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


ITALY

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