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Axel Berkofsky is Associate Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy and Co-Director of the Asia Centre at the Milan-based Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Axel Berkofsky is also Member of the Executive Committee of the Canon Foundation Europe, Executive Committee Board Member at the Stockholm-based European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) and Research Affiliate at the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Gulshat Rozyyeva is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University.

Jane Hardy is a former senior Australian diplomat who has served in seven long-term overseas Australian missions, four at ambassador level. She also held numerous Senior Executive positions in DFAT, Canberra during a 33-year career. Jane is now a senior fellow at the US Studies Centre, Sydney University advising the Women in the Alliance program. She holds degrees from Monash University (MA), Flinders University (BA), University of South Australia (BA), and the Australian National University (Grad Dip).

Megan Bugden is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Megan's research knowledge and experience focus on unequal power structures relating to gender, women's sexual and reproductive health, and gender inequality in Australian parenting.

Caroline de Moel-Mandel is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Her research focuses on equity in access to healthcare services, particularly sexual and reproductive health, and the systems shaping service delivery. She previously worked as a general practitioner in the Netherlands.

Dr Thais de Oliveira Queiroz holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Brasilia and was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra. She is a permanent civil servant in the Brazilian government, in the career of Social Policy Analyst. Her work focuses on democracy, social policy, and public sector innovation.

Patricia Siqueira de Medeiros holds a Master’s degree in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology from the Catholic University of Brasilia. She is a permanent civil servant in the Brazilian government, in the career of Specialist in Public Policy and Government Management. Her work focuses on biosafety, biosecurity, and the governance of technological innovation.

Fransiscus Divo Marcellino Prasetia is Undergraduate Student in International Relations at Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, and Analyst at World Order Lab. His research interests focus on non-traditional security, media, and diplomacy through an integrative politics, psychology, and philosophy approach that examines their often-overlooked interrelations.

Katherine Viella Irwanto is Graduate of International Relations from Universitas Indonesia, with a semester abroad at KU Leuven, and Analyst at World Order Lab. Her research interests focus on regional and institutional dynamics in the EU, ASEAN, and East Asia, combining domestic and international variables to produce a holistic analysis of foreign policy and non-traditional security issues.

Geo Dzakwan Arshali is undergraduate student in International Affairs Management at School of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, and Research Intern (Regional Security Architecture Programme) with Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). He is concurrently an Emerging Leaders Fellow at FACTS Asia, Cadet Researcher (Outgoing) at Asian Institute of International Affairs and Diplomacy (AIIAD), and Senior Analyst & Program Manager at World Order Lab.