Kgothatso Shai is a Professor in the Department of Cultural & Political Studies at the University of Limpopo in South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher. He is the current President of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM). Shai also serves as a member of the National Council of the South African Association of Political Studies (SAAPS), where he also presents as an immediate past President. Equally important, Shai is an Executive Committee member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). He was educated at the Universities of Venda and Limpopo, South Africa. Shai is also the recipient of several academic and non-academic awards at the national and international level.

A Political Scientist by training with passion for supervising African-centered Masters and Doctoral students, Shai is also an esteemed political analyst who has presented several papers in national and international conferences in Africa and beyond. His areas of research and teaching interest straddles the subject of African politics and international relations. He has published widely in many (100+) peer reviewed national and international publications. Among other academic milestones, Shai an editor of the SAAPAM Book Series. 

João Félix Pinto Nogueira, PhD in Tax Law, is Professor at the Portuguese Catholic University ("Universidade Católica Portuguesa"). He is Deputy Academic Chairman at IBFD and team manager of IBFD Academic. He is honorary associate professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and regular visiting lecturer at several universities. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the World Tax Journal, of the Global Tax Treaty Commentaries, of the Doctoral Series and of the International Tax Studies. He is a member of the list of independent persons of standing of the European Commission and, as such, authorised to serve as arbitrator for the purposes of the EU tax dispute resolution directive. He was a lawyer at one of Portugal's most reputed tax law firms. 
His areas of expertise are international and European tax law, fields in which he has published a dissertation and several articles and book chapters. Dr Nogueira has more than twenty years of experience in teaching at both the graduate and post-graduate levels and is currently overseeing several master's courses on EU and international tax law, taught in different languages. 
He has extensive experience in supervising academic works (at the master's, doctoral and postdoctoral levels), including several prize-winning theses. He is regularly invited to present at conferences and seminars on both EU and international taxation and is frequently appointed as a national reporter for Portugal. Besides his scientific activities at IBFD, he collaborates actively with research centres in several EU countries. For several years, Dr Nogueira served as co-arbitrator of the IBFD-KU Leuven International and European Tax Moot Court Competition, responsible for drafting the cases. Since 2018, he has been appointed as judge of the final rounds. His experience also comprises governmental consultancy, in which context he has been asked to assess, advise and train several tax authorities, including some of the most advanced in the world. He has lectured or been scientifically active in more than 30 countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. 
He is a member of the EATLP, IFA, IFA Portugal (Associação Fiscal Portuguesa) and IBDT. He is the Vice-President of the AFP / IFA Portugal. He is a member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of IFA Central. He is a member (and the scientific secretary) of the ECJ Task Force of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the ILADT (Directorio). He is one of members of the LOC (Local Organizing Committee) in charge of organizing the 2025 Annual Congress of the International Fiscal Association, which will be held in Lisbon. He is a member of the editorial board and council of several periodicals on international taxation and frequently acts as an external peer reviewer.
 

Master of Cybernetics and Applied Mathematics; Master of Economics; PhD in Economics. Since 2012 - Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Business and Technology, Caucasus International University. Since 2018 - Head of the Doctoral Education Program in Business Administration. Since 2018 - Accreditation Expert at the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia. Since 2019, a certified reviewer at WoS Publons Academy and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR) and the Caucasus International University’s International Journal of Social Sciences. A certified project manager (PRINCE 2 Certificate # P2R / 165226 issued by APMG - the world-leading accreditation and testing institute) with more than 15 years of working experience in project management for the UNDP, the USAID and the OSGF in Georgia. I have extensive experience of scientific and pedagogical cooperation with various universities. For years, I delivered lectures at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Ilia State University. Currently, I am collaborating with TSU and Speyer (Germany) University of Administrative Sciences on a joint English-language master's program in Public Administration as a Visiting Lecturer. I have experience in delivering lectures at foreign universities. I have been actively involved in scientific research; regularly present research findings to the scientific community through conferences, forums, symposia and seminars both in Georgia and abroad, and publish them in scientific journals. My research interest includes financial education and inclusion, the impact of education on economic development, quality of education and workforce competitiveness, financing for development, etc. More than 40 research papers have been published in various scientific journals. 

