PhD Candidate and Tutor in Comparative Politics of West Africa and International Relations at Florida International University (US). Principal research focuses on issues of ethnicity, nationalism, identity politics, political violence, civil society, democratization, elections and informal institutions in West African politics. Experienced in academic research and teaching within Nigerian institutions, adept in political science and data analysis, with a strong background in authoritarian politics.
Occupation: With a comprehensive background spanning various esteemed insti-tutions, the expert brings extensive expertise. Having served as a Re-search Intern at both the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), the expert has developed extensive skills on political sci-ence research, data analysis, and publication review. The experts roles as a Teaching Assistant at Florida International University and an Academic Tutor at Lagos State University have underscored his commitment to education and mentorship.
Countries of expertise: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo (Republic of), Cote d`Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
The Expert (Ph.D. Cambridge 2002, British Academy postdoctoral fellow 2003-6 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, The University of London) is a social anthropologist specializing in Nepal in particular and South Asia more generally. His acquaintance with South Asia spans over 31 years, including over ten years of researching and working in Nepal and over five years of living in India. While at SOAS, he taught an MA course on “The Anthropology of South Asia”. The Expert specializes in various aspects of Nepalese and other South Asian cultures and societies, including politics, kinship, gender, and religion.
In recent years he has been asked to comment and advise to ACCORD (Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation), providing expert knowledge and answering specific questions on various aspects relating to Nepalese society. The Expert worked with many refugees and asylum seekers from various Asian countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar while he served as Associate Durable Solutions Office in UNHCR’s Kathmandu office, Nepal (2008-9). There, he became familiar with the RSD process and UNHCR country files, and held many focus group discussions and individual interviews with… Read more
Occupation: Social Anthropologist, Independent consultant (formerly of SOAS, University of London).
Countries of expertise: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
The Expert is an academic researcher with expertise in studying Nigeria and also Chad, Cameroon and Niger – they primarily focus in their research on politics and religion in Nigeria. The Expert has more than a decade’s worth of experience in conducting research in West-Central Africa.
Occupation: Academic researcher
Countries of expertise: Cameroon, Chad, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria
The Expert is a Haitian-American anthropologist specializing in political and legal anthropology, transnational and migration studies, and Haitian Studies.
The Expert is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Anthropology. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Anthropology from Columbia University and a MA in International Educational Development from Teachers College, Columbia University.
She has ten years' research experience on Haitian migrants, immigrants, and refugees and is currently working on a co-authored manuscript on Haitian temporary protected status (TPS) holders.
Occupation: Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
The Expert is a social science researcher and Assistant Professor of African politics. She has expertise with quantitative & qualitative research on energy, climate change, environment, natural resource management, democracy, human rights, civil society, education, and forced migration. She is a certified project manager, technical writer, and program & project evaluator. She has has deep expertise in the African region and specifically on countries in West Africa, East Africa, southern Africa, and the DR Congo.
Occupation: Senior Researcher and Assistant Professor
Countries of expertise: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo (Republic of), Cote d`Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The Expert is a medical and political anthropologist who has been working in the Republic of Cameroon since 2012, and providing refugee and asylum support through country-of-origin expertise since 2013. She specializes in expert reports on HIV/AIDS and mental illness in Cameroon, and on the conflict commonly known as the Anglophone Crisis. She holds a PhD in anthropology from Princeton University and is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and a Fellow in the Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Dr D’Orsi has a vast academic and consulting portfolio across the African continent - As a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL) at the University of Johannesburg since October 2016, the expert has supervised numerous research projects and delivered presentations to LLM students in Refugee Law, Migration Law, and Human Rights Law, while also contributing as a Guest Lecturer at various institutions globally, including the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and the University of Perugia. Additionally, the expert’s extensive experience as a consultant for organizations such as the South African Institute for Security Studies and the Office of the City Manager, City of Tshwane, has further enriched his expertise in areas of migration, refugee protection, and integration policies, particularly in relation to persons from African countries, and can speak to country conditions throughout the continent.
