Category: fellows-oct-dec

Dr. Dorothy Ebere Adimora is a Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow, in Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she teaches 17 courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Educational Psychology. Ebere was the Director of the University Advancement Centre, Vice Chancellor’s Office, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 2018-2019. She was a member of University Senate Ceremonials Committee, 2016-2019. Has successfully supervised 16 postgraduate students, has authored 47 scholarly articles in national and international reputable journals and attended many national and international conferences. She is also a reviewer and member of editorial board in national and international reputable journals. She has experience in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, She is experienced in professional training of counsellors and psychologists. Her research interests particularly focus on students’ learning outcome, teachers’ job satisfaction, students with learning disability, gender issues, social related issues in academic milieu. She is the Founding/Executive Director of Moremi Psycho-Socio-Economic Foundation (MOPSEF), a non-governmental, non-profit organization duly registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (Reg. No. CAC/IT/NO 153808). MOPSEF is saddled with the responsibilities of human rights protection, access to education, economic, social and political empowerment, psychological intervention, and maximization of potentials for a better emotional state, mental health, psychological well-being, socio-economic growth and sustainable livelihood for the children, adolescents/youths, girls, women, those with disability and the underprivileged. Ebere is a member of Teacher’s Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Nigeria Council of Educational Psychologists (NCEP) and Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners (MCIEP). Research Topic: “ Remediation for Effects of Domestic Violence on Psychological Well-being among Women and Girls During COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria and Spain“. Host University: University of Catania, Italy Research Advisors:

Histoire Sociale-Monde Contemporain École Normale Supérieure d’Abidjan/Section: Espagnol Membre de Asociación de Historia Contemporánea (AHC) Membre de Asociación para la Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera (ASELE). Research Topic: “ La mujer en la Segunda República Española; de la República de los trabajadores a las trabajadoras de la República“. Host University: University of Almeria, Spain Research Advisor:

Dr. Miodraga Stefanovska – Petkovska, MBA, PhD, is a researcher and medical sociologist at the Institute of environmental health (ISAMB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. She is also a Full Professor in Medical Sociology and Organizational Behavior at the School of Political Science and Psychology, University American College Skopje. She graduated on the topic of individual and economic determinants of retirement and was awarded a honorary Masters in business administration on her research on wellbeing among ageing workforce. Part of her doctoral studies were at Staffordshire University, United Kingdom as a scholar of the Open Society Institute on the topic of economic trust and cooperation among religious and ethnic minorities. She obtained a doctoral degree in social sciences and gender issues at the on the topic of Discrimination and disparities in health care. Dr. Stefanovska-Petkovska has been awarded a certificate in Statistics for health research from Oxford University. Her academic research is focused on the area of medial sociology more specifically discrimination and disparities in health, health promotion among most-at-risk populations, and cultural origins of trust. She has co-authored books and academic articles domestically and internationally. She has been a mentor/co-mentor of over 20 master theses. She is has also been an NGO activist for more than 15 years in the field of HIV/AIDS/STI prevention and education with special focus on most-at-risk groups. She has participated, designed and coordinated numerous national and international projects on this issue. Research Topic: Building Post-Pandemic Health Equity: The Role of Culture, Ethnicity, Religion and Trust Host University: “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy Research Advisor: Prof. Andrea Lombardinilo, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Prof. Dr. Syed Mir Muhammad Shah received his early education from District Naushahro Feroze, Sindh. Dr. Shah started his career as an Adjunct Faculty at IBA Karachi and Karachi University. Dr. Shah joined Sukkur IBA in 1995 as a faculty member. He has been rendering his services at Sukkur IBA University for the past 25 years. Dr. Shah earned his Master of Science in Management Sciences from SZABIST Karachi in 2003. He acquired his Doctorate degree in 2017 in the field of Management Sciences. Dr. Shah holds a significant profile in research with more than 40 Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications in various leading Research Journals along with five Research Reports and Article publications. Prof. Shah has served on various administrative positions at Sukkur IBA University. Dr. Shah has served as Head of Department, Business Administration Department, Provost Hostels, Member of Academic Council, Member of Syndicate, Member of Strategic Management Committee, Member Master Trainer Gender Based Governance System- UNDP Project, and Supervisor for MS and PhD thesis to name a few. On many occasions, Dr. Shah has also served as Interim Vice Chancellor of Sukkur IBA University. Dr. Shah has visited and developed collaborations with international institutions of Malaysia, Singapore, Iran, South Korea, China, Qatar and UAE for research and development of Sukkur IBA University. Before his appointment as a Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Shah had been working as Professor at the Department of Business Administration and Director, International Accreditations at Sukkur IBA University. Looking at the untiring efforts of Dr. Shah, for the expansion of Sukkur IBA University, late Prof. Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui (SI) awarded a recognition shield to Dr. Shah in the silver jubilee ceremony of Sukkur IBA University held in January 2020. Research Topic: ” Post-pandemic challenges of online education adoption among university students in Pakistan.” Host University: University of Almeria, Spain   Research Advisors: Dr. Juan Antonio Almagro , University of Almeria Dr. Rut Jiménez Liso, University of Almeria

