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Shepherd Mutsvara is pursuing a joint doctorate program in Political Sciences and Administration with the Pedagogical University of Krakow and Ghent University. His research project focuses on the effects of economic liberalization on refugee movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. It seeks to establish if economic liberalization has become a serious form of economic persecution which International Law should take into consideration in the adjudication of asylum claims.

I am aPh.D. in Political Science at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. My research interests are child migration, children involved in armed conflicts, and migration and asylum policies. . I have a BA and an MA in International Relations at the University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil. I was an AAA Visiting Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz (June-October 2019) Between December 2018 and June 2019, I was a Visiting Scholar at the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development (UZH, Switzerland). I was also a Visiting Scholar at the Carolina Population Center (UNC-Chapel Hill, 2017-2018) and at the Rutgers' Childhood Studies Department (2018). I am part of the Research Group “Human Rights and Vulnerabilities” (UNISANTOS, Brazil), of the Research Centre for International Relations (NUPRI/USP), and of the Research Group Nucleus of Research of Environmental Displaced People (NEPDA/UEPB). I have publications in national and international journals like Remhu, Revista Studi Migrazione, Revista Travessia, and Conflict, Security, and Development. In 2016, my MA Thesis (“Constructing a Silence in International Politics: the child soldiers in Colombia”) won the Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello Award (UNHCR) for best Ph.D. dissertations and MA thesis. I am currently involved in three research projects: The Family Reunification of Refugees in Brazil, the Migration of Unaccompanied Children to the United States, and The situation of children involved in the Colombian armed conflict.

Cosmin is a FCT-funded Research Fellow (proposal reference: CEECIND/00433/2018) at the Centre for Research and Intervention in Education (University of Porto, Portugal). He holds a European PhD in Educational Sciences (University of Porto) and has more than ten years of experience in the field of educational research. Cosmin's research expertise and interests are linked to: migration and education, diversity and inclusion in education, early school leaving, social justice and education, educational policies, higher education, multicultural learning, and international education. He has presented findings in numerous academic conferences and has published in leading international journals in the field of education. Cosmin has participated in several international studies and projects, and he is currently Administrative Coordinator of NESET (Network of Experts on the Social Dimension of Education and Training), member of the Editorial Board of the European Toolkit for Schools, Assistant Editor at the Journal of International Students and Co-leader of WG5 of Cost Action ENIS: European Network on International Student Mobility. Cosmin is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, where he teaches an elective course on diversity in education.

Pallavi Nadimpalli is an urban planner and researcher, with a PhD in urban analysis and development from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her doctoral research explored place-belonging experienced through everyday practices of migrant Indian women in India and Australia. She is passionate about exploring gender intersections in planning and design to co-create inclusive spaces for all. She has previously worked in both public and private sectors in the fields of planning, real estate, and research in India and the United States, for over six years.

I am the Eecutive Director of Ideosync Media Combine, a communication for social change organization working on media access, community media and community empowerment through media. Over the last two decades, we've worked extensively on cross-border and internal migration, espoecially through the innovative use of radio (satellite and community media). Some of that experience has been captured in "CR & Internal Migration", a manual for community radio stations on how to addresses issues around migration in source and destination areas (https://bit.ly/CR-Migration). I am also the Professor of Radio and Television at the Jindal School of Journalism & Communication at OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India.

My research, which is empirical and collaborative in nature, focuses on the most precarious groups of refugees, temporary migrants (such as migrant workers and undocumented migrants), and immigrants. It seeks to shed light on the many factors creating/exacerbating precarity, or preventing access to a secure status, and to suggest ways to improve their rights and protections. I also study the concept of "vulnerable migrant" in national and international legal instruments. I regularly engage with government representatives and civil society on those topics.

Lucia is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, a Research Affiliate with the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and a 2023-2024 Harney Fellow at the R. F. Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Lucia's research focuses on the use of advanced digital technologies to manage migration. Her research explores the use of emerging innovative technologies, like artificial intelligence, in migration and migration governance.

Lucia holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Law from the University of Toronto and an MA in Public Policy and Administration from Ryerson University.

By day, Lucia spends her time with the brilliant minds at Deloitte. Positioned in the Public Sector Transformation team, Lucia works with her colleagues to help government and public sector clients develop, modernize and transform their strategies, policies, programs and services.