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Dr Kaye Quek is a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, and Program Manager of the Bachelor of International Studies. Kaye has been a lecturer at RMIT since 2016. She has a PhD in political science and BA (Hons) from the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne. Her research examines gendered abuses of human rights, particularly in the context of harmful marriage practices, domestic violence, and human trafficking. In 2018, she published her monograph 'Marriage Trafficking' with Routledge as part of its Gender and Global Politics series. Her work has appeared in journals such as Women's Studies International Forum, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and in public forums including The Conversation (Australia), ABC News, and the LSE British Politics and Policy Blog. Kaye has more than ten years of experience teaching at a tertiary level. In this time, she has taught across a number of subject areas and disciplines, including gender studies, political science and theory, sociology, international relations, development, health and human diversity, and media, at several institutions. Outside the university, she has provided expert advice to industry and government bodies such as the Family Section of the (former) Department of Immigration and Citizenship, and the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. She has also been consulted by news programs including ABC’s Four Corners and SBS’ Insight, and has given interviews to ABC News Radio’s Drive and Triple J’s Hack. In 2020, she co-hosted an episode of ABC Radio National's 'The Minefield' (with Dr Meagan Tyler, RMIT) on the topic of International Women's Day. Industry Experience Kaye is an executive member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), the Australian branch of CATW International which is a non-government organisation with Category II consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. She has consulted with organisations including Project Respect, SisterWorks, UN Women, and The Salvation Army. Her industry experience also includes providing expert advice to government bodies and media engagement in the form of radio interviews, advice to producers of television news programs, and published opinion pieces. Recent articles- -7 April 2020: ‘When staying home isn’t safe: COVID-19, pornography and the pandemic of violence against women’, ABC Religion and Ethics, co-authored with Dr Meagan Tyler (RMIT) (https://www.abc.net.au/religion/coronavirus-pornography-and-the-pandemic-of-violence-against-wo/12131020?fbclid=IwAR1lxApiLjRxO1aftKfLE_VI-qcAf77iD9Mwy6ZGXCbHXesdplzXxrZS2jw.Interview) -3 March 2020: ‘Should we stop celebrating International Women’s Day’, ABC Religion and Ethics, co-authored with Dr Meagan Tyler (RMIT) (https://www.abc.net.au/religion/should-we-stop-celebrating-iwd/12021834) -15 December 2015: ''Toy wars' a year on: we’re finally recognising the role of culture and attitudes in domestic violence', The Conversation (Aus) (https://theconversation.com/toy-wars-a-year-on-were-finally-recognising-the-role-of-culture-and-attitudes-in-domestic-violence-51382) -25 August 2015: ‘Gender-based violence prevention in the classroom is just a start’, The Conversation (Aus) (https://theconversation.com/gender-based-violence-prevention-in-the-classroom-is-just-a-start-46515) -5 December 2014, ''Toy war' debates misunderstand the causes of domestic violence', The Conversation (Aus) (https://theconversation.com/toy-war-debates-misunderstand-the-causes-of-domestic-violence-34963)

Julian CH Lee is the Associate Dean, Global and Language Studies, in RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies. He is also Co-Director of the European Union and Australia Trade Relations and Ambitious Negotiations (EUATRAN) Centre of Excellence, and the Interim Director of Education for RMIT's Regenerative Futures Institute.    In 2024, RMIT’s College of Design and Social Context awarded him a citation for Learning and Teaching Leadership for his contributions and achievements within and beyond RMIT. Among his achievements are that of Best Paper at the 2022 conference of the Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN; now WIL Australia), and in 2019 he received a Ralph Macintosh Commendation “for outstanding commitment to delivering engaging student experiences through new ways of learning”.   Julian is a supporter and advocate for open access publishing and scholarship. In addition to serving on the editorial boards of the open access International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning (IJWIL) and the open access academic publisher Kismet Press, he has also been part of RMIT’s Open Access Working Group. In 2024, he collaborated with RMIT Library’s Open Access team to publish the co-edited volume A Skilled Hand and a Cultivated Mind, which followed his 2019 co-authored open access monograph Monsters of Modernity.   In addition to his academic work, Julian shares his insights on leadership practice with higher degree by research students through the Frontiers program of the Australian Technology Network (ATN). His module, The Future of Leadership, introduces PhD and Masters students to several of the most useful practices, paradigms and authors that have informed his approach to leadership.

Professor Bruce Wilson is the former director of the European Union Centre of Excellence at RMIT. In his emeritus capacity, he continues to lead research and debate on EU–Australian relations, place-based innovation systems and regional development, and shares advice on building partnerships between Australian organisations and their European counterparts. He has published extensively and presented at EU forums.

Bruno Mascitelli is an Honorary Professor at RMIT University and has been active in the European Studies environment for some time. An academic at Swinburne University and holder of a Jean Monnet Chair (2016-2019), Bruno was President of the European Studies Association from 2004 until 2021. He has published widely on European and Italian political economy.

Nikkola Mikocki-Bleeker is a research and project officer working in the European Union and Australia Trade Relations and Ambitious Negotiations (EUATRAN) Centre of Excellence. She/they are a graduate of International Studies as well as a Master’s of Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing, with many years’ experience working in commercial research and project management across public, private and tertiary sectors at a media analysis organisation.