Dr Paul Kwame Butakor is a Senior lecturer at the Department of Teacher Education, School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana. Prior to his lectureship appointment at the University of Ghana, Dr. Butakor worked as a research assistant for statistical analyses in Big Data Learning Analytics at the Athabasca University, Canada. While studying for his PhD, he worked as a graduate teaching and research assistant at the University of Alberta, Canada for three years. Dr. Butakor also worked as a statistics and research methodology consultant at the centre for research in applied measurement and evaluation (CRAME) at the University of Alberta, where he consulted with both faculty and graduate students on areas such as research design and methodology, psychometric analyses, program evaluation, and appropriate data analyses techniques. Before studying for his PhD, Dr. Butakor worked as a principal test development officer and later as an assistant test development secretary at the national board for professional and technician examinations (NABPTEX) from 2006 to 2012. He holds a Ph.D. (Measurement, Evaluation and Cognition) from the University of Alberta, Canada, MSc. Educational Sciences from the University of Groningen, Netherlands; MSc Applied Statistics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; and a Bachelor of Education (Mathematics and Statistics) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests include educational measurement, assessment and evaluation, statistical methods in education and psychology, mathematics education, teacher education/professional development, and learning analytics. He has rich experience in education and curriculum development, implementation and evaluation gathered from his over two decades of professional teaching and research across various levels of Ghana’s educational system.  He has served on various national technical committees.  He is a member of the team of experts that developed the new 4-year Bachelor of Education programme for Colleges of Education and Teacher Education universities in Ghana and part of the pedagogy team developing courses and Professional Development manuals for tutors in Colleges of Education to facilitate the implementation of the curriculum. He is also a member of the Technical Working Group that developed the portfolio assessment guide for in-service teachers in Ghana, portfolio assessment framework and framework for assessing student teachers online learning during this COVID-19 pandemic. He was a member of the National Implementation Support Team (NIST) set up by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) in Ghana to monitor the implementation of the Bachelor of Education programme implemented by the 46 Colleges of Education and 5 public teacher education universities in Ghana. Research Topic: Using learning analytics (educational data mining) techniques to address challenges associated with assessing students during virtual teaching and learning. Host University: University of Almeria, Spain   Research Advisor:

