Dr Nina Markovic Khaze is sessional lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. Her prior academic leadership roles include serving as Chair of the European Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (NSW/ACT Branch) and Vice-President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (ACT Branch). Before joining academia, she worked as a Senior Researcher for Europe and Middle East at the Parliamentary Research Service in Canberra (2007–14) at an executive level. She has been a political analyst with SBS radio since 2014, and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers. In 2022-23, Nina co-founded Immunity Group Australia, an Australian-U.S. biotech start up, and the Allergy Microbiome Foundation Limited alongside Dr Douglas Jones MD, a US innovator.