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I am an experienced academic and researcher with a strong background in International Relations and Politics. I have worked in several European countries and my work is multidisciplinary, too. After conducting fieldwork in EU countries and later in Kazakhstan, I better understood the dynamics of power in contemporary Eurasia and the resilience of modern states. Later I have investigated neoliberalism and its authoritarian degeneration, in both the West and other world regions, and published a book on this for Brill, Leiden, in 2025. I have also vast teaching experience and I gained a PGCHE in 2021 at Regent's. I have held positions as a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Regent's University London, an Associate Lecturer at The Open University, a Sessional Lecturer at Birkbeck College, London and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, among others. I have always adopted a student-centred pedagogy approach. I am also a Designated Member of Chatham House and I have published, including in top-tier journals, on issues of neoliberalism, Central Asia, the EU, empires, and political theory.

Isabel Galicia Ernst is an educated and experienced researcher in the field of human nutrition. She obtained her MSc in clinical nutrition from the University of Hohenheim in 2021 and completed her Bachelor's degree in dietetics and food science from Universidad Iberoamericana in 2017. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the Institute for Biomedicine of Aging at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. With her strong educational background and research experience, Isabel is dedicated to advancing the understanding of aging and nutrition and finding ways to promote healthy aging. As a research assistant at the university, she actively contributes to ongoing studies and publications, further cementing her expertise in this field.