Network for Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU)
The network is currently made up of 31 members from 27 countries around the world.
AUSTRALIA
Professor Fethi Mansouri
UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice
Deakin University
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
COLOMBIA
Dr. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Ph.D
UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Dialogue
National University Of Colombia
CYPRUS
Professor Panayiotis Angelides
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
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Dr. Lidija Georgieva
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Research
The University St Cyril and Methodius
Dr. Snezana Trpevska
UNESCO Chair in Media, Dialogue and Mutual Understanding
School of Journalism and Public Relations, Skopje
FRANCE
Professor Roger Koussetogue Koudé
UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality
Catholic University of Lyon
GEORGIA
Professor Nino Chikovani
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Dialogue
Ivane Javakhishvili State University
GREECE
Dr. Despoina Anagnostopoulou
UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity
University of Macedonia
HONG KONG
Professor John Chi Kin LEE
UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning
The Education University of Hong Kong
INDIA
Dr. Priyankar Upadhyaya
UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding
Banaras Hindu University
IRAQ
Dr. Alaa Shatnan
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
Professor Alberto Melloni
UNESCO Chair in Religious Pluralism and Peace
University of Bologna
KAZAKHSTAN
Professor Laura Yerekesheva
UNESCO Chair in Sciences and Spirituality
Institute of Oriental Studies at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
KYRGYZSTAN
Professor Yuri Podkulko
UNESCO Chair for the Study of Culture and Religion
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
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 Geir Skeie
UNESCO Chair in Diversity, Inclusion and Education
University of Stavanger
ROMANIA
Professor Martin Hauser
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Exchanges
University of Bucharest
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
Professor Marietta Stepanyants
UNESCO Chair in Philosophy in the Dialogue of Cultures
Russian Academy of Sciences
SOUTH AFRICA
Dr Darla Deardorff
Chair on Intercultural Competences
Professor Sarah Howie
Deputy Chair on Intercultural Competences
Stellenbosch University
SPAIN
Professor Enric Olivé Serret
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean
Universidad Rovira i Virgili
TAJIKISTAN
Professor Mavjuda Rakhmatovna Yuldasheva
UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Dialogue In The Modern World
The Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University
TURKEY
Professor Naciye Selin Senocak
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
Professor Akhadjan Khasanov
UNESCO Chair in the Comparative Study of World Religions
Tashkent Islamic University