Dr. Laure Sizaire
Postdoctoral Researcher (MSCA)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Research keywords: gendered globalization of marriage market, transnational intimacies and conjugalities, international matchmaking, migratory projects and experiences
Dr. Miyako Hayakawa
Postdoctoral Researcher (AspirE)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Research keywords: anthropology of family and kinship, Japanese migration, international divorce, and privileged international mobility
Dr. Mimy Keomanichanh
Postdoctoral Researcher (AspirE)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Research keywords: mixed couples, emotions, gender and nation, marriage migration (between Laos and Western Europe)
Aaron Raphael Ponce
PhD Researcher
“Nation(ality), Sex(uality) and Class: Cross-Border Relationship Trajectories of Gay Belgian-Chinese Couples”
Mari Kawase
PhD Researcher
“Sexualité et mixité conjugale : les couples belgo-japonais en Belgique et au Japon”
Cai Chen
PhD Researcher
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
“Intimacy across Boundaries: An Ethnography of Ethnoracial Dynamics among Sino-Congolese Couples in Postcolonial Congo (DRC)”

Fleurine Hermand
PhD Researcher
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
“The experiences of love among Iranians in Brussels”
Dr. Herbary Cheung
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Gender Studies
Malaysia School of Arts and Social Sciences
Monash University
Research keywords: Gender, sexuality and development, Transnational migration and refugee, Contextual mobility, Family, marriage and health, Intersectionality, Southeast Asia-Hong Kong connections

Yoko Iwashita
PhD Researcher
University of Lille, France
“Intercultural dynamics of Franco-Japanese families in France (Lille) and Japan (Tokyo) from the 1990s”
Gabriel Alberto Ceballos Rodríguez
PhD Researcher
Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
“Binational families’ identity development and integration: The Estonian case”