Victoria Pelaez has been a social researcher on gender, migration, and social inclusion for more than 10 years. She teaches social research at Rafael Landívar University (a Jesuit university) in Guatemala. A Roman Catholic, her academic interests focus on how excluded populations can be involved in...

Pastor, Reverend, El Salvador Lutheran Synod Arisbé Abelina Gómez became a Lutheran pastor in El Salvador in August 2019 after extensive experience as a leader of young people in the church. She also has expertise with children’s biblical education. From 2004 until 2009, she was director of th...

Lecturer, Artha Wacana Christian University Rince Felpina Manao was born in Soe, West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. She graduated from Artha Wacana Christian University, at Kupang with a degree in theology in 2015. She started her career at the Association of Indonesian Christian Scholars f...

Awatef Boshra Anwar holds a Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, and works for the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services in Cairo. ...

Bashar Rahme holds a master’s degree in Islamic-Christian relations from the Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He studied political science at Damascus University and expanded on the subject of international relations. He lived during the violent events in Syria and was influenced by the impa...

Community Liaison Assistant, MINUSCA Anselme Bezzi has worked as the Community Liaison Assistant at MINUSCA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) since April 2016, specialising in protection of civilians. Prior to that, he was the nationa...

Bishoy Zayed Fikry is the dialogue coordinator at the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services in Egypt. In this capacity, he works to build capacity among religious leaders and community leaders in facilitation, and to strengthen inter-community ties. He believes that this supports tole...

Professor, Sogang University Chae Young Kim teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Sogang University, Korea. He served as president of the Korean Association for Religious Studies from 2014-2016. He serves on the editorial board of the international journals Religion and British Journal ...

Professor, Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College of Aotearoa, New Zealand Chris lectures at Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College of Aotearoa, New Zealand. He earned a doctorate in theology at the Angelicum, Rome Italy in 2009. His primary areas of expertise are theological aesthetics, how dive...

Canon Lawyer, International Union of Superiors General (UISG) Claudia Giampietro is a a canon lawyer working for the advisory board of the International Union of Superiors General, helping Catholic religious order of women to develop new policies on the protection of minors and vulnerable adults. ...