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Mohammad Jalal Uddin Sikder, BSS and MSS in International Relations (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), MA in Development Studies (University of Leeds, UK) and PhD in Sociology (Monash University, Australia) serve as an Associate Professor at the Daffodil International University (DIU). He also engages as an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), a research centre that studies on refugees, internally displaced persons, stateless people, labour migrans and diaspora communities. He has published several books and articles with reputed international publishers. He had also been involved in a number of studies under the Migration out of Poverty RPC and Development Research Centre (DRC), University of Sussex, UK. Mr. Sikder was a recipient of the NTS-Asia Research Fellowship from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and has more than 15 years field based research, 8 years teaching and 5 years consultancy experience with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)-Bonn, Department for International Development (DFID)-UK, British Council, European Union Delegation (EUD), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), International Labor Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), US Committee for Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Solidarity Center-Sri Lanka. He has also presented papers at national and international workshops, conferences and seminars in Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Spain, Qatar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Switzerland, the Philippines and the United States. Sikder’s research expertise includes the labour migration recruitment process and returnee reintegration; remittances, development, dependency and inequality; migration and TVET Skills for employment; irregular cross-border migration, human smuggling and trafficking; forced migration, displacement and Rohingay (Myanmar) refugees’ situations; climate change-induced displacement migration; and urban resettlement and livelihood.He is also an external reviewer for Migration and Development- Francis and Taylor, Asian Pacific Migration Journal- Sage, Journal of Borderland Studies- Francis and Taylor, a book reviewer for Palgrave McMillan, India and Advisory Editor of Migration Mirror, a quarterly Newsletter of RMMRU and a television personality who regularly participates on TV talk shows.

Dr. Salome holds a PhD in Economics (summa cum laude) from Tbilisi State University (TSU) in Economics, a Master's Degree (MA) from TSU as well and has a BA from the American University of Paris (AUP). She is an Associate Professor at the Business & Technologies University (BTU). Moreover, Salome serves as a visiting professor at several other Georgian universities.
She studies intellectual migration and has published 10+ scholarly articles in Georgia and abroad. Salome also was a beneficiary of Erasmus + in 2022, when she took part in Staff Mobility exchange.

I am Fatıma Aynur Silpağar, a dedicated scholar and researcher with a profound interest in societal dynamics and the interactions shaping our communities. Currently, I am pursuing a PhD in Sociology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, focusing on understanding the educational aspirations of refugees and newcomers in Belgium. For me, this research goes beyond academiaas a migrant researcher researching migrants it reflects my strong belief in the transformative power of education to promote inclusivity.

Amanda C. Da Silva is a Phd candidate in political and social sciences at the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liege. She works on migration, mobility and solidarity in France and Belgium. Her research focused on the migratory careers, mobility practices, border camps, mobilization of civil society actors, cultural actors and the cultural participation of migrants, the representation of migrants in the public sphere and in the art's world. Amanda da Silva has participated in European project Atlas of Transition and Snapshot from the borders, she is also the author of the artistic project Tell my mother I am here (2014-2019), which brings together researchers, civil society actors, migrants and artists to discuss and build tools for a «reflexive cultural mediation» and migrants. This project had been supported by Direction regional de la Culture.

Psychologist, PhD candidate in Clinical and Health Psychology with a focus on gender, immigration and human
rights at the University of Beira Interior (UBI). She has published 8 articles in specialized journals. Published 1
book chapter. Organized 4 scientific events and presented papers in 15 others. Received 3 scientific recognitions.
She participated in 2 mobility programs for studies related to gender and immigration. She has a research grant
from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Currently, she participates in 2 research projects in the
theme of her thesis and develops work in the Department of Psychology and Education of UBI, in the Research
Center in Sports, Health and Human Development (CIDESD) and in the Municipality of Fundão. Also, she is a
member of the department of action and political representation at the National Association of Psychology
Students (ANEP). Develops work in the areas of Psychology, Biopsychosocial Health, Gender, sexual minorities,
immigration and human rights.

Instructor at the University of the Philippines Baguio | MA Psychology student at the University of the Philippines Diliman | indigenous peoples advocate at Tarlac, Philippines

I am Professor of Youth, Migration and Social Justice in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland (UK). My research interests are in the areas of family migration, social justice and inequalities, with a focus on children and young people's education, participation in society and equal opportunities. I have lead until 2019 an ESRC-funded project which looks at issues of identity, citizenship and belonging among Eastern European young people in the UK (see www.migrantyouth.org). I was also a British Academy mid-Career Fellow, 2016-2018, working on a project on young people's experiences of poverty and stigma in times of austerity.

I have expertise in research, policy and practice in relation to migrant children and youth, child and youth poverty, migrant education, youth citizenship and belonging and young people's access to services, especially in the UK. My research has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, British Academy, Save the Children and the Scottish Government. I regularly provide consultancy and training for local authorities and NGOs in my specialist areas and sit on advisory groups for a range of organisations.

Dr Simina is currently coordinating the work of Timisoara Centre for Migration and Mobility Studies (SISEC) located in Timisoara, Romania, the research centre which continued the migration related activity of the former Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence - part of the School of High Comparative European Studies (SISEC), West University of Timisoara (1995-2008).
Dr Simina is head of training at Civilian Deployable Capability (CDC Romania), an initiative aimed to support the Romanian authorities involved in the civilian capability development through training and creation of a pool of experts ready to be deployed to missions and operations under the EU, OSCE and UN auspices, in line with the Romanian foreign policy interest.
Previous experiences as immigration and border police officer at borders with Serbia and Hungary, legal adviser with Legal Department of MAI, personal adviser to state secretary for liaison with Parliament and European affairs, home affairs attaché at the Romanian Embassy to Japan and migration liaison officer in the framework of Regulation (EC) No.337/2004., and senior strategic planner with the General Directorate for Operational Management of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs. His most recent professional experience has been the position of training manager (seconded national expert) at the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), Brussels.
Mr. Simina is Law graduate (Law Faculty of the Romanian Police Academy, Bucharest), holds an MA (High European Studies) from SISEC - West University of Timisoara and a PhD in Economics from the same University. Graduated the Romanian National College for Home Affairs (Strategic Management of Home Affairs) and attended the 7th CSDP High Level Course Konrad Adenauer 2011-20122 of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC).

Anna Simola holds a PhD in sociology. She is an FNRS postdoctoral research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Families and Sexualities (CIRFASE) at the UCLouvain (Belgium). She is also an affiliated postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Excellence for Research on Ageing and Care (RG 3 Migration, Care and Ageing) at the University of Helsinki. In her work she develops critical approaches to research on EU migration with a particular interest on questions of autonomy and dependency. Her research covers a range of topics including employment precarity and lived subjectivity under neoliberal governance, interplay of welfare and border regimes from a transnational perspective; aging and vulnerability; as well as personal and familial affinities (Mason, 2018). Her current research investigates the role of affiinities in shaping mobilility and transnational family life of freely moving EU citizens.

Anna obtained her PhD at the University of Helsinki in 2021. Her PhD reseach titled "Passionate Mobile Citizens or Precarious Migrant Workers? Young EU Migrants, Neoliberal Governance and Inequality within the Free Movement Regime" investigated young European Union (EU) citizens’ experiences of free mobility in precarious labour conditions.

Until the late 2010 she worked at the University of Tampere as a project researcher on issues related to migration, labour migration and economic press at the Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication.