Dr Åsa Eldén Uppsala University, Sweden Åsa Eldén holds a PhD from Uppsala University, Sweden, and has recently completed a research project on femicides in contemporary Turkey. The research was conducted in collaboration with Berna Ekal (EHESS, Paris), and discusses the understanding of femicides as defined [...]

Assist Prof Kathryn Engebretson Indiana University-Bloomington, School of Education Kathryn E. Engebretson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Curriculum & Instruction at Indiana University, Bloomington. Having graduated from the University of  Minnesota in Education, Curriculum, and Instruction: Social Studies and Human Rights, her scholarly work to [...]

Prof Peter L. McLaren College of Educational Studies, Chapman University & Co-Director, The Paulo Freire Democratic Project Peter McLaren is Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University. He is also Chair Professor, Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China and a faculty member [...]

Berna Ekal PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, Ecole des Hautes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris Berna is a PhD candidate in the Social Anthropology and Ethnology Department of Ecole des Hautes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. Her thesis is on public women’s shelters in Turkey as [...]

Sveva Magaraggia Lecturer, University of Roma Sveva Magaraggia has a PhD in Applied Sociology and Research Methods (University of Milan-Bicocca). She is a Lecturer at the University of Roma. She is co-chair of Atgender, the European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation. In 2012 she [...]

Ilaria Boiano Lawyer, Bar of Rome Ilaria Boiano is a lawyer of the Bar of Rome, with experience in protecting rights of women and the rights of migrants. She has a PhD in Criminal Law at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa with a doctoral thesis [...]

Louise Lund Liebmann University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Louise Lund Liebmann has a MA in religious studies. She is currently completing her PhD titled Et spørgsmål om ære. Intertekstuelle læsninger af fortællinger om æresrelateret vold. ["A question of honour: Intertextual readings of narratives on honour based violence"] University of [...]

Daniela Alaattinoğlu PhD Candidate, European University Institute - Florence, Italy Daniela Alaattinoğlu is a PhD researcher at the European University Institute's Department of Law in Florence, Italy. Her PhD research project on gendered violence and reparations is funded by the Academy of Finland. Daniela specialises and [...]

Karen Ingala Smith Runs the campaign Counting Dead Women & Chief Executive of Nia Charity Karen Ingala Smith runs the campaign Counting Dead Women, recording and commemorating women killed through men's violence in the UK SINCE 2012.  She is Chief Executive of nia, a charity supporting women, girls and [...]

Adrian HoweResearch Fellow, Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith University, Australia Adrian Howe is a Research Fellow, Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith University, Australia. She researches in the field of sexed violence. Her publications include Sex, Violence and Crime—Foucault and the ‘Man’ Question (Routledge-Cavendish 2008); (co-editor with Maureen Cain) Women, Crime and Social Harm: [...]

Prof Çigdem Balim Harding Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East (CSME) & Department of Near Estern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Positions held At IU: Dr Balim Harding is the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East [...]

Assoc Prof Emine Evered Department of History, Michigan State University Emine Evered is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on the Ottoman Empire (19th and 20th centuries) and republican-era Turkey. Topically she is interested in histories of education and schooling amid modernization; [...]

Dr Egle Dagilyte Senior Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University Dr Egle Dagilyte is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Bucks New University. She holds a PhD in European Law (King’s College London), a Masters in International and Comparative Law (Uppsala University, Sweden) and a Bachelor in Law [...]

Ferya Tas King's College London Ferya started her MPhil/PhD in January, 2011 under the supervision of Professor Maleiha Malik. She obtained her LLB degree from the University of Istanbul in 2004 and her LLM degree from the University of Exeter in International Business Law in 2009. [...]

Dr Gul Berna Ozcan Reader in International Business and Entrepreneurship, Royal Holloway Dr Gül Berna Özcan is a Reader in International Business and Entrepreneurship. She is working for Royal Holloway, University of London (The school of School of Management Strategy, International Business and Entrepreneurship). She has written [...]

Prof James Connelly Professor of politics, University of Hull Prof James Connelly is Professor of Political Theory in the School of Politics, philosophy and International Studies department, the University of Hull. He teaches political theory, contemporary political philosophy and environmental politics. He has published three editions [...]

Prof Vildan Serin Prof of Economics, Fatih University & Visiting Professor, Keele Universit Vildan Serin is professor of Ecenomics at Fatih University and a Visiting Professor of Economics in Clause Moser Centre for Politics & International Studies at Keele University. After receiving her PhD in Economics from [...]

Philip A. Strand King's College London Philip holds a BA (major) with first class honours in Peace, War, and Defense and a BA (minor) in history from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.  Philip holds an MBA from Mannheim Business School with modules completed [...]

Dr Annette Boaz Reader in Health Care Research, St. George's, University of London & Kingston University Annette Boaz is a social scientist working in the field of evaluating the impact of research on policy and practice. She co-edits the leading journal in the field: Evidence & [...]

Dr Simon Griffiths Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths College London Dr Simon Griffiths is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London. From 2010-11 he was also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Political Ideologies in Oxford. He divides his time between academia and public policy [...]

Dr Mina Toksoz Head of Country Risk, Standard Bank London Dr. Mina Toksoz has been working as Head of Country Risk at Standard Bank London since September 2001. She has been in investment banking for the past ten years including as Equity Strategist for Emerging Europe, [...]

Prof Valorie K. Vojdik Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Law Programs, University of Tennessee Valorie K. Vojdik is a Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Law Programs at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee.   Professor Vojdik’s research and scholarship [...]

Dr Laurent Mignon Associate Professor of Turkish, University of Oxford Dr Laurent Mignon is a Faculty Fellow and University Lecturer in Turkish. His research interests include modern Turkish literature and intellectual history, minority literature, socialist literature, biblical themes in Turkish literature and modern Jewish intellectual history. [...]

Dr Yalçın Armağan Lecturer, Istanbul Sehir University Yalcin Armagan was born in 1977, in Kayseri,Turkey. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Ankara University in 2000 and received his PhD form the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in 2007. He gave some courses at Istanbul Bilgi University [...]

Dr Prakash Shah Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London Dr Prakash Shah specialises in religion and law, ethnic minorities and diasporas in law, immigration, refugee and nationality law, and comparative law with special reference to South Asians. He has published widely and lectured internationally in [...]