FAME

Prof. Dr Rosalba Icaza Garza is Professor of Global Politics, Feminisms and Decoloniality at ISS and Deputy Dean of Research. In that capacity, she is responsible for the overall research environment and PhD program in Global Development and Social Justice. Her academic work combines global politics, feminism and decolonial analysis while deploying rigorous, socially engaged research methodologies. Thematically, she conducts research on the geo and body politics of knowledge production in international development studies; the politics of comparative regionalisms with a particular focus in Central and South America; the politics of transnational activism of First Nations/indigenous, anti-racist and environmental justice movements; and alternative research methodologies and pedagogies for international and global studies informed by post/decolonial and feminist approaches. As a teacher, and mentor in both undergraduate and postgraduate education in seven different countries, she has learned the importance of deep listening, connection, and relation for sustaining long-lasting collaborative work. As a woman of color, Rosalba understands her role in academia as an opportunity to honor those who precede her and mentor those who come after her.

Dr Gabi Helfert is Cluster Lead/Director of Educational Excellence at Rotterdam School of Management. She heads a cluster of 5 teams, working on educational logistics and learning innovation, with a total of close to 30 employees. She received her PhD in Management from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Dr Helfert is also a Steering Committee Member of the RSM initiative on Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) and leads the working group on inclusive education at RSM.

Dr Federica Violi is universitair hoofddocent internationaal recht aan de Erasmus School of Law en doceerde eerder internationaal recht en EU-recht aan de Universiteit van Messina. Ze promoveerde aan de Universiteit van Milaan. Haar proefschrift gaat over de relatie tussen permanente soevereiniteit over natuurlijke hulpbronnen en het fenomeen landroof. Ze was visiting research fellow aan het Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Public Law, Heidelberg in 2014 en 2016 en aan het Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia Law School, New York in 2019. Haar onderzoeksinteresses omvatten due diligence, soevereiniteit en territorialiteit, geschillenbeslechting tussen investeerders en staten en investeringscontracten in natuurlijke hulpbronnen. Naast haar academische activiteiten heeft Federica gewerkt als advocaat en heeft ze stage gelopen bij de Permanente Missie van Italië bij de VN en andere IO's in Genève en bij de EU-Commissie (DG Devco) in Brussel.

Lucille Brakefield works in the Learning & Innovation team of Erasmus School of Economics. She is the coordinator of the Career Skills programme for third year bachelor students and the Guidance courses for first years. In this position, Lucille coordinates about 30 courses that all focus on student success and skills development. Lucille is motivated to enable students to work and reflect on their personal and professional development. 

Dr Ellen Frank Delgado is an HR Policy Advisor Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (IDEA) at the IDEA Center at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her main focus is supporting structural changes to make our university more inclusive for employees. She obtained her PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh in 2024 with her doctoral research on conceptualising inclusion/exclusion and gender-based violence within higher education in the United Kingdom. Her research maintains a mixed-methods approach that embraces computational social science. She has over eight years of experience working in IDEA-related topics both within academia and in the private sector.