As a result of her master’s degree in socio-cultural anthropology she received from the Durham University in Durham, UK, during which she specialised in religious anthropology and world cultures, Sneha has gained deep insights on how religion is misused to incite conflict. Coming from India, she h...

Sofiane Elhabib Chetioui was born in 1986, in the province of Eloued, Algeria. He is the Imam Khatib of the Ammar ben Yasser Mosque in Batna, Algeria, and a teaching assistant at the University of Batna. He has a master’s degree in doctrine from Aldjinane University, Lebanon and in comparative rel...

Sohini Jana, a post-graduate in English Literature, entered the field of interreligious dialogue when she took to listening to the ‘other’ as if she was reading another novel, another story. Sohini is the acting Chapter President for the India chapter of a non-profit organization based in the Un...

Daughters of Mary (Bannabikira Sisters) of Uganda; assistant lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, St. Augustine University of Tanzania Rev. Sr. Rose Kyaligonza is a Ugandan sister from the congregation of the Daughters of Mary (Bannabikira Sisters) of Uganda and an assistant lecturer in the D...

Before being ordained as a monk, Sri Swami Svatmananda earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in electronic engineering and computer science and shortly after, a master’s degree in global business administration and international management. Early in his career, he was a renowned expert in the fi...

Stella Francis has a B.S.C in economics and is the Co-Chair of the Abuja Interfaith Youth Network in Abuja Nigeria where she previously served as an administrative officer. She also volunteers with Human Resource Working Partners (NGO) partnering with WINConference. She has also been a leader within...

Stephanie Victoire Gangale Monka holds a bachelor´s degree in English literature and is working as project supervisor at the NGO Action for Population and Sustainable Development. She works with vulnerable people, female survivors of sexual violence, and young girls and boys on interreligious dialo...

Catholic Priest, Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria Stephen Ojapah is a Catholic Priest of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria (MSP) working in the Catholic diocese of Sokoto. He is the director for interreligious dialogue and ecumenism for the diocese of Sokoto and the parish ...

After leading the London-based Three Faiths Forum (3FF) for more than 10 years, Stephen moved to Amsterdam and founded the consultancy Plan C: Culture and Cohesion, and is working through the lens of identity, faith and culture at the nexus of policy, practice, and academia in order to promote bette...

Subindra Bogati is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative, where he oversees the organization’s development and growth as well as operations and programmes. He has over 13 years of experience designing and managing peacebuilding, interreligious dialogue and humanitar...