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I did my PhD at the University of Lausanne about the political and social treatment of old age in Switzerland. I did a postdoctoral research on retirement migration and inequalities in Europe and the U.S.A. I am now professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Art Western Switzerland, department of social work.

Bastien Revel has worked on the response to the Syrian refugee crisis for the past seven years, in Lebanon and Turkey, focusing on the social cohesion, livelihoods, municipal support, and the overall resilience dimension of the response. Bastien served as inter-agency sector lead for livelihoods and social cohesion for UNDP Lebanon and is now acting as Inter-Agency Coordinator for UNDP Turkey in charge of the resilience component of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP).
Bastien has over thirteen years of experience working on peacebuilding and governance issues with various international organizations and NGOs. Prior to UNDP, Bastien worked on natural resource governance with the
NGO Global Witness in London, and for four years on municipal governance, democratization and human rights in Kosovo and North Macedonia. Bastien holds a Masters degree in Political Science and International Relations from
Institute of Political Science of Grenoble (France).

Yvonne Riaño is an Associate Professor at the Geography Institute of the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), and chairs the Swiss National Committee of the International Geographical Union (IGU). She is also a Research Project Leader at the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research - The Migration-Mobility Nexus, and leads the 'Transnational Mobilities' Module. Yvonne Riaño obtained a PhD in Human Geography in 1996 from the University of Ottawa (Canada), and has since taught at Canadian, Austrian and Swiss universities. She specialises on Geographies of Inequality. Using a feminist perspective and participatory methodologies, her work contributes to understanding self-organisation in Latin American informal settlements; the role of geographical imaginations in international migration; love migration as search for gender equality; the critical places and moments shaping gender- and ethnic inequality in the labour-market, the role of migration policies in shaping unequal work opportunities, and the strategies of return migrants. Currently, she studies transnational migrant entrepreneurship in Colombia, Spain and Switzerland. Yvonne Riaño has being a Guest Editor for Globalisation, Societies and Education, Qualitative Research, and Géoregards. She has extensively published in international books and peer-reviewed journals including Environment and Planning A; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Journal of International Migration and Integration; Globalisation, Societies and Education; Diversities; Géoregards; Oxford Bibliographies, Population, Space and Place, and Qualitative Research.

My overarching research focuses on the dynamics of migration, transnationalism, social capital, and identities. My current project examines the political debates regarding Muslim marriage migrants' integration in Canada and Britain and reflect on how these perceived problems and state interventions are constructed on the intersections of gender, religion, class and national origin. My primary methodological approach – ethnography – sheds light on the voices of those often silenced within these matrixes.

Joana Sousa Ribeiro is a researcher at Centre for Social Studies (Europe and the Global South: Heritages and Dialogues´ thematic line) and a PhD student at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Her PhD thesis is about the de-skilling and re-skilling process of migrants in the healthcare sector. Her main research interests include socio-professional mobility of migrants and refugees, admission and inclusion´migrant policies, health and migration, longitudinal studies, intercultural studies and citizenship. From its publications stand out the organization of the book, in co-authorship, (2021), Material Politics of Citizenship Connecting Migrations with Science and Technology Studies. London: Routledge. She was a co-founder and coordinates a CES working group, the ITM - Inter Thematic group on Migration and she is a member of CES Trauma Observatory.

He holds a joint Erasmus Mundus master’s degree in migration and intercultural relations (EMMIR) from a consortium of African and European universities led by the University of Oldenburg (UOL), a second master’s degree in human rights and rights of native peoples, and a bachelor’s degree in law from the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) in Mexico. His master thesis was focused on the notions of home of LGBTIQ+ refugees in the Netherlands, being published by the University of Stavanger (UiS).
Guillermo worked at local human right commissions and NGOs in Mexico and was involved in women, LGBTIQ+ and indigenous rights advocacy by providing human rights training for NGOs, universities and governmental institutions. He has also conducted research in Germany, the Netherlands and Norway and co-authored publications for peer-reviewed academic journals and media outlets on the topics of gender equality, feminist foreign policies and LGBTI migrants in Europe.
Guillermo worked as an intern for the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Interesex Association (ILGA World) during the year 2021 in the UN advocacy programme supporting LGBTIQ+ rights defenders in their involvement with UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures. He is currently leading ILGA World’s engagement with UN Special Procedures and the Sustainable Development Goals, and supporting LGBTIQ+ advocates to participate in United Nations spaces,

Antonio Ricci is Deputy President of the Italian Study and Research Centre IDOS (www.dossierimmigrazione.it). Expert on international migrations, after having obtained his PhD in “History of Europe: cultural roots and international policy” at University Sapienza of Rome (2004), he was the Project Manager of the Italian National Contact Point within the European Migration Network – EMN (till March 2014), an EU funded network.

Academic Tutor, Asian Studies, College of Humanities and Sciences & Graduate Student, Malay Studies, National University of Singapore | National University of Singapore Teaching Award Recipient 2023 | Current until 30 June '23 - Teaching and Curriculum Specialist, illum.e | From July 1st '23 - Language and General Paper Specialist, Curriculum Innovation and Strategy Lead | Co-Lead for Asia Region and Youth Leader, Regional Steering Committee, Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change, United Nations Institute of Training and Research | Intellectual Contributor and Co-Signatory to invited commentary in Nature to stimulate development of a global partnership among Indigenous youth, supporting SDG 17 with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals | Member, Interreligious Organisation | Member, INSPIRIT | Associate Member, Alpha Society | Volunteer Docent, Harmony Centre | Volunteer Research Trainer & Consultant, AMKFSC Community Services Pte. Ltd | Grassroots Leader, People's Association | Mentor for Asian Environmental Youth Network Members | 2023 Bahas 4PM National Malay Debates Judge | Expert on Migration Research Hub, IMISCOE | Member, International Society for Cultural History | Member, International Society for Cultural History | Member, The Peranakan Association of Singapore | Best Male Delegate, Global Peace Summit Dubai 2023 | Harmony Champion, Temasek Foundation, Roses of Peace | Content, Topics & Moderator Lead, Akar, Variasi Performing Arts

Silver (Voice, Professional Category) Prize Winner of the 2023 Euro-Elite International Music Competitions | Unique Interpretation Award of the 2023 UK International Music Competition | Bronze Prize Winner out of 2 Winners Internationally in the Voice, Professional Category, of the 2023 Grand Metropolitan International Music Competition | Silver (Voice, Professional Artist Category) Prize Winner of the 2022 - 2023 Canadian International Music Competition | Second Prize Winner (Vocal, Professional Category) of the 2023 UK International Music Competition

First Class Honours in Sociology with a Minor in European Studies, National University of Singapore | Distinction for Singapore-Cambridge GCE Higher Malay Language | Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française Niveau C2 - Highest Diploma of French as a Foreign Language, awarded by the French Ministry of Education | Distinction in Singapore-Cambridge GCE Arabic | Distinction in Intermediate German Qualifications from the National University of Singapore