Interest: Global Perspectives American Populism Movement

Dr. Joe Wert is a Professor of Political Science (American Politics and Public Administration) and Senior Faculty Officer at Indiana University Southeast.

He earned a PhD in Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, USA.

Interest: Corporate Social Responsibility

Dr. Nitya Singh is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, USA. He earned a Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Technology Management from the College of Business, the University of Toledo; and a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of Georgia, USA. He holds an MBA from a premier business school in India

Interest: Geo-Political Cooperation and Socio-Economic Engagement Between India and Korea

Prof. Jaedong Kang is an Assistant Professor at Rajagiri Business School, Kochi, India. He holds an MA in Applied Economics from Christ (Deemed to be University). He has been appointed as a regional expert by Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency and a member of National Unification Advisory Council of Korea. He is currently pursuing his PhD from Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kochi, India

Interest: Leader Democracy, Global governance and populist leaders

Dr. Joseph Varghese Kureethara is a Professor of Mathematics, School of Sciences, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India. He completed his Doctorate in Decomposition of Graphs from Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Tirunelveli. He has published over 100 articles in the fields of Graph Theory, Number Theory, History, Religious Studies and Sports both in English and Malayalam.

Interest: New Populism in Asia & Patriotic Populism in East Asia

Dr. Jongseok Yoon is an HK research professor at the Seoul National University Asia Center, Korea. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Seoul National University, an MA in Sociology and BA in Asian History from Seoul National University, Korea.

Interest: Migrant Crisis

Dr. Guydeuk Yeon is a Professor of Economics and Director of Innovation Centre at Christ University, India. He earned his PhD in International studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Interest: Digital Healthcare

Dr Elangovan N is currently Associate Professor and PhD –Coordinator in the School of Business & Management at CHRIST University, India. Before that he served as the Campus Director of National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur, Kerala. He earned his PhD in Management Science specialising in Information systems from Anna University, Chennai.

Interest: Populism in the 21st Century, Populism and Democracy, Populism and Neoliberal Globalisation

Dr. Seoungwon Lee is a senior researcher, at the Centre for Asian Urban Society affiliated to Seoul National University’s Asia Centre, Republic of Korea.

He received his Ph.D. in Ideology and Discourse Analysis at the University of Essex, UK. He completed his doctoral dissertation under the academic supervision of Prof. Ernesto Laclau.

Interest: Changing Perspectives and Practises on Globalisation

Dr. Ghadeer Alsanie is an assistant professor of management at King Saud University - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She earned her Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Technology Management from the University of Toledo. She served as a Vice Chair of the Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Saud University - Riyadh.

Interest: K-Pop’s Success in Global Music Industry

Dr. Minjeong Oh is Assistant Professor of Cultural Management in the Global Elite Division at Yonsei University, South Korea. She obtained a Ph.D. degree in Operations and Service Management from Hanyang University, South Korea. She has experience in National R&D Evaluation and Planning and PMS Process Design consulting for about 10 years.

Interest: Neo-Populism in Europe

Dr. Jean E. Abshire, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Indiana University Southeast (USA). She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science with concentrations in Comparative Politics and Comparative Public Policy, with a West European Studies minor, from Indiana University. She received a B.A. in International Studies and German from Willamette University.

Interest: International Order / China's foreign policy/ Social Context of International Relations

Dr. Jeong Kyung Seo is a researcher at Seoul National University Asia Center(SNUAC), South Korea. She holds a Ph.D. in International Politics from The Peking University, China. She is a chief editor for China Perspective and an editorial board member for web journal of Diversity+ Asia from SNUAC.

Interest: Global Governance and Popular Leader

Dr. Young Ran Hyun is a post-doc researcher of Social Science at the Ewha Womans University, South Korea. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration at Ewha Womans University, South Korea. Her articles have been published extensively in journals including International Journal of u-and e-Service, Science and Technology, Information, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research.

Interest: Multiculturalism

Dr Manoharan N is an associate professor at the Department of International Studies, Political Science & History at the School of Sciences, Christ University.

He has a Ph.D. from Jawarharlal Nehru University and an MA from Madras University.

He has published in journals such as the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Strategic Analysis, AGNI: Studies in International Strategic Issues among others.

Interest: Indian Foreign Policy, US foreign policy, Terrorism, Security, Risk Analysis

Dr Shreya Upadhyay is Assistant Professor, Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore. She is also Honorary Deputy Director, Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies.

She holds a PhD degree in US Area Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University and was a Fulbright-Nehru scholar at American University, Washington DC.

Interest: Gender & Development, Women’s Studies

Dr Suraiya Tabassum is an Assistant Professor at the Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. Since receiving her doctorate from Jawarharlal Nehru University in 2001, she has been working on the issue of women, gender and human rights through research and advocacy. From May 2004 to March 2011, Dr. Tabassum worked as a senior technical advisor to IFES’s Women’s Legal Rights Initiative in India, where she headed the Muslim Women’s Initiative.

Interest: Maritime Security, East Asian Studies

Dr. Joshy M Paul is a Research Fellow at CAPS, focusing on the PLA Navy. He earned an M Phil and Ph D in International Politics from CIPOD, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Before joining CAPS, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Studies, School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore, and also with a premier naval think tank, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi.

Interest: Socio-Legal studies, Sustainable Development

Dr Tapan R. Mohanty is the dean of the Department of Distance Education and Chairperson of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and Professor of Sociology of Law at the National Law Institute University at Bhopal.

During the last few years he has worked extensively in the areas of globalisation, tribal development and culture of consumption besides Sociology of Law.