Wang Donghui, is a chinese student at the School of Economics, Lanzhou University.

In september 2009 she enrolled in  the Master of science in comparative Law，Economics and Finance at the International University college of Turin.

My name is Ismat Quzmar, I am a Palestinian economics student. I graduated from Birzeit University in 2008, majoring in economics with a minor in political science. For the past year I have been working with a local consulting company on issues within the Palestinian community such as transparency, accountability, integrity “tool-kits” for Local Government Units (LGUs), and most recently I have worked on a study regarding the property tax reform. My education and work experience, in addition to the unique situation me and my people lie under, led me to believe that I need to do something that enables me to take my role as a young Palestinian who devoted his life to serve the cause of his people in ending occupation and building an independent, democratic, Palestinian state. I see the future of Palestinians as a nation and their struggle to build their own independent state is tied tightly to their ability to handle the hardships that face most the periphery states from the centre countries and occupational practices, this requires qualified educated individuals who possess the sufficient knowledge to face such challenges. I am very excited and privileged that I was selected by IUC and extremely eager to meet all my “worldwide” colleagues, professors and IUC staff. IUC was the target destination for me since it has a unique vision which is the aim to contribute to a better world, and I'm sure several interesting and related topics will be addressed during my stay in Turin, which will enable me to widen my horizon and allow me to mature academically and professionally.

I graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology. As an undergraduate I studied the legacies of colonialism in New Zealand where I first developed an interest in international business and the impact of globalization. Since graduation I have been working for the Nielsen Company across three continents: North America (in Chicago), Asia (in Shanghai) and Europe (in Oxford). This has afforded me many opportunities to interact with various cultures and business environments. While working I have continued to be interested in globalization and development and through my travels my interest in this topic has only increased. I look forward to learning more about how the global economy is influenced by laws and financial regulation, and specifically I would like to explore how these regulations impact people and cultures at the local level.

My name is Liliya Leonova. I was born in Ukraine. After I finished high school with distinction I entered the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Law School in Kyiv, Ukraine, where I obtained my Bachelor's and Master's degree in law diplomas with honours. While studying at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy I also finished the Certified Program in Translation and the Art of Translation (English) and the Certified Program in Foreign Language (German). As a student I also had a traineeship at the Pro bono Legal Clinic at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Law School in 2001-2003, the legal traineeship with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in 2003 and the legal traineeship with the National Bank of Ukraine in 2004. In the framework of the traineeship at the Pro bono Legal Clinic program I consulted clients on legal problems, participated in the Street Law Project and in the Ukrainian Conference on the Development of the Legal Clinical Education in Ukraine. Among other extracurricular activities, I took part in the Civic Education Project and successfully completed the courses on Negotiation Skills for Attorneys and Conflict Management for Attorneys. During my graduate study at the law school I paid a special attention to studying International Public Law, Human Rights Law, International Commercial Law. I developed my interest in these disciplines by participation in the Conference “Human Rights in Ukraine: Realization and Protection” in 2001, the Kyiv Region Tour of Law Students Competition in Commercial Law in 2002 (1 prize), the Ukrainian National Championship of the 2002 Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the Ukrainian National Championship of the 2003 Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. After graduation from the Law School I had a legal traineeship as an attorney's assistant with the Ukrainian Law Offices "Korbut & Maksymenko" in Kyiv, where I performed legal research and drafted legal documents. After that I worked as a lawyer at the Ukrainian law firm "Sayenko Kharenko" in 2005-2006 and at the leading German international law firm in Ukraine "Beiten Burkhardt" in 2006-2008. My practical areas of specialization were banking and finance law, commercial law, corporate law, employment law. Among other, my work experience includes participation in M&A, assets acquisitions and due diligences; projects on cross-border lending, securitization; registration and regulation requirements to the financial institutions. Apart from work, I have been performing my PhD research at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on legal regulation of securitization by pledge and mortgage under the law of Ukraine and other countries of Eastern Europe. I also participated in a number of international conferences and legal trainings focused on commercial law and financial market problems.