Bertrand Badie
Professor, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

Bertrand Badie is a French political scientist and international relations specialist. He is a professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and researcher associated with the Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI). He has written extensively about international relations theory, focusing on globalization and the structural effects it exerts on the international system, states and societies.
Professor, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, International Relations, Migration and Integration, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Paris
Country: France
Continent: Europe
Boris Divinský
Consultant, the International Organization for Migration

Dr. Boris Divinský is a migration expert, geographer, demographer and sociologist from the Slovak Republic, and a consultant for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He is credited with conducting the first in-depth research on migration in Slovakia.
Consultant, the International Organization for Migration
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Languages: English, Russian
Field of Work: Non-Governmental
City: Ulster
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Carool Kersten
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, King's College London

Dr. Carool Kersten’s is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at King’s College London. His areas of expertise include contemporary Islam and current affairs in the Muslim world, Islam in Southeast Asia and modern Muslim thought. He has a particular interest in liberal Islam, alternative Islamic discourses and the work of progressive Muslim intellectuals.
Lecturer in Islamic Studies, King's College London
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Migration and Integration, Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia
Languages: Arabic, Dutch, English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: London
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Catherine Besteman
Professor of anthropology and African studies, Colby University

Catherine Besteman is a professor of anthropology and African studies at Colby University. Her teaching interests focus on the roots of violent conflict and the forces that sustain inequality and produce poverty in Africa. She is the author of Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence and the Legacy of Slavery, The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: The War Behind the War, and Violence: A Reader.
Professor of anthropology and African studies, Colby University
Area of Expertise: Law and Human Rights, Migration and Integration, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North America, Subsaharan Africa
Geographical Expertise - Country: Somalia
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Waterville
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Celia de Anca

Dr. Celia de Anca is currently the Director of the Centre for Diversity in Global Management at IE Business School. She was previously the Director of Corporate Programmes at the Euro-Arab Management School (EAMS), Granada. She is also regular researcher at the Centre for International Mediterranean Studies (TEIM).
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Migration and Integration
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Chris Bashinelli
UN Youth Expert, Bridge the Gap Executive Director and Host

Chris Bashinelli is a United Nations Youth Expert and the executive producer and host of Bridge the Gap, a television series that fosters intercultural dialogue by highlighting stories of everyday life from the around the world on film. Chris travels the world as a Youth Expert for the United Nations, meeting with people and finding out [...]
UN Youth Expert, Bridge the Gap Executive Director and Host
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Development, Migration and Integration, Youth Issues
Geographical Expertise - Region: North America, Subsaharan Africa
Geographical Expertise - Country: Somalia
Language: English
Country: USA
Continent: North America
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