The network is currently made up of 31 UNESCO Chairs from 27 countries around the world. Scroll down to learn more about our members.
AUSTRALIA
Professor Fethi Mansouri
UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice
Deakin University
Professor Yasmin Haskell
Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Monash University
AUSTRIA
Professor Pablo Argárate
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue for South-East Europe
University of Graz
CHINA
Professor John Chi Kin Lee
UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning
The Education University of Hong Kong
COLOMBIA
Dr. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Ph.D
UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Dialogue
National University Of Colombia
CYPRUS
Professor Emilios Solomou
UNESCO Chair on Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue for a Culture of Peace
University of Nicosia
FINLAND
Professor Arto Kallioniemi
UNESCO Chair on Values, Dialogue and Human Rights
University of Helsinki
FRANCE
Professor Roger Koussetogue Koudé
UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality
Catholic University of Lyon
GREECE
Dr. Despoina Anagnostopoulou
UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity
University of Macedonia
INDIA
Dr. Priyankar Upadhyaya
UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding
Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Banaras Hindu University
IRAQ
Professor Hassan Nadhem
UNESCO Chair for Inter- Religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World
University of Kufa
ISRAEL
Dr. Alon Goshen
UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies
Elijah School For the Study of the Wisdom in World Religions
ITALY
Professor Alberto Melloni
UNESCO Chair in Religious Pluralism and Peace
University of Bologna
LEBANON
Professor Antoine Messarra
UNESCO Chair in Comparative Religious Studies, Mediation and Dialogue
Université Saint Joseph
NEW ZEALAND
Professor Paul Morris
UNESCO Chair in Inter-Religious Understanding and Relations in New Zealand and the Pacific
Victoria University of Wellington
NORWAY
Professor Hildegunn Fandrem
UNESCO Chair in Diversity, Inclusion and Education
University of Stavanger
Professor Geir Skeie
UNESCO Co-Chair in Diversity, Inclusion and Education
University of Stavanger
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Professor Dimitri Spivak
UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue
D.S. Likhachev Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage
SOUTH AFRICA
Dr Darla Deardorff
Chair on Intercultural Competences
Dr Precious Simba
Deputy Chair on Intercultural Competences
Dr Divina Jithoo
Deputy Chair on Intercultural Competences
Stellenbosch University
SPAIN
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean
Universidad Rovira i Virgili
TURKEY
Dr Osman Gültekin
UNESCO Chair on Cultural Diplomacy, Governance and Education
Istanbul Aydin University
USA
Professor Steven Shankman
UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace
University of Oregon
UZBEKISTAN
Dr Odiljon Kamilevich Ernazarov
UNESCO Chair in the Comparative Study of World Religions
Tashkent Islamic University