Abdullah Al Bahrani is the Director of the Center for Economic Education and an Associate Professor of Economics at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). His Ph.D. is in Economics, specifically in the area of market design and consumer behavior. Abdullah’s research is in financial market, financial education, and the impact of financial behaviors on economic outcomes. As director of the Center for Economic Education he works closely with policymakers to help develop data driven policies. His most recent work is with the Treasurer of the State of Kentucky helping develop policies that will increase financial capabilities and financial understanding.

I am an energy economist and work as a lecturer in University College Dublin and as a lead in the energy economics team in the UCD Energy Institute. My research involves analysis of energy policy - energy efficiency, renewable electricity, electricity markets and pricing - and climate change policy.

Dr. Sirvan Karimi has written his doctoral dissertation on Comparative social policy in Canada and Australia. His PhD dissertation is titled; Social Classes, National Settings, and the Welfare State: The Public Pension Systems in Canada and Australia. His research focuses on Canadian politics, public policy, public administration, and public law . In addition to publishing several scholarly articles, he is the sole author of two scholarly books; Beyond the Welfare State: Postwar Social Settlement and Public Pension Policy in Canada and Australia. Toronto: University of Toronto press, 2017 and The Tragedy of Social Democracy. Winnipeg: Frenwood Publishing, 2015, He is currently working on research papers related to democratic administration, collective bargaining in Higher Education Settings, the interplay of Charter and Federalism , and Liberalism, Charter and Social Rights. Dr. Karimi has been teaching courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels since 2007. In addition to teaching at York University, he has also taught courses at Brock and Ryerson Universities. He has been teaching courses along all three streams (Public Policy, Public Administration and Public Law) within the School of Public Policy and Administration curriculum. He has also supervised MRPs for several MA students in the Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL) program. Dr. Karimi has been recognized for his teaching efforts with a variety of teaching nominations and awards, including being nominated for the President's University-Wide Teaching Award for 2013-2014 and receiving the Dean's Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Liberal Arts &Professional Studies for 2015-2016.

I am a Lecturer in Equality Studies at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin. My academic qualifications are in Law and Social Policy and my research interests lie in the area of childhood inequality. My research to date has engaged with various areas of law and policy affecting children and I have a particular interest in the application of governmentality theory to the study of childhood inequality and in the discourses of childhood which shape law and policy for children. Over the past year I have been mainly been focused on collaborative research on the support needs of refugee children, young people and families and am currently involved in research projects on refugee family reunification and refugee integration.