Occupation: Your Occupation: The expert has served as a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL) at the University of Johannesburg. His responsibilities include conducting and supervising research projects for publication, delivering presentations to LLM students on Refugee Law, Migration Law, and Human Rights Law, and co-supervising LLM dissertations. Dr D’Orsi also serves as a Guest Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, teaching courses on Migration and forced migration in Africa and beyond. His career also involves visiting lecturer positions at various institutions, including the University of Perugia and Saint Thomas University School of Law, focusing on migration governance, refugee protection, and intercultural human rights. Additionally, the expert has served as a consultant for organizations such as the South African Institute for Security Studies and the Office of the City Manager, City of Tshwane, advising on issues related to African migrants, refugees, and integration into the South African socio-economic fabric.
Countries of expertise: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic of), Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The Expert is a Barrister-at-Law of England and Wales and a Practising Lawyer in the Courts of Bangladesh with tact and expertise in International Law or Treaties, Human Rights Law, Immigration Rules and Regulations of the United Kingdom, Asylum, Convention Rights International Relations between Bangladesh and other nations,
Occupation: Advocate of the Courts of Bangladesh
Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Researcher of Human Rights, Politics and International Relations
The Expert is a Professor in the Security Studies Program within Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She previously served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and a senior research associate at the United States Institute of Peace. Her most recent book is In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2018/2019). She has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books, including Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War (Oxford University Press); Pakistan’s Enduring Challenges (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), Policing Insurgencies: Cops as Counterinsurgents (Oxford University Press, 2014); Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh (Routledge, 2010); Treading on Hallowed Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations in Sacred Spaces (Oxford University Press, 2008); The Madrassah Challenge: Militancy and Religious Education in Pakistan (USIP, 2008), and The Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States (Globe Pequot, 2008), among others.
She is a member of Women in International Security, International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, the… Read more
Occupation: Professor
Countries of expertise: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan
Dr. Daanish Faruqi is a Visiting Researcher at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. A scholar of migration and mobility in the Middle East and North Africa, he has leveraged his expertise both in academia and in international development. At Georgetown he researches democracy promotion and conflict resolution through transnational religious humanitarianism. Relying on fieldwork with transnational humanitarian NGOS immediately following the 2023 Syrian/Turkish earthquake, his latest writing deals with the viability of religious humanitarianism in effectively managing refugee crises. He has a forthcoming interview with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on this project and its potential for peace building.
He completed his Ph.D. from Duke University, where he wrote his dissertation on the role of Syrian Sufi religious scholars in joining the 2011 uprising against Bashar al-Assad. Through several years of ethnographic and historical fieldwork in Morocco, Turkey, and Jordan, conducting hundreds of Arabic-language interviews, his work revealed the role of 19th century migration from North Africa to Damascus in informing contemporary Syrian… Read more
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Countries of expertise: Algeria, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, West Bank
The Expert has worked as an expert witness on the Middle East, producing Country Expert Reports (CER) for the past 20 years.
The Expert has produced on average between 200-300 reports each year on the MENA region for British, European, and US courts.
The Expert’s areas of expertise include tribal issues, gender-based violence, security issues, extremist groups and militias, human rights law and violations, the situation for minorities, trafficking, and the availability of medical services. In addition to CERs,
The Expert also authenticates documents from the region, and conducts nationality and ethnicity reports in order to assess the likely origin of an individual within MENA.
The Expert is able to conduct nationality assessments in Arabic, Farsi, Sorani, and Bahdini/Kurmanji.
Occupation: Director – Middle East Consultancy Services
Countries of expertise: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
The expert is an experienced academic, researcher, and consultant specializing in social sciences, law, international relations, and peace studies. Expertise in territorial inequalities, peacebuilding, criminality, and international drug control policies.
Occupation: The expert is an experienced faculty member and researcher
specializing in social sciences, law, and international relations. The
expert has extensive background in academia. His research expertise
encompasses territorial peace, international conventions, and drug
trafficking. Adept at coordinating research projects and contributing
to collaborative initiatives on territorial inequalities and peace
studies.
