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I am a Sociologist researching on migration. Presently, I am moderating a webinar series on covid and mobility called Corona Conversations: Mobility in a (post)Covid Future (https://gssc.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/webinare/2020-corona-conversa…) hosted by the Global South Studies Centre, University of Cologne and supported by the DAAD.
My current interest is in future of migration from the perspective of transnational practices of Indian women migrants in Germany especially those migrating under EU Blue Card scheme and for higher education. Significant rise in their arrival is changing the social-cultural landscape in Germany as these young women are visible in German public spaces, white-collar employees, often bring their male dependent partners and effectively combine 'home-here' practices to invent homeland in Germany.

I am also interested in migration-covid interface from the perspective of how does post-covid truth shape the future of migration.

Communication science studies at the University Duisburg-Essen and economic studies at the Distant University in Hagen. Since 2006 researcher at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University and part of the research department ‘Innovation, Space & Culture’. Here, she leads the thematic priotity 'Migration & Innovation'. Above all, she considers how immigrants contribute to regional innovation systems, but also how migration as an phenomenon shapes innovative actions within countries, regions and institutions. Her special focus lies at concepts of empowerment of immigrants as employees as well as regional potentials of immigrant entrepreneurs. She was lead partner and partner of several national and EU projects on migration related issues and was giving her expertise to several German ministries and the Integration Commisioner of the German Federal Goverment on Immigrant Entrepreneurship. In addition, she is involved in topics of distrimination and migrations narratives within Europe.

She wrote her doctoral thesis at the University of Twente (Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability) in Enschede (NL) titled: „Human Capital and the Role of Networks – Migration, Inclusion and New Qualification for a Sustainable Regional Economy” and worked two years as a consultant in Bern, Switzerland.

Dr. Julio Davies is an anthropologist focused on migration and diaspora studies, processes of nation-formation, racialisation and post-colonial legacies. Julio holds a BA in Social Sciences awarded by Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil), and was awarded a MSc by King’s College London in Sociology in 2015, discussing dynamics of Brazilian migration to the UK. Currently finishing his PhD thesis in Anthropology at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil), Julio was granted in 2021 a scholarship to undertake ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, Canada, investigating formations of local Lebanese diasporas and the creation of institutional spaces with a Lebanese profile.

Senior Director Alankrita Dayal is the North America Focal Point Lead for Experience Design at the United Nations, Migration Division.

She manages all digital initiatives spanning the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Contact her at alankrita.dayal@unmgcy.org

Since 2021 Phd Student of Territory, Risk & Public Policy’s - Coimbra University- Portugal, Creating solutions with an interdisciplinary background on High Arts Matters.
He is also specialised in materials has Painting, video, light, sound, music, sculpture …Concrete, Resins, Plastic, Clays … Since 1998 he was responsible by active social actions like Ascensor-informal group for art diffusion, 110 W for Porto European capital of culture, Caldas Late Night-open studios, Caldas da Rainha, 555 - association Rua do Almada 2005, Porto and, then later “Hotel 555”in Duque do Loulé 2010 and Passeio de Sao Lazaro Porto, till 2013. Silos Creative container in 2004 - Caldas da Rainha. Since 2017 he is the founder of Konsolidarte Internacional and now the first presentation of the Gab. of Cultural Action in Porto.

Since 2017 more complex and recently Culture Design Projects like “Konsolidarte internacional action of regenerative Cultural Education Model “ Timor Leste 2017. Started working for organisations at the age of 7 years old, part of the catholic Scouts, Consultant in Foundations and Non profit organisations like: APDES - Arcozelo, Portugal in 2008/09, OAK tree Foundation - Ba-Futuro in Dili Timor Leste, Xanana Gusmão Foundation- Timor Leste, External Consultant till December 2018 in U.S.A.The Asian Foundation- Dili, Timor Leste. Also work in communication company’s has art director or project manager. Founder and author, uses his artistic signature has R.Gritto since 2009, travel and lived long periods of time in USA - Califórnia, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Timor Leste, Macau and he is now based in Paris since 2019

I am a doctoral researcher investigating the mobilisations of South Asian diaspora in the UK. My work aims to explain why and how migrants (and their descendents) unite through civil society, media, activtist and development organisations or collectives. In doing so, I also address the conditions where unification is fragmented or strained. And lastly, I look to the impacts of diaspora mobilisations, at both the transnational and local levels.

Postdoc Guest Researcher at the University of Copenhagen with a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Working on: internationalisation of education, valuation of international credentials, cosmopolitan capital, transnational social mobility, luxury hospitality industry and the role of Switzerland in the circulation of privileged groups.

Zeynep Demir (MSc) is a psychologist, researcher and lecturer. She works in the research group Socialization (Prof. Andreas Zick's Lab) at the Faculty of Educational Science and in the Research Networking Office of the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) Community, at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University (Germany). Her research focuses on migration, acculturation, discrimination, racism, and diversity. As part of her academic service work, she was the Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission at the Faculty of Educational Science. In the area of science communication, she is active as co-host of the award-winning academic podcast ReSearching Diversity Podcast.