Our People

Jimmy Stef has a doctorate in sociology and is a post-doctoral fellow at the Université Côte d’Azur, France. His PhD thesis was funded by the CNRS and it focuses on higher education and the phenomenon of the internationalisation of higher education in Europe and South-East Asia.

Rosalyn Eder received her PhD from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and currently leads the strategic internationalization of Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg, Austria. She is a lecturer in globalization and education, and in qualitative research methodologies.

Dr. Dongmei Li is a teaching and learning specialist in diversity and internationalisation at the Faculty of Arts, the University of Melbourne.

Liviu Matei is a professor of higher education and public policy, and head of the School of Education, Communication and Society at King’s College London. He taught at universities in Europe, the U.S., and Asia.

Maria Yudkevich was till April 2023 a distinguished professor and head of the Center for Institutional Studies at HSE University, Russia.
Natasha Hashimoto is an associate professor at Tokyo Woman’s Christian University. Her Ph.D. is in education/applied linguistics, and her master’s is in human rights.

Mahboubeh Rakhshandehroo is an associate lecturer of English at Kwansei Gakuin University. Additionally, she serves as the leadership team coordinator of the East Asia regional group of Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE).

Ben Williamson is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, UK, and an editor of Learning, Media and Technology.

Michalinos Zembylas is Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus, Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.

Carlo Perrotta is Associate Professor of Digital Education at the Faculty of Education which is part of the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Michael Webb is the director of technology and analytics at Jisc – the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research, and innovation.

Professor Valerio De Stefano, PhD, joined Osgoode as a tenured professor in January 2022 and was then appointed as the inaugural Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society.