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 National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia. Since 2019 - Certified reviewer at WoS Publons Academy and a member of the editorial board 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 30 research papers are published in different scientific journals. 

Doç. Dr. Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve idari Bilimler Fakültesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü

Pamukkale Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Medenî Usûl ve İcra İflâs Hukuku Anabilim Dalı

Batman'da doğdu (1985). Anadolu Üniversitesi Turizm İşletmeciliği Bölümü'nde yüksek lisans (2013) ve doktora (2017) öğrenimini tamamladı. 2021 yılında Turizm Bilimleri Alanında Doçent unvanını almaya hak kazandı. Arıca, şu anda Batman Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi'nde doçent olarak görev yapmaktadır. Batman Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi'nde dekan yardımcısı ve Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları bölüm başkanıdır. Araştırmacının temel araştırma alanları sürdürülebilir turizm, turizm pazarlaması, teknoloji birlikte ortak üretimi ve sosyal medyadır. Araştırmacının, AB ve Kalkınma Ajansı projelerinde uzman rolü, TÜBİTAK'ta proje danışmanlığı ve hakemlik görevleri bulunmaktadır. Ayrıca araştırmacı, uluslararası dergilerde eş editör ve editör kurulu üyesi olarak ve Alanya Turizm Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi'nde araştırmacı olarak çalışmaktadır.

2005’te Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretmenliği, 2010’da ise Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Bölümü lisans öğrenimini birincilikle tamamladı. Ege Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Anabilim Dalı’nda yüksek lisans, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Anabilim Dalı’nda doktora derecesini aldı. 2020 yılında İletişim Çalışmaları alanında doçent unvanını aldı. Belgesel sinema, yeni iletişim teknolojileri, iletişim kuramları, sosyal medya ve iletişim sosyolojisi alanında çalışmalar yapan Akmeşe’nin iletişim alanında ortak yazarlı birçok çalışması, uluslararası kongre ve sempozyumlarda sunduğu bildirileri, ayrıca danışmanlık yaptığı sinema projeleri ve yönetmen olarak yer aldığı pek çok film çalışması bulunmaktadır. Bugüne dek sekiz kısa filme ve beş belgesele imza attı. Belgesel çalışmaları birçok ulusal ve uluslararası festivalde gösterildi.  2013 yılından buyana Dicle Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Bölümü’nde akademik çalışmalarını sürdüren Akmeşe, akademik çalışmaların yanı sıra Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema Bölüm Başkanlığı görevini de yürütmektedir.

Doç. Dr. Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve idari Bilimler Fakültesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü

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 National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia. Since 2019 - Certified reviewer at WoS Publons Academy and a member of the editorial board 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 30 research papers are published in different 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.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4541-6686

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.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4541-6686  

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