Ms Sharowat Shamin Sharowat Shamin teaches law at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She did her LLM in International Environmental and Energy Law from the University of Oslo, Norway with fully-funded Norwegian Government Quota Scheme Scholarship. Earlier she completed another LLM in International and Comparative Law and LLB (Honours) from the University of Dhaka. Her research interest lies in the fields of climate change and energy law, human rights, and constitutional law and she published several papers on these topics.
Dr Massoumeh Torfeh Massoumeh Torfeh, has been appointed UN Director of Strategic Communication and Spokesperson for Afghanistan and is a former senior producer in BBC World Service, specializes on the politics and media of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Professor Izzat Darwazeh Professor Izzat Darwazeh is an Advisory Committee member of the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS.
Dr Shalini Sinha Shalini Sinha specializes in Indian philosophies and religions, with a particular interest in Hindu, Jaina and Buddhist theories of self, Jaina mysticism, and Vaiśeṣika ethics and metaphysics.
Dr Artour Mitski Japanese Bangkok and Bangkok’s Japanese: the structures and practices of transnational belonging in a global city.