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Organizing Committee
LeadershipProf. Anna-Maria Leitner
Conference Chair
Department of Sociology, University of Vienna
Austria
Prof. David H. Reynolds
Co-Chair
Department of International Relations, London School of Economics (LSE)
United Kingdom
Prof. Claire Dubois
Program Chair
Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Sorbonne University
France
Prof. Markus Huber
Local Organizing Chair
Institute for Social Policy, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Austria
Dr. Elena Rossi
Secretary
Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna
Italy
Dr. Samuel Ortega
Treasurer
School of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Spain
Scientific Advisory Committee
AdvisoryProf. Helen Cartwright
Senior Advisor
Humanities Division, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Prof. Jürgen Hoffmann
Senior Advisor
Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
Germany
Prof. Ágnes Kovács
Senior Advisor
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University
Hungary
Prof. Maria João Pereira
Advisor
School of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Portugal
Prof. Lars Nilsen
Advisor
Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
Norway
Prof. Nomsa Dlamini
Advisor
Department of Social Development Studies, University of Cape Town
South Africa
Program Committee
Thematic TracksProf. Katarzyna Nowak
Track Lead: History & Archaeology
Institute of History, Jagiellonian University
Poland
Prof. Miguel Andrade
Track Lead: Sociology & Social Policy
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Barcelona
Spain
Prof. Ingrid Rasmussen
Track Lead: Political Science & International Relations
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Prof. Tomoko Saito
Track Lead: Linguistics & Translation Studies
Department of Language and Culture, University of Tokyo
Japan
Prof. Liam O’Shea
Track Lead: Philosophy, Ethics & Religion
School of Philosophy, University College Dublin
Ireland
Prof. Melissa Chen
Track Lead: Education, Psychology & Human Development
Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
Australia
Session Chairs
ProgramProf. Julia Schneider
Chair: Urban Studies & Migration
Department of Human Geography, University of Zurich
Switzerland
Prof. Carlos Fernández
Chair: Media, Culture & Communication
Faculty of Communication, Complutense University of Madrid
Spain
Prof. Aisha Rahman
Chair: Gender, Diversity & Inclusion
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Leeds
United Kingdom
Speaker Session Judges
EvaluationProf. Stefanie Müller
Judge
Institute for European Ethnology, Free University of Berlin
Germany
Prof. Noura El-Sayed
Judge
Department of Political Science, American University in Cairo
Egypt
Prof. Patrick O’Connor
Judge
School of Humanities, University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Prof. Mei-Ling Wang
Judge
Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Prof. João Batista Costa
Judge
Faculty of Humanities, University of Porto
Portugal
Prof. Laura Martínez
Judge
Department of Anthropology, University of Buenos Aires
Argentina
Poster Session Judges
EvaluationProf. Eva Lindholm
Judge
Department of Education, Uppsala University
Sweden
Prof. Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Judge
School of Social Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece
Prof. Laila Hassan
Judge
Department of Sociology, University of Jordan
Jordan
Prof. Robert Jenkins
Judge
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University
USA
Prof. Chiara Bianchi
Judge
Department of Cultural Studies, University of Florence
Italy
Prof. Sofia Petrov
Judge
Faculty of Social Sciences, Sofia University
Bulgaria
Young Research Forum Judges
EvaluationProf. Marie-Claire Laurent
Judge
School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)
France
Prof. Jonas Kristensen
Judge
Department of Psychology, Aarhus University
Denmark
Prof. Rina Mukherjee
Judge
Centre for Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Prof. Lucas Pereira da Silva
Judge
Department of Humanities, University of São Paulo
Brazil
Prof. Yasmin Al-Mansouri
Judge
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University
Qatar
Prof. Ethan Wallace
Judge
School of Social Sciences, University of Auckland
New Zealand