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Johanna is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, supervised by Prof. Fiona B Adamson, Dr. Nathaniel George and Dr. Nicholas Westcott.

Hossein Bastani is an academic researcher and investigative journalist with BBC Persian, specialising in Iranian political affairs. Over the past two decades, he has produced dozens of investigative television programmes and authored more than two thousand in-depth reports and analytical articles on Iran’s domestic and foreign policy.

Ishret Binte Wahid is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at SOAS, exploring how transnational flows of social remittances and sexual norms between Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates reshape masculinities among Bangladeshi male labour migrants. Her research examines the intersections of migration, masculinities, and sexualities in the Bangladesh–UAE migration corridor.

Yun-Tzu Chang is a PhD candidate in the department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS. She is currently undertaking her thesis on geopolitics and the dynamics of Chinese new migrants' identity and political engagement.

Doctoral candidate researching artists of Hong Kong descent living and working in Britain. Other research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese art, diaspora art in Britain, and phenomenology as a tool for art historical research.

Rajosmita Roy is a doctoral researcher in History with interests in the history of modern South Asia, imperial, gender and print history.

Rodi Yilmaz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London. His research focuses on the social democratic parties in Turkey within the broader contexts of party politics, local governments and democratic backsliding in comparative politics.

Sayed Yaqoob Emad is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of History at SOAS University of London. His research examines the evolving politics of Islamic charities in Afghanistan, with broader interests in politics and religion.