Prof. Dr. Serkan Benk, 1974 yılında Adıyaman'da doğdu. İlk ve orta öğrenimini Malatya’da tamamladı. Lisans eğitimini 1995-1999 yılları arasında Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Maliye Bölümünde tamamladı. Akademik hayatına 2000 yılında Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi’nde Araştırma Görevlisi olarak başladı. “Globalleşmenin Vergi Sistemleri Üzerindeki Etkileri” başlıklı teziyle 31 Aralık 2002 tarihinde Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Maliye Anabilim Dalından yüksek lisans derecesini, “Kentiçi Ulaşım Sonucu Oluşan Negatif Dışsallıklar ve Önleme Yolları” başlıklı teziyle de 3 Temmuz 2007 tarihinde Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Maliye Anabilim Dalından doktora derecesini aldı. Ayrıca Prof. Benk’in, doktora tezi İktisadi Araştırmalar Vakfınca düzenlenen “2007 Yılı Ünal AYSAL Ödüllü Tez Yarışması’nda” doktora tezleri kategorisinde ödüle layık görülmüştür. Serkan Benk 2013 yılında Doçent, 2018 yılında ise profesör unvanını almıştır. Önemli bir kısmı Web of Science kapsamında yer alan indekslerde taranan dergilerde olmak üzere uluslararası ve ulusal hakemli dergilerde yayınlanmış makaleleri, dünyanın önde gelen uluslararası yayınevleri tarafından basılmış kitaplarda editörlükleri, kitap bölümleri, ulusal ve uluslararası toplantılarda sunulmuş bildirileri olup, çalışmaları çok sayıda atıf almıştır. Prof. Dr. Serkan Benk 2012 yılından itibaren İnönü Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Maliye Bölümü’nde görev yapmaktadır.

M. Mustafa Erdoğdu is a Professor in the Faculty of Business and Administrative Sciences at Beykoz University. He holds a PhD in Development Economics and an MA in Development Studies from Manchester University and an MA in Public Finance from Marmara University. He is co-chair of the International Conference of Political Economy, Associate Editor of International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics; Editorial Board Member of Turkish Studies Journal; International Advisory Board member of International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management and some other journals. He has written extensively on economic development and public finance. He is the author of one book, editor of thirteen books, and author of over fifty journal articles and chapters. Erdogdu’s major research areas are economic development, sustainable development, renewable energies, behavioural public finance, financial crises, and immigration

IU International University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt, Germany

Dr. Amalendu Bhunia is the former Vice-Chancellor and the former Dean, Faculty of Arts & Commerce, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. He is a Professor, Department of Commerce, University of Kalyani. He has experience in teaching the subject of finance, taxation, and statistics for more than 28 years. He has published 46 research articles in foreign journals, 59 research articles in national journals, 13 research articles in edited volume, and 16 books in national and international repute. At present, his Google Scholar Citation is 2008 with an h-index of 25. He has completed 4 research projects funded by the University Grants Commission, India, and the Indian Council of Social Science Research. His research interests are in the financial markets, corporate finance, international finance, and behavioral finance. He has presented 58 research papers at various international and national conferences. Presently, he is serving as a member of the editorial board in 22 international journals including Scopus indexed, ADBC listed and UGC-CARE listed journals. He served as an Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Business (Science Published Group, USA) for two years. Also, he served an Editor-in-Chief, Indo-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting and Indian Journal of Finance and Economics (Academic Research Foundations Journals, India). Dr. Bhunia is a professional member of International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan), a member of Asian Council of Science Editor, Dubai and the members of various research associations around the globe. Dr. Bhunia acted as a keynote speaker in 52 national, 25 international, and 14 foreign conferences. Also, he acted as a keynote speaker in China, Turkey, UK, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. He acted as a Chairperson in various national and foreign conferences including Thailand and Bangladesh. He is specialized as a resource person in the subject of ‘Research Methodology’ and ‘Statistical Analysis on Quantitative Data’. 10 research scholars have awarded the Ph.D. degree and 8 scholars have awarded the M. Phil. degree under his supervision.

İlkut Elif Kandil Göker graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Gazi University in 2005 and began her academic career the same year as a research assistant at Harran University, where she also completed her master’s degree. She was appointed to Kırıkkale University in 2009 and earned her Ph.D. in 2014. In 2020, she was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of finance. Since 2024, she has been serving as a faculty member at Ankara University, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Real Estate Development and Management. Her research areas include corporate finance, financial markets, and company and brand valuation.