Visiting Fellows at Middlesex University Graduate School

Dr Naveed R. Khan is an Assistant Professor and Head of Research and Postgraduate Studies at UCSI University, Malaysia. His research explores the intersections of organisational behaviour, sustainability, and digital innovation. He has published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Business Research, European Management Journal, International Journal of Production Economics and Journal of Environmental Management. Dr Khan has received multiple national and international research grants. His work aims to advance sustainable management practices, sustainable transformation, and digital innovation through impactful, interdisciplinary research and academic collaboration.

Dr Evgenia Iliadou holds a PhD in Social Policy and Criminology from the Open University, UK, and has completed postdoctoral research at the Department of Politics, University of Surrey. Between 2018 and 2023, she worked as a lecturer and research associate at the Open University and the Universities of Greenwich, West London, Surrey, and Bologna. She is currently an independent researcher focusing on border violence and deaths, medicalisation of borders, immigration detention, refugee camps, and epistemic injustice. Evgenia has also worked in immigration detention centres in Greece and the UK, providing support and advocacy to survivors of torture, human trafficking, and sexual abuse.

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Dr Farzan Yahya is a financial economist specialising in sustainable finance, climate economics, and monetary policy dynamics. His research explores how financial systems can drive environmental transitions, with particular focus on the trilemma of monetary policy, green finance mechanisms, and carbon emissions in the financial sector. With over 50 publications in leading journals including Energy Economics and Journal of Environmental Management, Dr Yahya brings rigorous econometric expertise to pressing sustainability challenges. Currently an Associate Professor at Nanchang Institute of Technology, he is passionate about bridging academic research with practical policy solutions while mentoring the next generation of scholars in climate-conscious finance.

Dr More Raça is a Kosovo-born filmmaker, educator, and scholar whose work explores cinema’s role in shaping memory, identity, and social change in small and post-conflict nations. Her debut feature Andromeda Galaxy (San Sebastián 2019, Sarajevo 2020) won several international awards, and her recent documentary Home is Where the Films Are examines the healing power of film for displaced children. A Fulbright Scholar at the New York Film Academy and a member of the European Film Academy, she teaches Film Directing at the University of Prishtina.

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Dr Uditha Ramanayake is a critical tourism and hospitality researcher, interested in using creative, visual, and participatory approaches such as Ketso, ‘MeBox’ and LEGO® Serious Play® in his teaching and research. His professional journey across Sri Lanka, Ireland, France, the UAE, New Zealand, and China has equipped him with unique insights into diverse approaches to tourism development. As a curious traveller and lifelong learner, he brings authentic passion to his research and teaching, and his research aims to provide actionable insights that inform policy, improve industry practices, and create more equitable and meaningful travel experiences for all demographics, particularly underserved populations.

Dr Julian Stodd is a researcher, writer, artist, and explorer. HIs work fundamentally reshapes our understanding of the post-industrial organisations through his concept of the social age. He has published 21 books exploring aspects of leadership, learning, culture, and change, and his current work on the social context of generative AI supports strategic leadership development. His work on social leadership and the socially dynamic organisation have been adopted by over 150 global organisations including Apple, Novartis, NHS, and BP. Founder of Sea Salt Learning consultancy.

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Dr Gwen Stirling Wilkie (DProf, MSc, MBA, FRSA) is a future-of-work expert, senior-level thinking partner, and author. Her organisational and academic work explores leadership and organisational responsiveness in the evolving landscape of work (workscape). She bridges boardrooms and academia through her consultancy, Seeds of Transformation, supporting leaders in navigating complexity through dialogue, courage, and clarity. Her transdisciplinary doctoral research advanced the understanding of responsiveness through the metaphor of edgewalking, creating new frameworks for relational intelligence, systemic responsiveness, and transformative spaces. She continues to explore responsiveness through the interplay of human-centric and AI-enabled ways of working.

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Dr Neil Wilkie has a Doctorate in the phenomenology of relationships from Middlesex University. His research explores how relationship dynamics profoundly shape individual wellbeing, academic achievement, and organisational culture across personal and professional domains. He is a psychotherapist, author and business leader with over 25 years of senior executive experience and extensive coaching practice. Neil brings a unique practitioner-researcher perspective to relationship science. He has created the Duo Coaching and the Relationship Paradigm frameworks. His work has reached over 4.8 million readers through publications in major outlets, and he is currently authoring three forthcoming books on relationships with Routledge.

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