Dr. Joel Hanisek is Policy & Programme Manager for Scholars at Risk Europe, where he manages the EU-funded Inspireurope project and supports the activities of SAR sections across Europe. He has a background in NGO advocacy at the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and was previously also a member of the New York-based NGO Working Group on the Security Council. He holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin where he researched socio-religious aspects of memory and mobility in Iran-U.S. transcultural contexts. His research is currently organised around historic formations of higher education values in international exchange.