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Özlem is a Research Fellow and Research Lead for the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) within the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham, developing and undertaking research into issues of poverty, precarity and financial insecurity amongst socially and economically marginalised and migrant groups. Her research expertise and interests centre on the politics of migration, conceptualisation and ethics of belonging, inequality, and exclusion in the context of forced migration. Her PhD focused on the nexus of (unaccompanied) youth migration, belonging and immigration/asylum policy. She is passionate about social theory, critical, innovative methodologies, and collaborative interdisciplinary approaches to research. Before joining CHASM she held a teaching position within the Sociology Department and worked as a researcher for a number of years at the University of Birmingham.

I am a researcher and senior lecturer at the Business Faculty of Torrens University Australia, responsible for overseeing a suite of work-integrated learning (WIL) industry subjects within the Bachelor of Business program. My research interests encompass various aspects, including skilled migration, female highly skilled migrants, migration to Australia, employability, and employment outcomes of migrants. Additionally, my expertise extends to mobility, migration studies, Psychological Capital (PsyCap), Mixed Methods Research (MMR), as well as soft skills, graduate outcomes, and social enterprises.

Pedro J. Oiarzabal was born and raised in Bilbao and has spent much of his life between the Basque Country, Ireland and the United States. He holds a PhD in Basque Studies-Political Science from the University of Nevada, Reno, a MPhil in Economics and Social Sciences from Queen's University of Belfast (N. Ireland), and BA in History from the University of Deusto (Bilbao). He is currently the Director of Social Innovation Research at Arima Social Lab (Bilbao). For nine years he had been a PhD Researcher on Migration Studies at the Human Rights Institute, University of Deusto, and also the Jon Bilbao Research Fellow on the Basque Diaspora, 2014-2016, at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research examines diaspora communities interaction with information and communication technologies, with particular emphasis on the Basque case.

see: http://www.migracje.uw.edu.pl/zespol/marek-okolski-2/

Rickard Olseke has more than twenty years of professional experience in the fields of migration and asylum, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Political Science with specialization in public policy from the University of Gothenburg. Most recently, he has served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Swedish Red Cross, co-ordinating advocacy activities.

As a consultant and independent expert, Mr. Olseke has worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the European Commission, the Danish Red Cross, the Swedish Red Cross, and Save the Children Sweden.

He has extensive experience in developing policies and guidelines, drafting opinions and position papers, analyzing national and international law and jurisprudence, developing and evaluating project proposals, conducting inquiries, advocating with government agencies and political decision-makers, and supporting European level co-operation and networking.