Professor, University College Beder Skender graduated from Boğaziçi University with a major in psychology. His master’s focused on the role and influence that ethnocentrism has on people’s behaviour. He completed his doctoral studies at the European University of Tirana with a focus on qu...

PhD Student, Faculty of Theology of Lugano Eleonora is doing a PhD in religious studies at the Faculty of Theology, Lugano. Her field of research is a comparative study between Muslim and Christian ethics, focusing on gender issues in Europe. Eleonora strongly believes that there is a link between ...

Hani Dawah is the deputy of the Senior Media Counselor of the Grand Mufti of Egypt, as well as the deputy of the “Buhramiyya Sufi Order”, one of the most popular Sufi Orders in Egypt. In addition, he was an assistant to the representatives of Al-Azhar in the 50-member committee tasked with amend...

Member of the Scientific and Administrative Team, The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece Kalliopi is a PhD candidate and a graduate of theology at the University of Athens. She obtained her MS in pedagogical studies and matters of gender and religion from the University of Athens, Panteio...

Mina Malak Beshrida holds a postgraduate diploma in evaluation, follow-up and management of developmental projects from Helwan University. He also has a BLA in media from Minia University in Egypt. He works as a program coordinator of the Cultures Dialogue Forum in the Coptic Evangelical Organizatio...

President, Hindu Federation of Spain Pandit Krishna Kripa Dasa was born in Spain to a father who was an Indian Hindu and a mother who was a Spanish Catholic. He grew up in an interfaith interracial family, joined the Hindu Vaishnava school, and was ordained a priest (purohit) in 1994. He has been i...

Rabbi, Jewish Community Aachen Mark has been supporting Jewish communities in the Diaspora for several decades. For the last 10 years he has been the rabbi of various Jewish communities in Germany. For a long time, he had worked in the central social organization ZWST, which helped Jewish refugees ...

Project Director, Inclusive Bangladesh Tushar is an educator, peacemaker and human rights activist from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is currently the project director of Inclusive Bangladesh, a youth-led community organization, and runs two projects on social cohesion – “Faith in the Commonwealth&...

Director, University Malaya Wendy Yee Mei Tien is a senior lecturer and currently, holds the position of Director for the Center for Internship Training and Academic enrichment at the University of Malaya. She received her PhD (2008) in youth studies from the University Putra Malaysia. She also obt...

Trainer and Lecturer, Islamic University in Niger and Leader, NGO “Recup” Yachaou is a consultant in the field of peace and security and is currently leading Recup, an NGO that he founded and which inspires young people in entrepreneurship, employability, peacebuilding, prevention of vi...