Team

Chair of Advisory Council

Baroness Ashton previously served as the Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Advisory Council

Mazlan Othman is the former Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

Treasurer

Roman Brunner is currently pursuing his PhD in computer science at NTNU Trondheim.

Research Fellow

Christian studied Philosophy, Theology and Political Studies in Germany and the UK and currently works in Christian-Islamic relations.

Research Fellow

Mina is a PhD candidate in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, focusing on modern Japan.

Senior Teaching Fellow

Norbert is an experienced teacher of cross-cultural skills at the University of Graz.

Senior Fellow

Highly experienced diplomat and negotiator, Jérôme Bellion-Jourdan has notably led complex multilateral negotiations on behalf of the European Union in the United Nations, and engaged in several multistakeholder initiatives.

Advisory Council

Michael Ambühl is former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and Professor Emeritus at ETH Zurich.

President

Jack R. Williams is an Adjunct Professor at the American University of Kurdistan and Consultant for UNITAR.

Host Institute Representative

Francis Cheneval is the Chair of Political Philosophy at the University of Zurich.

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.

Research Fellow

Gene Carolan is a Lecturer in Law at Technological University Dublin

Senior Fellow

Felix Addor serves as the Deputy Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Swiss Ministry of Justice).

Distinguished Fellow

Jean-Jacques Subrenat, Ambassador (ret.). Areas of interest: global challenges, ethics, governance, public policy, public awareness, education, media.

Advisory Council

Adil Najam is the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

Secretary

Maxime Schoch is a Consultant and works on large transformation projects with the financial industry.

Project Fellow

Anna is a trained mediator and currently studying peace and conflict studies in Marburg, Germany.

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.

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

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