Countries of expertise: Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela
The Expert is a public health professional with 25 years of experience in global health programming and research on health and human rights, stigma, health and social equity. Much of her work has been in Africa (West and Southern Africa) centering on research and programs pertaining to access to sexual and reproductive health, HIV, and equitable health sytems.
Occupation: Public health consultant
Countries of expertise: Barbados, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe
Koyana Flotte is an anthropologist, culture bearer, community leader, and independent consultant with a decade of experience conducting research in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Dr. Flotte is more well known for her support of humanitarian aid causes for in-transit immigrants who experience intersectional violence such as LGBTQ+, women, and children seeking asylum in the United States. She has also collaborated with organizations like RAICES, Santa Fe Dreamers Project, Transgender Law Center, Mariposas Sin Fronteras, etc.
Dr. Flotte is Native and grew up in West Texas, on the Texas-Mexico border.
Occupation: Independent Consultant
Countries of expertise: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
The Expert is a cultural anthropologist with 30 years of experience working in academic, policy and program contexts with Latino immigrant and refugee populations in the U.S. and Canada. She has written extensively about Central American migration and indigenous communities and is the author of the book In Search of Providence: Transnational Mayan Identities (Vanderbilt University Press, 2008; updated edition, 2020), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles and major reports. Dr. Foxen served for 14 years as Deputy Director of Research at UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza), the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., where she oversaw data-driven policy-oriented research, directed and published community-based research on the integration and well-being of Latino youth and families, and communicated findings to external audiences such as policy makers, media outlets, practitioners and universities. Dr. Foxen has taught at Vanderbilt University and the University of Toronto, has been a visiting fellow at Yale University and American University, and is a frequent guest lecturer. She has served on boards and advisory bodies including the Population Reference Bureau, Child Trends Hispanic Institute Advisory Council, the Guatemala… Read more
Occupation: Independent Researcher
Countries of expertise: Canada, Guatemala, United States of America
The Expert has been studying Afghanistan since 2001 as a UK government political and military analyst and also at the world-acclaimed international think-tank, SIPRI, in Stockholm. As of September 2016, he has completed over 160 Afghanistan Expert Reports for over 45 law firms. He is very responsive to short notice deadlines, has a quick turnaround time and he is very happy to discuss early initial thoughts to assist you and your client at no obligation. He has excellent impartial research, analysis and communication skills and was awarded an MBE for his Afghanistan work in 2005.
Performance feedback - judges
“Mr Foxley’s experience and expertise was undisputed by the Respondent at the hearing…I find that he is appropriately qualified to opine upon the matters contained within his report. In addition, the report is based upon up to date material from reputable sources…the report reads as balanced and objective; it is not limited to only evidence and conclusions that support the Appellant’s claim. For these reasons I accept Mr Foxley’s expertise and the relevant conclusions of his report…” (First Tier Tribunal Judge, 2020)
“Mr Foxley is a genuine expert. He has been studying Afghanistan since 2001…I find that the report written by Mr Foxley is written… Read more
Occupation: Independent analyst running a political/military research company specialising in issues concerning Afghanistan and the surrounding region
China expert with 30+ years academic, human rights and human trafficking experience. 20+ years experience writing China country expert witness reports for UK asylum cases on wide range of substantive grounds. 5+ years experience as UK NRM first responder.
The expert is a seasoned International Analyst and Political Scientist, specializing in humanitarian disarmament, arms control, and transnational organized crime, with extensive experience in NGOs in Argentina and Colombia. His research and academic endeavors are dedicated to addressing pressing issues in defense, security, and humanitarian efforts.
Occupation: The expert is an International Analyst and Political Scientist, with proven experience working for NGOs in Argentina and Colombia in the humanitarian disarmament and the Defense and Security sector. The expert possess experience in the research and academic field as well focused on humanitarian disarmament, arms control and transnational organized crime issues.