Members of the Chair

The Chair’s team consists of several members from all continents. Based on each member’s geographical spheres of interest, which represent a highly diverse sampling of countries or regions, the Chair will establish a network of specialists from all over the world, enabling it to consequently expand its areas of activities.

Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldnerinitially pursued legal studies and earned a Doctor of Law degree in 1970. She became the first woman to serve as Chief of t...

Mr. Mohamed Abou El-Enein

Mr. Mohamed Abou El-Enein

Mohamed Abou El-Enein,one of the most prominent figures in politics, economics and industry, The Parliament deputy speaker,The Honorary President of T...

Mr. Spyridon Flogaitis

Mr. Spyridon Flogaitis

Former Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic (August-Sept. 2015)Former Minister of Interior, Hellenic Republic (August-September 20...

Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain

Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain

Senator Raymonde Saint-Germainis an experienced public administrator. She served in several senior multidisciplinary positions at the national and int...

Mr. Senén Florensa

Mr. Senén Florensa

Senén Florensais the Executive President of the European Institute of the Mediterranean‭ (‬IEMed‭), ‬Chair of EuroMeSCo General Assembly‭, ‬and direct...

Ms. Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou

Ms. Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulouis a Greek politician who has pursued a long and distinguished career at both the European and national levels, holding senio...

Ambassador Simona-Mirela Miculescu

Ambassador Simona-Mirela Miculescu

Ambassador Simona-Mirela Miculescu served as President of the 42nd UNESCO General Conference from 2023 to 2025, becoming the first Romanian to chair a...

Prof. James F. Hollifield

Prof. James F. Hollifield

Prof. James F. Hollifieldis Ora Nixon Arnold Professor in International Political Economy and Director of the Tower Center at Southern Methodist Unive...

Mr. Mark Green

Mr. Mark Green

Mr. Ambassador Mark Greenserves as the President, Director, and CEO of Washington, DC’s Wilson Center. Wilson is unique among American policy institut...

Prof. Simon Thorpe

Prof. Simon Thorpe

Simon Thorpestudied psychology and physiology at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he later completed a PhD under the supervision ...

Father Nabil Haddad

Father Nabil Haddad

Father Nabil Haddadis the founder and executive director of the Jordanian Center for Interfaith and Interreligious Research (known as “Taa’awun”) in A...

Mr. Khaled bin Hamad Al Malik

Mr. Khaled bin Hamad Al Malik

Khaled bin Hamad Al MalikEditor-in-Chief of Al Jazeera Saudi Arabia – CurrentlyHonorary President of the Gulf Press Union – CurrentlyChairman of the S...

Mr. Sadguru Brahmeshan Brahmeshanand 
Acharya Swamiji

Mr. Sadguru Brahmeshan Brahmeshanand Acharya Swamiji

Mr. Sadguru Brahmeshan Brahmeshanand Acharya SwamijiRecipient of ‘Padma Shri’ AwardAmbassador of PeaceInterfaith Peace PromoterVedic Researcher, Yog &...

Mr. Michele Capasso

Mr. Michele Capasso

Mr. Michele Capassowas born in a village located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius (Naples) on June 14, 1954. In 1987, he founded the “Mediterranean Fou...

H.E. Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Jarwan Al Shamsi

H.E. Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Jarwan Al Shamsi

Mr.Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Jrawan Al ShamsiNationality: United Arab EmiratesDate of Birth: August 25, 1962Languages: Arabic, English, FrenchPositions:Pr...

Mr. Effenus Henderson

Mr. Effenus Henderson

Mr. Effenus Hendersonis President and CEO of HenderWorks, Inc. (www.henderworks.com ) and President / Co-Founder of Institute for Sustainable Diversit...

Mr. Philippe Marchesin

Mr. Philippe Marchesin

Philippe Marchesinis a French geopolitical scholar. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Paris 1 Panthé...

Mr. Philippe Blacher

Mr. Philippe Blacher

Après des études de droit et une thèse (« Contrôle de constitutionnalité et volonté générale ») soutenue sous la direction de Dominique Rousseau à l’U...

Mr. Amadou Lamine Sall

Mr. Amadou Lamine Sall

Amadou Lamine Sallest né en 1951 à Kaolack. Il est le Fondateur de la Maison africaine de la poésie internationale, et il préside aux destinées de la ...

Mr. Mohamed El-Arabi

Mr. Mohamed El-Arabi

Mr. Mohamed El-Arabi– Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.– Former President of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Egyptian Parliament.– P...

Mr. Mokhtar Omar

Mr. Mokhtar Omar

Mr. Omar MokhtarAmbassador, Senior Advisor to the Secretary General for the Inter-Parliamentary Union.Ambassador Omar was born in 1965 and started his...

Mr. Ossama Hassan Heikal

Mr. Ossama Hassan Heikal

Mr. Osama Hassan Heikalis a prominent figure known for his significant contributions and roles in various capacities. With a wealth of experience and ...

