Team
Catherine Ashton
Chair of Advisory Council
Baroness Ashton is the Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Jack R. Williams
President
Jack R. Williams is an Adjunct Professor at the American University of Kurdistan and Consultant for UNITAR.
Francis Cheneval
Host Institute Representative
Francis Cheneval is the Chair of Political Philosophy at the University of Zurich.
Myriam Sauter
Project Fellow
Myriam studied Middle Eastern Studies and Spanish language and literature at the University of Bern and at the American University of Beirut. She is passionate about the role of cultural exchange in bringing people closer together.
Patrick Wall
Research Fellow
Patrick is an Independent Consultant working on a wide range of global affairs and international law. He is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland
Mikkel Gudsøe
Senior Fellow
Honorary Associate Professor in Negotiation at Aarhus University | Business and Social Sciences, Denmark and owner of the specialized negotiation, mediation and management company GUDSØE ApS
Michael Ambühl
Advisory Council
Michael Ambühl is Chair of Negotiation and Conflict Management at ETH Zurich.
Maxime Schoch
Secretary
Maxime Schoch is currently finishing her Master’s degree at the London School of Economics in International Political Economy.
Anna Dick
Project Fellow
Anna is a trained mediator and currently studying peace and conflict studies in Marburg, Germany.
Max Horder
Project Fellow
Max Horder is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Anthropology at Princeton University. His overall research interests focus on populism, polarisation and the broader disintegration of trust in liberal-democratic institutions across Europe.
Norbert G. Berger
Senior Teaching Fellow
Norbert is an experienced teacher of cross-cultural skills at the University of Graz.
Jean-Jacques Subrenat
Distinguished Fellow
Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Ambassador (ret.). Areas of interest: global challenges, ethics, governance, public policy, public awareness, education, media.
Adil Najam
Advisory Council
Adil Najam is the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.
Roman K. Brunner
Treasurer
Roman Brunner is currently finishing his Master's degree at ETH Zurich in Computer Science.
Christian S. Trenk
Project Fellow
Christian studied Philosophy, Theology and Political Studies in Germany and the UK and currently works in Christian-Islamic relations.
Felix Addor
Senior Fellow
Felix Addor serves as the Deputy Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Swiss Ministry of Justice).