Global Studies Research Network

Pratiksha is a Post Doctoral Researcher at Tilburg University for the EU Horizon 2020 project AI4POL and is affiliated with Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC). She holds a PhD in consumer protection and data rights on collaborative economy platforms from UC Louvain, Belgium. She was also the legal researcher for the PROSECO Project (Platform Regulations and Operations in the Sharing Economy). She has a double degree in Business Administration and Law and a Masters in Corporate and Commercial Law from India. Her second masters is a Master of Corporate Law, University of Cambridge, UK. She is a qualified lawyer in her home state of Karnataka and the Bar Council of India. Her research interests include digital regulation, data and consumer law, AI and regulation, comparative law, and global studies with perspectives from the Global South.

Gabriel Rached is an Academic Researcher and Lecturer in International Studies. He holds a PhD in International Political Economy (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) with his thesis concerning Multilateral Organizations and Economic Development. He carries out research and teaches on the topic of Global Governance and is involved with undergraduate and graduate activities. In the last years, he has been conducting research as a Postdoctoral Fellow (Università degli Studi di Milano) working on the role of Institutions for cooperation in the international arena. Since then, has been studying thematics related to the New World Order, focusing on the main challenges and features related to Contemporary Global Governance in the International scenario.

Nnennaya O. Ukwuoma is a Nigerian-trained Optometrist and a master's candidate in Public Health at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, where she also works as a research assistant in the Department of Health Sciences and Physical Education. She integrates her clinical background with public health research, contributing to research projects focused on enhancing public health interventions and developing sustainable solutions for communities in need. Through her research and academic work, Nnennaya aims to lead in public health by advocating for policy change, promoting health equity, and developing programs that improve quality of life. She is committed to driving meaningful change in public health.

Nikoloz Esitashvili was awarded his PhD degree in International Relations in 2016 at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, USA. Nikoloz is a recipient of various research fellowships in his field. His fields of research are Political Economy, Security and Political Psychology. He is also an amateur philosopher. He follows a dispositionist-situationist framework of analysis integrating various fields of scientific inquiry into a holistic account of social-political phenomena. He is a Full Professor at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). He is also a Chief Scientist at the Scientific Research Center of David Aghmashenebeli National Defense Academy of Georgia.

Katherine Alissar Tannous is a PhD candidate at the University of California Irvine in the department of Global Studies. She received her MA in Global Studies from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and her BA in Global Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara. Her dissertation research analyzes the branding of the new Saudi Arabia through an examination of the Diriyah city giga project and the cultural and political implications of Saudi’s Vision 2030 modernization plan. Her research touches on themes of geopolitics, cultural economy, urban/tourist landscape studies, global studies, and Middle East studies.

Mr. Hossain completed his PhD research degree on Henrik Ibsen and Doris Lessing, comparatively at Jahangirnagar University in 2025 and M. Phil research degree on Henrik Ibsen at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh in 2019. As an assistant professor, he teaches English literature and language courses at IBAIS University. He authors two books on Ibsen Studies and Female Empowerment and Henrik Ibsen. He publishes 70 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He is a reviewer and editorial board member of 200 international journals. He presents 40 papers at international conferences in Bangladesh, the UK, South Korea, Turkey, China, Jamaica, the USA, Macedonia, and India, both in person and online. He is a member of international research associations like APA, MLA, TESOL, etc.