Dr. Folasade Odekunle is a Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at Bells University of Technology in Ota, Nigeria, where she oversees the Centre for Climate Change. She earned her PhD from the University of Ibadan and is a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (UK) as well as a member of the International […]
Shaista Falak is a Lecturer at the University of Technology Sarawak, Sibu, Malaysia. She holds a PhD in Rural Tourism and teaches marketing-related subjects, in addition to supervising undergraduate final year projects. Her research interests include rural tourism development and the promotion of STEM education among girls. She has been involved in an international collaborative research […]
Noela Mahmutaj (PhD) is an early-career researcher and lecturer at the Institute of European Studies at the University of Tirana, Albania. Her main research interests and publications focus on IR topics, especially those related to contemporary geopolitics and external influences in the Western Balkans and Black Sea regions. She has published several research papers and […]
I am Dr Oladyo Ramon Ibrahim, a researcher with a strong interest in rural development, urban informality, and social sustainability. My work focuses on understanding how marginalised groups, particularly the elderly and low-income populations, experience and navigate challenges in rural and urban communities. I am committed to producing research that informs inclusive policies and strategic […]
Diana A. Prelorenzo is a postdoctoral researcher in regional studies. She is currently based at the Public Health Intelligence Unit of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico. Her research focuses on regional development examining spatial disparities through the health dimensions. She specifically investigates the relationship between social determinants and health outcomes to strengthen place-based public […]
Dr Xiaofeng Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Urban Governance and Design Thrust, Society Hub at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). She obtained her PhD in Geography from the University of Hong Kong. Her research area include political geography, the Belt and Road Initiative, transboundary and local environmental politics and governance. Her […]
Takudzwa Mutize is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and a Fellow in the Africa Fellows in Education Program (AFEP) for 2025 – 2027. His research focuses on education and labour economics, regional development, and urban competitiveness. Recent publications include “Attracting […]
Yatu Mou is a PhD candidate in Human Geography at East China Normal University, Shanghai, specializing in Globalization and Geopolitics. She also completed a visiting research term at the Department of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. With an interdisciplinary background, her research interests lie at the intersection of infrastructure geopolitics, assemblage theory, and the production […]
Carlos Cadena is an Associate Professor at EAFIT University (Medellin, Colombia) whose work sits at the intersection of climate governance, public policy, and community-based adaptation. With a focus on how communities organize, learn, and co-produce solutions in contexts of risk and inequality, his research advances evidence-informed approaches to urban resilience. Supported by a Regional Studies […]
Régis Dandoy is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Centre for European Studies at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). He is also an Associate Researcher at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) and the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS). His main research interests and publications focus on federalism, party […]