Fethi Mansouri

Professor Mansouri is the Director of the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University and Co-director of the Strategic Research Centre for Comparative Social Research. He holds a Research Chair in Migration and Intercultural Studies and is the Director of the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University and Co-director of the Strategic Research Centre for Comparative Social Research.Professor Mansouri is also the founding Convener of the Australia-Middle East Research Forum (AMERF).
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Migration and Integration, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East, North America, Oceania
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Continent: Australia
Finonnuala Nà Aoláin
Dorsey and Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Co-founder and Associate Director of the University of Ulster's Transitional Justice Institute.

Professor Nà Aoláin is concurrently the Dorsey and Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a Professor of Law at the University of Ulster’s Transitional Justice Institute in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is co-founder and Associate Director of the Institute.
Dorsey and Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Co-founder and Associate Director of the University of Ulster's Transitional Justice Institute.
Area of Expertise: Law and Human Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Balkans, Europe, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: Northern Ireland
Languages: English, French, Gaelic, Hebrew
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Law, Think tank/Research center
City: Minneapolis
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Florentino Rodao GarcÃa

Florentino Rodao (Madrid, 1960) is a Spanish scholar specialised on Asian history who has written extensively on East and Southeast Asian countries, focusing on the role of perceptions as well as Spain and European presence. He is currently Professor of Asian history at Complutense Unvivesity of Madrid.
Area of Expertise: International Relations
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe
Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Francois Burgat
Senior Research Fellow, the National Centre for Scientific Research

Professor Francois Burgat is Senior Research Fellow (Directeur de recherches) at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, and is posted at IREMAM (Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman) in Aix-en-Provence.
Senior Research Fellow, the National Centre for Scientific Research
Area of Expertise: Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Balkans, Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Field of Work: Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Provence
Country: France
Continent: Europe
Gareth Evans
Former Australian Foreign Minister and President of International Crisis Group

Gareth Evans is the former foreign minister of Australia and the current president and chief executive of International Crisis Group, an independent international non-governmental organization with over 140 staff members on five continents. Through field-based analysis and high-level policy advocacy, this agency works to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts around the world.
Former Australian Foreign Minister and President of International Crisis Group
Area of Expertise: International Relations, Law and Human Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe, Oceania
Geographical Expertise - Country: Australia
Language: English
Field of Work: Activist/Humanitarian, Author/Novelist, Government, Non-Governmental, United Nations
City: Canberra
Country: Australia
Continent: Australia
Gilles Kepel
Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris

Dr Gilles Kepel is Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where he heads the programs on the Arab and Muslim World, at the PhD, M.A.. and undergraduate levels – the later in Menton (French Riviera). He was also the founder in 2003 and is the current chairman of the Eurogolfe Network. A visiting professor at NYU and Columbia University in 1995-96, Gilles Kepel holds degrees in Arabic, English and Philosophy, is a graduate from Sciences Po and received his PhD in political science.
Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
Area of Expertise: International Relations, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Journalist/Commentator
City: Paris
Country: France
Continent: Europe
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