Mr. Hussein Majali

Mr. Hussein Majali

Mr. Hussein Majaliserved the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in various leadership roles in both the government and the military for over 30 years before ...

Prof. Hélène Thiollet

Prof. Hélène Thiollet

Prof. Hélène Thiolletis a CNRS permanent researcher at the Center for International Studies, Sciences Po. She is a graduate of Ecole normale supérieur...

Prof. Maria Eugenia Cosio Zavala

Prof. Maria Eugenia Cosio Zavala

Prof. Maria EugeniaCosio Zavalais a distinguished Professor of Demography at the University of Paris Nanterre (France) and a Visiting Professor at El ...

Prof. Catherine Wihtol de Wenden

Prof. Catherine Wihtol de Wenden

Prof. Catherine Wihtol de Wendenis a senior research fellow at CNRS (CERI, Sciences Po). She holds a degree from Sciences Po, a Doctorate in Political...

Prof. Lola Bañon Castellón

Prof. Lola Bañon Castellón

Prof. Lola Bañon Castellónhas a Ph.D. in Journalism from the University of Valencia and a graduate in Information Sciences from the Autonomous Univers...

Dr. Sami Mohamed Rabei Al-Sharif

Dr. Sami Mohamed Rabei Al-Sharif

Dr. Sami Mohamed Rabei Al-Sharifis :Secretary-General of the Association of Islamic UniversitiesDean of the Faculty of Media at the Modern University ...

Prof. Ghazi Gherairi

Prof. Ghazi Gherairi

Prof. Ghazi Gherairiis a jurist, academic, and diplomat.With a PhD in Public Law and Political Science, he teaches public law at the University of Car...

Prof. Véronique Petit

Prof. Véronique Petit

Prof. Véronique Petitis a professor of demography at Université Paris Cité, where she co-directs the Doctoral School of Social Sciences. She is affili...

Prof. Giuseppe Sciortino

Prof. Giuseppe Sciortino

Prof. Giuseppe Sciortinoteaches sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento. He has been visiting profess...

Prof. Martina Cvajner

Prof. Martina Cvajner

Martina Cvajneris a faculty member at the Department of Sociology and Cognitive Science at the University of Trento. She is part of the Master’s progr...

Prof. Fiona B. Adamson

Prof. Fiona B. Adamson

Prof. Fiona B. Adamsonis a professor of international relations with research interests in international migration policies, mobility, and diaspora, w...

Prof. Lembe Tiky

Prof. Lembe Tiky

Prof. Lembe Tikyis a political scientist specializing in international relations and comparative politics. His research and teaching portfolio encompa...

Prof. Rut Bermejo-Casado

Prof. Rut Bermejo-Casado

Prof. Rut Bermejo-Casadois associate professor in Politics and Public Policies at the Law and Social Sciences Faculty (Rey Juan Carlos University) in ...

Prof. Camille Schmoll

Prof. Camille Schmoll

Prof. Camille Schmollis a geographer, director of studies at EHESS. She is a member of the UMR Geography-cités and a fellow of the Convergences Migrat...

Prof. Ferruccio Pastore

Prof. Ferruccio Pastore

Prof. Ferruccio Pastoreis the Director of FIERI (fieri.it), an independent research institute on migration, mobility and diversity based in Torino (It...

Prof. Gianni D'Amato

Prof. Gianni D'Amato

Prof. Gianni D’Amatois a professor at the University of Neuchâtel and director of the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM). His rese...

Dr. Kelsey Norman

Dr. Kelsey Norman

Dr. Kelsey Normanis a Fellow and Director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights & Refugees program at the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East...

Prof. Uwe Hunger

Prof. Uwe Hunger

Prof. Uwe Hungerhas served as a Professor of Political Sciences with a focus on Migration at the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Fulda U...

Prof. Sascha Krannich

Prof. Sascha Krannich

Sascha Krannichis a research associate at the University of Giessen, Germany, and co-editor of the Springer VS series Studies on Migration and Integra...

Prof. Katharina Natter

Prof. Katharina Natter

Porf. Katharina Natteris Senior Assistant Professor at theInstitute of Political Scienceof Leiden University and Fellow of theInternational Migration ...

Prof. Jocelyne Cesari

Prof. Jocelyne Cesari

Prof. Jocelyne Cesariholds the Chair of Religion and Politics at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. At Georgetown University, she is a seni...

Prof. Chakib Nejjari

Prof. Chakib Nejjari

Vice President for the Health Division – Euromed University of FesHolding both a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree,Prof...

Prof. Othmane Benmoussa

Prof. Othmane Benmoussa

Vice President for Research, Innovation and Partnerships – Euromed University of FesProf. Othmane Benmoussa joined Euromed University of Fez (UEMF) in...

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