Roy Anthony Rogers is a with the Department of Strategic and International Studies, University of Malaya, having joined the department in 2001. Dr Roy Anthony Rogers served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Asia Europe Institute (Research and Development) of the University of Malaya from November 2022 to December 2024. In addition, he served as the Director of the Centre of ASEAN Regionalism Universiti Malaya (CARUM). CARUM aims to enhance research and academic activities related to ASEAN and regionalism. Besides he held the post of Head of the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for eight years (2012-2020) and has been reappointed as the Head of Department since 05 May 2025. In March 2026 he has been appointed a Fellow of the Academy of Nationhood by the Prime Minister of Malaysia.   Dr Roy Anthony Rogers has a Master in Strategic and Defence Studies (M.SDS) from the University of Malaya. He has also taught at the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College (MAFSC) and the Malaysian Defence Armed Forces College (MDAF). In 2012 he obtained Ph.D. from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and his research interest are government and politics of the Central Asian republics and human rights conditions in Xinjiang. His area of specialization includes Political Science, International Relations (Theories of International Relations) and History (China and Central Asia). He has been invited by the Institute of Diplomatic and Foreign Relations (IDFR) Malaysia to lecture at the Diplomatic Training Course for ASEAN Attachment Officers. He is one of the Media Resource Persons for Radio and Television Malaysia (RTM), Sinar Harian and Astro Awani. Received the Excellence Service Award in 2016, 2008 from the University of Malaya, International Visitor (IV) from the US State Department in 2006.

Dr Aizan binti Ali@ Mat Zin is an associate professor at the Department of Islamic History, Civilization,and Education, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. She is a first class graduant of B.Hons Usuluddin and sponsored by Universiti Malaya for her Masters of Arts in Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK in 1998. Then the universiti granted her for a study leave which earned her Phd from University of Wales, UK in 2010. She has traveled to various countries for a conference and research such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Malta, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, German, Netherland, France, Spain, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Her teaching, research and publications cover Issues in Islamic History and Civilization, History of Islamic Institution, History of Islamic Education, History of Islamic Architecture in Malaysia, Muslims scholarship and th Prophet biographical studies, and Research Methodology in Islamic History. Dr Aizan‘s research interests extends over Manuscriptology (her research area for approved sabbatical leave). She has published a great number of articles in Wos and scopus journals, non indexed journals, proceedings, chapters in book and books related to her expertise. To mention several of them i.e Islamic Institutions of Education in British India: A Study on Deoband Madrasah, Jurnal Usuluddin APIUM 9:113-132, Al-Attas’s Works and Contribution to the Islamic Architecture in Malaysia, Middle-East journal of Scientific Research 14 (12):1685-1690, 2013 (ISSN 1990-9233), and Islamic Institutions of Higher Education in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges in Developing Muslim Intellectuals, KUPUSB, 2012 (ISBN 99917-44-99-1). In 2017, Universiti Malaya Press has published her edited book entitled Sejarah Astronomi Islam di Malaysia and ITBM publish her book on Metodologi Penyelidikan Sejarah Islam in 2022. She actively engage in national and international seminar and conferences such as BRISMES di University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2006; WOCMES at De Autonoma Universitat, Barcelona, Spain,2010; Universiti Muhammadiyah, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2011 and KUPUSB, Brunei,2012. A Keynote speaker at the 6Th Eurasian Conference on Language and Social Sciences, Samarkand, Uzbekistan in 2019. She spoke on “Sources in Writing History of Mosques in Malaysia (1975-2015)”. In addition to academic activities, she also trusted by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) as an auditor in 2013 and QMEC appointed her as a head auditor in 2022 for PSAR. Then she was a member of Board of Advisors for Assofa Islamic College. Apart from academic world, she also appeared on international and local television broadcast such as TV3 (Jejak Srikandi: talking about women around the Prophet Muhammad which was aired several times), Astro Oasis (talking about women in Islam) and Spain Tv (talking about women and veil). Her latest achievement is "The 1st Best Paper Award" in the 6th International Conference on World Religion which was held in Minhaj University Lahore, Pakistan on 28-29 October 2023. She wrote on "The History of Postmodernism and Its Impact on Muslim Lifestyle in Malaysia" Her work reflects scholarly excellence, intercultural engagement and strong academic scholarship.  This international academic background has shaped her broad and inclusive perspectives on Islamic scholarship and civilizational studies. Her research portfolio is extensive, with total competitive grants as Principal Investigator and Co-Researcher. She has supervised more than 30 postgraduate students, reflecting her strong commitment to mentoring emerging scholars. Dr. Aizan’s most recent international achievements include being awarded the Erasmus+ Programme (KA171) Teaching Mobility Grant, under which she has been officially accepted as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Alicante, Spain, from 13–17 October 2025, with mobility funding. This appointment strengthens academic cooperation between Malaysia and Spain. She also served as an Invited Speaker at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), Almaty, Kazakhstan), on 9–10 September 2025, contributing to scholarly dialogue on Islamic history and contemporary civilizational issues. Her excellence has been recognised through multiple awards, including the Best Paper Award (2023), Certificates of Excellent Service (2001, 2002, 2023), Silver and Bronze Medals at research exhibitions (2014, 2015), and the Khidmat Setia 20-Year Service Award (2017)  

Dr Noralina Omar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Administration and Justice, University of Malaya. Her core area of expertise is Family Social Work.  Over 10 years, she has been involved in research and publications focusing on family and children.  Her research interests focus on child well-being, family ecology and parent-child relationship. ORCID ID: https//orcid.org/0000-0003-0539-5956 Web of Science Researcher ID: P-8104-2019 SCOPUS ID: 55214672200