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Muhip Caglidil is a migration researcher and data collection expert with experience in humanitarian aid and emergency operations. Caglidil specializes in data collection solutions in hard-to-reach areas and conducting rapid needs assessments. Caglidil holds an M.A degree in International Relations from Central European University and previously worked at International Organization for Migration (IOM), Save The Children International in Germany, Turkey and Iraq.

I am a PhD student of the doctoral programme in «Social Sciences: Interactions, Communication, Cultural Constructions» within Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) of the University of Padua in Italy. My PhD research project entitled «Transnational belongings and mobility paths: the migratory careers of Tunisian people in Italy», aims at understanding the factors influencing the establishment and maintenance of transnational relationships along the migratory pathways and the weight of identity issues in this complex. In this light I have conducted multi-sited research in Northern and Southern Italy, delving into the contextual-driven differences influencing transnationality.

Ilenia Maria Calafiore is geopolitical analyst, specialized in Climate Change related Migration. She is researcher affiliated to Instituto Seneca, Centro Internacional de Posgrado, where she is enrolled in Master in Migraciòn y Atenciòn al Refugiado. She already holds a bachelor in International Studies.

Raluca Calin est sociologue, spécialiste de l'identité et la citoyenneté européennes. A ce titre, ses recherches portent sur les questions identitaires en Europe, la migration intra-européenne et les problématiques d'installation et d'assimilation de ces derniers.

Calsina, Claudia currently pursuing a Doctorate in Social Sciences and Humanities, carried out by the Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS) and the School of Global Studies (SGS) of the University of Gothenburg (GU). Her thesis topic is titled: Social dynamics and contexts of necromasculine power and control in which feminicide (re)occurs in Cochabamba (2013 to 2022). She is a researcher attached to the Planning and Management Center (CEPLAG for its acronym in Spanish) of the UMSS. Consultant specializing in gender issues for different public and non-governmental organizations.

I am PhD researcher at University of Deusto. My thesis is funded by the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, and it is focused on how undocumented migrant women develop digital communication strategies to cope with everyday life challenges at the destination country. As part of other projects, I have studied the participation of migrant women in the Spanish feminist movement, and I am currently working on smart cities and migration, as well as on hate speech towards female politicians. I have worked for feveral years on media communication and I have been a volunteer in different NGOs such as Red Cross and MPDL.

I was born in Granada where I studied Translation. I moved to Essex, where I did a Master Degree on the Theory and Practice of Literary Translation. I travelled to Edinburgh and finished my PhD. I lived in Trieste to improved my Italian. I worked in Luxembourg, in the European Commission. I researched in Dublin and Manchester. I now lived in Castellón, where I teach and coordinate a project on the translation of migration representations. Migrating, travelling, translating, transmuting, transforming...

Dr Klement Camaj is a Lecturer with the University of the West of Scotland within the Master of Public Administration program. Dr Camaj is a multilingual, multimethodological, storytelling researcher focused on international migration, transnationalism, and cultural identity. Klement received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Radford University in the United States, his master’s degree in Geopolitics, Territory, and Security, from King’s College London, and PhD in International Migration, Transnationalism, and Cultural Diplomacy from the University of the West of Scotland. His research focus is mainly located within the connected fields of Migration studies and Transnationalism, with a special interest in issues of diaspora and cultural identity.

Klement's main strengths consist in qualitative and multidisciplinary work, using ethnographic, narrative, and multimethodological approaches towards data collection and analysis. Klement is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, and a Member of The Royal Anthropological Institute. Klement tweets as @DrCamaj and his contact e-mail is klement.camaj@uws.ac.uk.