Lejla Voloder is a socio-cultural anthropologist with interest in research methodologies, and in the geopolitical and environmental forces that impact upon migration and settlement. She has published in the areas of autoethnography and multiculturalism. Her most recent publication in Ethnic and Racial Studies looks into migratory journeys and the articulations of citizenship in Turkey.
Liudmila Kirpitchenko is Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Australia. Liudmila’s research interests include academic mobility, intercultural encounters, knowledge creation, cosmopolitanism, social inclusion and qualitative research methods. Among her recent publications are a book Academic Mobility and Intercultural Dialogue in Australia, Canada and Italy and an article on academic hyper-mobility in the Journal of Intercultural Communication.