Farhan Nizami
Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

Dr. Farhan Nizami is the director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and the Prince of Wales Fellow in the Study of the Islamic World at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Area of Expertise: Religion
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu
Field of Work: Think tank/Research center
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Hazel Smith
Professor of Security and Resilience at Cranfield University

Dr. Hazel Smith is Professor of Security and Resilience at Cranfield University. Professor Smith has worked on the North Korea for over twenty years; and lived and worked in-country for two years, traveling and working throughout the country between 1998 and 2001 while on secondment to United Nations agencies. Dr. Smith was also seconded to the United Nations University, Tokyo as Senior Program Officer (2003-2004).
Professor of Security and Resilience at Cranfield University
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Development, Law and Human Rights, Media, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: China, Korea
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Activist/Humanitarian, Author/Novelist, United Nations
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Justin Dargin
Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative

Justin Dargin is a Research Fellow with The Dubai Initiative and a Fulbright Scholar of the Middle East. He is a specialist in international law and energy law.
Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Area of Expertise: Development, Politics and Governance, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: North Africa and Middle East, North America
Languages: Arabic, English, Spanish
Field of Work: Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Dubai, Oxford
Country: UAE, UK, USA
Continent: Asia, Europe, North America
Stephen Castles
Director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford

Professor Stephen Castles is Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies, and Director of the International Migration Institute (IMI), at the University of Oxford. He is a sociologist and political economist, and currently works on global issues, migration and development, and migration in Africa. From 2001-2006, he was Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University.
Director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford
Area of Expertise: Development, Migration and Integration
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Geographical Expertise - Country: Australia
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Think tank/Research center
City: Oxford
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
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