Prof Kgothatso Shai is the Vice President (2025-2027) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and President (2023-2028) of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM). His research interests have resulted in the publication of over 100 DHET accredited publications in Public Affairs. He has been involved in several projects related to his field of study i.e. He is currently serving as the founding editor of the SAAPAM Book series. Prof Shai, who is 40 years old, has a lengthy resume for someone his age. He holds a master’s degree in political science, obtained cum laude from the University of Venda, as well as a doctorate in international politics from the University of Limpopo (UL). He has successfully supervised to graduation nine PhD students, nine MA students, and 20 Honours students. Prof Shai is a recipient of countless academic and non-academic awards and was designated as an NRF-Y2 rated researcher for the period between 2021 and 2026. Lastly but not least, Prof Shai is the holder of the DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Liberation Heritage and Politics.

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.
 

Sibernetik ve Uygulamalı Matematik Yüksek Lisansı; Ekonomi Yüksek Lisansı; Ekonomi Doktorası. 2012'den beri Kafkas Uluslararası Üniversitesi İşletme ve Teknoloji Fakültesi'nde Finans Profesörü. 2018'den beri İşletme Yönetimi Doktora Eğitim Programı Başkanı. 2018'den beri Gürcistan Ulusal Eğitim Kalitesi Geliştirme Merkezi'nde Akreditasyon Uzmanı. 2019'dan beri WoS Publons Akademisi'nde sertifikalı hakem ve Doğu Avrupa ve Orta Asya Araştırmaları Dergisi (JEECAR) ve Kafkas Uluslararası Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi'nin yayın kurulu üyesi. Gürcistan'da UNDP, USAID ve OSGF için proje yönetimi alanında 15 yılı aşkın çalışma deneyimine sahip, sertifikalı bir proje yöneticisi (dünyanın önde gelen akreditasyon ve test enstitüsü APMG tarafından verilen PRINCE 2 Sertifikası # P2R / 165226). Çeşitli üniversitelerle bilimsel ve pedagojik işbirliği konusunda geniş deneyime sahibim. Yıllarca İvane Javakhishvili Tiflis Devlet Üniversitesi ve İlya Devlet Üniversitesi'nde dersler verdim. Şu anda, Tiflis Devlet Üniversitesi ve Speyer (Almanya) İdari Bilimler Üniversitesi ile ortaklaşa yürütülen İngilizce dilinde bir Kamu Yönetimi yüksek lisans programında Misafir Öğretim Üyesi olarak görev yapıyorum. Yabancı üniversitelerde ders verme deneyimim var. Bilimsel araştırmalara aktif olarak katılıyorum; araştırma bulgularımı düzenli olarak Gürcistan ve yurt dışında konferanslar, forumlar, sempozyumlar ve seminerler aracılığıyla bilim camiasına sunuyor ve bilimsel dergilerde yayınlıyorum. Araştırma ilgi alanlarım arasında finansal eğitim ve kapsayıcılık, eğitimin ekonomik kalkınma üzerindeki etkisi, eğitim kalitesi ve işgücü rekabet gücü, kalkınma için finansman vb. yer almaktadır. Çeşitli bilimsel dergilerde 40'tan fazla araştırma makalesi yayınladım.

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.

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M. Mustafa Erdoğdu is a Faculty of Business and Administrative Sciences Professor at Beykoz University. He holds a PhD in Development Economics and an MA in Development Studies from Manchester University. He is co-chair of the International Conference of Political Economy, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics; Editorial Board Member of the Turkish Studies Journal, and several 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. Erdoğdu’s major research areas are economic development, sustainable development, renewable energies, technological change, behavioural public finance, financial crises, and immigration.

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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 112 research articles in foreign and national journals, 2 edited books as one of the editors, 13 research articles in edited volume, and 16 books in national and international repute. At present, his Google Scholar Citation is 1988 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 60 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 as the Editor-in-Chief, Indo-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting and Indian Journal of Finance and Economics (Academic Research Foundations Journals, India). Now he is the chief editor of the journal ‘Indian Accounting Review’. 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 55 national, 25 international, and 15 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 

İlkut Elif Kandil Göker, 2005 yılında Gazi Üniversitesi İşletme Bölümü’nden mezun olmuş, aynı yıl Harran Üniversitesi’nde araştırma görevlisi olarak göreve başlamış ve yüksek lisansını burada tamamlamıştır. 2009 yılında Kırıkkale Üniversitesi’ne atanarak doktorasını 2014’te tamamlamış, 2020’de finans alanında doçent unvanı almıştır. 2024 yılından itibaren Ankara Üniversitesi Uygulamalı Bilimler Fakültesi Gayrimenkul Geliştirme ve Yönetimi Bölümü’nde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır. Araştırma alanları işletme finansmanı, finansal piyasalar, şirket ve marka değerleme konularını kapsamaktadır.