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Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab (she/her) is a Canadian-Lebanese writer, researcher, university professor, editor and consultant in the areas of Migration, Gender and Conflict Studies.

Dr. Diab is an Assistant Professor of Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University (LAU)’s Department of Social Sciences. In previous roles, she served as the Refugee Health Program Coordinator at the American University of Beirut (AUB)'s Global Health Institute (GHI) and a Research Associate under GHI's Political Economy of Health in Conflict Workstream. Prior to assuming her roles at AUB and LAU, she served as the Research and Project Manager of the Lebanese Research Center for Migration and Diaspora Studies at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU)’s Faculty of Law and Political Science, as well as the MENA Regional Focal Point on Migration of the UN General Assembly-mandated UN Major Group for Children and Youth.

She is a Senior Consultant on Refugee and Gender Studies at Cambridge Consulting Services, a Peace Responsiveness Expert at Interpeace, a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, a Scholar in Forced Displacement at University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre, and the Lead of the Global Research Network's Gender and Migration Research Group at its 'War, Conflict and Global Migration' Think Tank.

Dr. Diab has served as an International Consultant to UN Agencies and International Humanitarian Organizations across the MENA region, and has assisted in evaluating humanitarian programming, conducting research in conflict settings, and developing strategies for organizations' interventions in hard-to-reach areas across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories.

She is a Country of Origin Information Expert to AMERA International's 'Rights in Exile Program,' and an Editorial Board Member at Act for Displaced, the Journal of Internal Displacement and the Journal of Applied Professional Studies at Marywood University. She also serves as an Advisory Board Member to People Beyond Borders and the Indian Society of Legal Research, and an Adjunct Faculty Member of International Migration and Refugee Law at the Global Institute of Law.

She holds a PhD in International Relations and Diplomacy with an emphasis on Asylum, Refugees and Security from the esteemed Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies of the School of Advanced International and Political Studies at INSEEC U. in Paris, as well as graduate degrees in Feminist Writings, Human Rights and International Law.

Cheryl DiCello started out with a Bachelor in English Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, completed her MA in Second Language Studies with a specialization in language teaching at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Global Communication Studies at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies while teaching full-time at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Japan. Her current research focuses on ways to better define and prepare worker versus volunteer roles of support such as Japanese language classes and community centers, medical interpreters, earthquake and other disaster preparation and evacuation, and those who make information related to easier societal integration of foreign residents and those who are challenging a language barrier in Japan.

Jen Dickinson is a political and development geographer. Her research examines the migration/development nexus, primarily focusing on extra-territorial citizenship, diaspora engagement strategies and diaspora entrepeneurship. Grounded in feminist and postcolonial approaches that engage with the everyday practices of the state, she explores this through a focus on: diaspora diplomacy, diaspora/hometown associations, young people & intergenerationality

I am a Doctor of Political Science. My PhD degrhttps://orcid.org/my-orcidee was awarded by the Department of Political Science of the School of Social Sciences of the University of Crete (com laude). My Doctoral Thesis Title is: The Securitization of Migration in Greece, 2011 - 2019: Theory and Practice of Desecurization as a Process for the Integration of Migrants in the Greek Society. I also hold a Master’s degree in American Studies from the University of Turin in Italy as well as a Bachelor’s degree in International and European Studies from the University of Piraeus in Athens.
My main research interests are securitization, desecuritization and migration, critical security studies and border/migration studies. As my own idea, I have developed a desecuritization framework, through the management and supervision of migratory flows, "flexicuritization" that takes primarily into account the alleviation of the concerns of the citizens of the host state, to achieve the desecuritization of migrants and refugees. My overall research aim is to explore the possibility of a desecuritization framework based on Paul Roe’s (2004) desecuritization strategy for ethnic minorities in the migration case, through management, aiming at emancipation as stated by Aradau (2004). Results obtained have been in the process of publishing in high esteemed scientific journals.
Several presentations in international conferences have taken place such as at the ECPR Digital General Conference of 2020 with a presentation titled «Securitization of Migration Perception Patterns Among Police and Market Actors in Greece: A Comparative Study in the Islands of Crete and Lesvos” and another one titled «The Political Culture of Securitization of Migration in Greece 2015-2019: A Case Study Analysis in Mytilene, Lesvos». Currently I an in the process of publishing two books titled: De (Securitization) of Migration in Greece, 2011 – 2019. Private Publication, and Dimensions and Prospects for the Integration of Refugees in the Greek Social and Economic System: Findings from the Case Study in Lesvos and Crete, along with Kotrogiannos, D., Tzagarakis. St. I., Kamekis, A., & Mavrozacharakis, E.
I have participated in several research projects, the most recent being during the period 2018-2019 as a fellow researcher (under scholarship) of the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete in the research program titled «Identification and categorization of refugees in the Greek productive system. Case study in the regions of Crete and Mytilene», co-funded by the European Social Fund and national funds, as part of the project "Supporting researchers with emphasis on young researchers". Main responsibilities: Conduction of qualitative and quantitative research about the refugee problem in the regions of Crete and Mytilene. Work Packages: W.P.1: Study of secondary data regarding the refugee issue and its extensions in Greece, W.P.2: Field research (quantitative and qualitative character), W.P.3: Processing of findings, W.P.4: Joint participation in an international conference and joint publication in an international scientific journal.

Angeliki Dimitriadi is a political scientist with an interest in irregular migration and asylum, as well as the interplay between migratory movement and policies of deterrence and protection. Her research focuses on migration management policies at external borders, migration governance in the EU and European foreign policy on migration.