in Medieval and Modern Greek Philology. He has gained a full scholarship from ELKE of his department and his articles have been published at international conferences proceedings. His research interests include Modern Greek, American and English literature, literary genres theories, literary hybridism, creative writing and screenplay writing.

Susana F. Blanco is a Spanish artist and Assistant Professor at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia. She holds an international PhD in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, a master’s degree in Contemporary Art, and a double bachelor’s degree in Art and Design, one from the UK and the other from Spain. She specializes in Encaustic art, sustainability, and interdisciplinary research spanning 3D printing and artificial intelligence, skillfully integrating traditional techniques with modern innovations.

Dr. Pattamawadee Sankheangaew is a role model of Philosophy and practice instructor in real living life for better quality at all. Her expertise is transformative learning and initiate change in academia Science 2017 to the present she is an expertise instructor (English Program) in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Philosophy. at MCU (Ayutthaya Campus), Thailand where she got Ph.D. in Philosophy, Master, and Bachelor Degree from Chulalongkorn University in Biochemistry, and Biochemical Technology. At present, her ongoing researches are investigated “Scientific Law (Mendel’s and Quantum Mind) with Five Natural Law in Buddhist Philosophy”, another one is “Lifelong Learning of UNESCO in Confucius’s Philosophical Perspective” which plan to present in 2024-2026. Dr.Pattamawadee Sankheangaew is a strongly advocator for Human Rights and Climate Crisis, She published five papers in last three years. Paper “Philosophy and Practice of Mozi’s Educational Thought in Globalization” aim to rises awareness of mankind was presented in 3rd International Conference on Advancing Knowledge from Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Engineering and Technology 2023.

Tinatin Jikurashvili – Scientist-collaborator of University of Georgia, Tamaz Beradze Institute of Georgian Studies; PhD Student at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Invited lecturer at Tbilisi State University. Her interest is Biblical studies, Textology, Old Languages (Old Georgian, Old Greek, Old Armenian), Paleography and Codicology.

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.