Wael Sabri

Wael Sabri is originally from Palestine and has a deep passion for addressing social justice issues. Over the past 40 years, he has made Sydney his home. He is passionate about social justice issues, dedicating his time and energy advocating for fairness and equality.

Edward Curtin

Edward Curtin educated in the classics, philosophy, literature, theology, and sociology, I teach sociology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Fionnuala Ni Aolain

Fionnuala Ni Aolain

Fionnuala Ni Aolain is a commissioner on the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.

Mahalakshmi Shivashankar

Ms Mahalakshmi Shivashankar is a health information technology professional with over 15 yrs experience working in health sector in United States and Australia. She is a database design architect, with lived experience in cancers. She is currently project manager and technology expert for an AI for NCDs project at Flinders University, Adelaide.

Kevin Foster

Kevin Foster

Kevin Foster is an Associate Professor in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. He is the author of Fighting Fictions: War, Narrative and National Identity (1999); Lost Worlds: Latin America and the Imagining of Empire (2009), and Don’t Mention the War: The Australian Defence Force, the Government and the Afghan Conflict (2013). His latest book is Anti-Social Media: Conventional Militaries in the Digital Battlespace (2021).

Robert C. Koehler

Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. Koehler has been the recipient of multiple awards for writing and journalism from organisations including the National Newspaper Association, Suburban Newspapers of America, and the Chicago Headline Club. He’s a regular contributor to such high-profile websites as Common Dreams and the Huffington Post.

Greg Barton

Greg Barton is Rector (academic head) of Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia (DLI), a new joint international campus in Bandung Indonesia, and continues to be Professor of Global Islamic Politics at the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. He is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Global and Strategic Studies, University of Indone

Susan Fountaine

Associate Professor of Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Julie Wark

Julie Wark Author Counter Punch

Antonio Spadaro

Antonio Spadaro, SJ, is undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. He is a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University and an Ordinary academic of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. He was editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica for 12 years.

Vicente Navarro

Vicente Navarro is Professor of Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University, and Director of the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center.

Daniel Bell

Daniel A. Bell  (貝淡寧) is Professor, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao) from 2017 to 2022. His books include The Dean of Shandong (2023),  Just Hierarchy (co-authored with Wang Pei, 2020), The China Model (2015), The Spirit of Cities (co-authored with Avner de-Shalit, 2012), China’s New Confucianism (2008), Beyond Liberal Democracy (2007), and East Meets West (2000), all published by Princeton University Press.  He is also the author of Communitarianism and Its Critics (Oxford University Press, 1993).  He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series (Princeton University Press) which translates and publishes original and influential academic works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has been interviewed in English, Chinese, and French. In 2018, he was awarded the Huilin Prize and was honored as a “Cultural Leader” by the World Economic Forum.

Srujana Bodapati

Srujana Bodapati works in the area of agrarian relations in India, having participated in several studies around the country. She often writes on issues in the Indian Economy.

Gillian Woodhouse

Gillian Woodhouse

Gillian Woodhouse is a respected a respected health and life sciences strategist who advises health and life science organisations at the point where innovation must become investable, scalable and governable - or risk stalling or being undervalued.

Barbara Pocock

Barbara Pocock led the establishment of the current Senate Inquiry into the management and integrity of consulting services. She is a Greens Senator for South Australia and an Emeritus Professor at the University of South Australia. She has written many grant applications.

Ka Sing Chiua

Ka Sing Chiua

Dr Ka Sing Chiua,. National Senior Adviser, Chinese Community Council of Australia, National Cordnator, Chinese Australian Leadership Group (Vic)

Ehsan Noroozinejad

Dr. Ehsan Noroozinejad is a Senior Researcher at the Urban Transformations Research Centre, where he specialises in Smart and Resilient Construction. With a wealth of experience, Dr. Noroozinejad also holds a prestigious position at UBC Smart Structures in Canada. As the director of the Resilient Structures Research Group, Dr. Noroozinejad has spearheaded groundbreaking advancements in the field of structural engineering alongside an esteemed team of international researchers. His notable contributions are exemplified by his role as the Founder and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering.