Adam Tomkins

Constitutional Law and Freedom of Speech Professor Adam Tomkins started his academic career in 1991 at King’s College London, before moving to Oxford, where he was a fellow at St Catherine’s College. He took up the John Millar Chair of Public Law at the University of Glasgow in 2003. From 2009-15 he was the legal […]

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Haian Dukhan

Middle Eastern politics and international relations Haian Dukhan is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Teesside University, England and is a Fellow of the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In 2017, Haian earned a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. His doctoral research […]

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Pablo Baisotti

Latin America, Postmodernity and Religion & Society Dr Pablo Baisotti is a historian and political scientist who is committed to a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary Latin American studies. After undergraduate studies at the Jesuit University del Salvador (USAL) in his native Argentina, Pablo gained an MA and PhD from the ancient University of Bologna, Italy. […]

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Krishna Kumar Saha

Bangladesh, public policy and conflict Krishna Kumar Saha is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Comilla University, Bangladesh. He is presently engaged in doctoral studies (on ‘Power and Legitimacy in conflict mediation in rural Bangladesh’) under Professor Bert Suykens in the Department of Conflict and Development Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. As a graduate of Heidelberg […]

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John Arun Kumar

Religion, Culture and Proselytization John Arun Kumar is a Religious Studies expert, who recently retired as the Head of the Intercultural and Religious Studies Department at SAIACS, Bengaluru, India. Arun’s PhD from the University of Leeds was an anthropological and sociological study of Hindu popular religion. Prior to his theological training, Arun was a Civil […]

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Nicholas Hopton

Diplomacy Nicholas Hopton was born in Manchester and raised in York. After St Peter’s School, he studied at Cambridge University, La Sapienza University in Rome and ENA in Paris. He was a Visiting Academic at St Antony’s College, Oxford, in 2013/14.  Nicholas’ career has been  in diplomacy. Until September 2021, he was UK ambassador to […]

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Varughese John

Religion and Culture in South Asia Varughese John is Professor and Dean of Doctoral Studies at the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS), Bengaluru. He received his Ph.D. (Kierkegaard studies) as a Fellow of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. He was awarded the Kierkegaard House Foundation Fellowship at the Howard & Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library […]

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Bill Reese

Youth and youth development A graduate of Stanford University and a postgraduate at George Washington University, Bill Reese was CEO of the International Youth Foundation (IYF) from 2005 until his retirement in December 2018. During his tenure, IYF grew programs on workforce development and youth entrepreneurship. Prior to IYF, Bill was President & CEO of […]

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Paul Nanson

Leadership Paul Nanson (CB, CBE) was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire and educated at Merchant Taylor’s School Crosby, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, he served 34 years in the British Army during which time he held leadership roles in a variety of capacities and on nearly every continent. […]

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Dominic Armstrong

Senior Associate – Investment, Strategy, Security and Geopolitics After reading History at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Dominic began his career in 1988 as a merchant banker with Robert Fleming in London, before moving to Jardine Fleming in Asia in 1994. There he was posted to Malaysia as Strategist and Head of Research and established the number […]

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