Dr. Julio Benítez Telles is a cabinet maker with postgraduate studies at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Universidad del País Vasco in the fields of conservation and cultural studies. As a full-time Assistant Professor at the Conservation and Museum studies Career, Dr. Benítez Telles, highlights his responsibilities as Research Mentor of 16 undergraduate students, Teacher of six specialization courses, and Head of Research of the same career. During his academic life, he became Academic Coordinator, Director of the Conservation and Museum studies Career, and later Vice Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Arts and Humanities. In such positions, he co-organized international symposiums, boost research activities and scientific publications, and led the redesign of the Conservation career. Since 2011 Dr. Julio Benítez Telles taught and gave academic services to academic institutions, standing out those delivered to Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador. From his academic activities, Julio Benítez Telles underlines the articles about Didactical experiences with heritage photography, the relationship between environmental conditions and degradation of oil paintings exposed in open corridors, Evaluation of wood consolidation by means of its fundamental frequency, Wood-joints used to build baroque altarpieces in Quito. At different moments, Dr. Benítez Telles received research grants and scholarships from the European Union (Alban Program), Instituto Tecnológico del Mueble y Afines, ICCROM, American Institute for Conservation, and Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. And the Ecuadorian Army gave him an honor diploma in recognition of his collaboration for the enhancement of the Centro de Estudios Históricos del Ejército. Nowadays Dr. Julio Benítez Telles is a Member of the LASMAC International Scientific Committee, and a private consultant of academic projects. His current interest in research is the institutionalization process of the conservation science and profession, and their perspectives in scenarios of crisis.     Research Topic: ” Trayectoria y perspectivas de la conservación del patrimonio cultural en escenarios de crisis y transición: el proceso de institucionalización social y política del oficio, la técnica y la ciencia de la restauración. ” Host University: University of La Laguna, Spain Research Advisor:

Dr. Enkelejda Cenaj, “Aleksander Moisiu” University, Albania Dr. Enkelejda Cenaj is a lecturer of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Education at “Aleksandër Moisiu” University, Durres, Albania. During her years of lecturing she has covered courses of Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociological Thought, etc. She holds the degree “Doctor of Sociology” granted by Tirana University, Faculty of Social Sciences and is an active member of the Albanian Institute of Sociology. She has authored or co-authored many publications in peer reviewed journals and participated in scientific international conferences. Her publication topics focus mainly on issues related to education, youth, gender, culture, etc. She is honored to be part of the ESI Fellows and complete the Postdoctoral Training “Social Sciences and Humanities in a Post-crisis period” 2021/22. Research Topic: Living under the pandemic restrictions, youth challenges and dilemmas for the future (The case of students attending university studies). Host University: University of Catania, Italy Research Advisor:

Cenay Babaoğlu graduated from Hacettepe University, department of Political Science and Public Administration. He completed his graduate studies at the same university, at the Institute of Social Sciences, Program of Political Science and Public Administration and worked as research assistant at the same department between 2009-2015. During this period, he had academic visits to Bremen University/Germany for one year, to Berlin/Germany for four months and to Skopje/ Macedonia for six months. After receiving his PhD in 2015, he began his career at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. In 2017, he has been appointed as assistant professor at the Department of Public Administration at Ömer Halisdemir University. Between 2019 – 2021, he worked at Selcuk University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration as associate professor. Since 2021 September he is working at Ömer Halisdemir University as associate professor. Babaoğlu was the editor of the Journal of Legislation between 2016-2017, and he is the Editor of Journal of Public Administration and Policy and assistant editor of the Journal of Public Administration and Technology. The author has ten books, many book chapters and articles on public policy practices, civic engagement, and public administration and technology. During his academic life, he took part in fifteen projects supported by different institutions and organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey, the Ministry of Family and Social Policies of Turkey, and Turkish Science Council. H Research topic:  “ COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effects on Digital Government: The Case of Italy“.  Host University: University of Catania, Italy Research Advisor:

Andrej Semenov is an assistant lecturer at the University of Pristina (Kosovska Mitrovica). He received his PhD from Charles University. During doctoral studies, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford and Sorbonne 1. His main research interest is the EU involvement in the Western Balkans.  Research Topic: ” Enlargement in smaller steps: Can the mini-Schengen be a remedy to EU enlargement fatigue?”. Host University: University of Catania, Italy Research Advisors: Dr. Iveta Reinholde, University of Latvia, Latvia