The Institute of One World Leadership® also registered as The World's Leadership Institute® is the World's only professional membership organisation which validates and certifies the potential positive impact of aspiring, novice and
experienced leaders.
The Institute is committed to expanding the adoption of Positive Value Leadership™ to develop Leaders who are an exemplar to society and a catalyst for the adoption of social change for the benefit of all humanity.
Our Leadership - creating the Humane Race
The Institute is chaired by Founder and Executive Chairman Noel Ferguson. It's guided by a non-voting International Advisory Council (IAC), exceptional individuals who act as guardians of the Institute's mission and values, and oversee the Institute's work in promoting Positive Value Leadership™ and the pursuit of One World Leadership™ throughout and across the world.
The Advisory Council comprises outstanding leaders from business, academia and civil society. In their work on the Council, members do not represent any personal or professional interests. To reflect the Council's multi-stakeholder status, its membership is divided between representatives of the business community, leaders from international organizations and civil society.

International Academic Contributors & Advisory Council Members
This list represents both current, nominated, and emeritas IAAC members. Members suffixed with an asterisk* indicate a retired emeritus role
Member | Specialism | Role | Institution | Location |
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Prof Esther Titilayo Akinlabi | Life & Earth Sciences | Director | Pan African University for Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI) | Nigeria |
Dr Vita Akstinaite | Global Leadership & Strategy | Professor, and Head of Global Leadership & Executive Rhetoric | ISM University of Management and Economics | Lithuania |
Dr Amal Abdellatif | Gender Equitability & Inclusion | Lecturer | Northumbria University | United Kingdom |
Dr Annas Abedin | Business Administration | Independent | Makeen Advisors | United Arab Emirates |
Dr Nalin Abeysekera | Leadership & Marketing | Professor and Head, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management | Open University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
Dr Omar Abu Arqoub | Communication and Media Studies | Professor | Arab American University | State of Palestine |
Dr Jeyran Aghayeva | Higher Education Administration | Professor | ADA University | Azerbaijan |
Dr Alaa Alghamdi | Languages & Translation | Professor | Taibah University | Saudi Arabia |
Dr Fathi Ali | Economics & Management | Professor (Prev Minister of Education) | University of Benghazi (Garyounis) | Libya |
Dr Afnan Alkhaldi | Operation and Information Management | Adjunct Lecturer | Arab Open University | Kuwait |
Dr Alastaire Alinsato | Economics | Professor | University of Abomey-Calavi | Benin |
Dr Mohammed Ali Bait Ali Sulaiman | Marketing & Entrepreneurship | Professor, and Head of Marketing & Entrepreneurship | Dhofar University | Oman |
Dr Asaad Ali Karam | Mangement & Marketing | Professor | University of Duhok, (and City University College of Ajman, UAE) | Iraq |
Dr Rabea Al-Awbathani | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Professor | Hadhramaut University | Yemen |
Dr Taha Al-Mahbashi | Business Managment | Professor | Lebanese International University | Yemen |
Dr Murad Al-Nashmi | Management | Professor | University of Science and Technology | Yemen |
Dr Suzan AlQurashi | Organisation Behaviour & HRM | Professor | King AbdulAziz University | Saudi Arabia |
Aimee Ansari | Translation, Interpretation and Humanitarian Activities | Chief Executive | Translators Without Borders | United Kingdom |
Dr Muzaffar Asad | Entrepreneurship | Professor | University of Bahrain | Bahrain |
Dr Cameran Ashraf | Human Rights, Technology & Cyberconflict | Professor & Human Rights Lead | Wikimedia Foundation & Central European University | Austria |
Dr Lilian Lem Atanga | Gender, Discourse and Politics | Professor & Chair of Linguistics and African Languages | University of Bamenda | Cameroon |
Dr Görkem Atsungur | Political Science, International Relations and Nationalism | Professor | American University of Central Asia (AUCA), and Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego | Kyrgyzstan |
Prof Palé Augustin | Migration, intercultural and identity research, political anthropology | Professor | Université de Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
Prof Julian Avendaño | Management and Organisational Behaviour | Professor | Universidad Antonio Nariño & Universidad Austral | Colombia |
Dr Amrita Bahri | International Trade Law | Professor & Deputy Director, Centre for International Economic Law | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) | Mexico |
Dr Gabisel Barsallo | Development Studies & Intercultural Education | Interdisciplinary Researcher and Postgraduate Professor | Universidad de Panamá | Panama |
Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles | Political Science | Professor | University of the West Indies | Barbados |
Dr David Berliner | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Professor | Université libre de Bruxelles | Belgium |
Dr Eiki Berg | International Relations | Professor | University of Tartu | Estonia |
Dr Barnabé Bin Karubi | Political Science & Journalism | Professor | University of Kinshasa | Congo (DRC) |
Dr Elias Bizuru | Research Leadership & Innovation | Professor & Director of Research & Innovation, College of Science & Technology | University of Rwanda | Congo (DRC) |
Dr Karen Blakeley | Compassionate Leadership | Independent (prev. Programme leader, BA Business Management) | University of Winchester | United Kingdom |
Dr Ernesto Blanco | Organisational Behaviour & Business Strategy | Professor & Director of Postgraduate Studies | Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration, IESA) | Venezuela |
Dr João Boaventura | Business & Management | Professor | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil |
Dr Zorica Bogdanovic | E-Business & Organisational Science | Professor | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
Dr Pierre-Jean Bordahandy | International Law | Professor | The University of the South Pacific | Vanuatu |
Dr Bilal Boubellouta | Economics | Professor | University of Jijel | Algeria |
Dr Uwe Brandenburg | Globalisation Studies & Political Science | Professor & MD | Global Impact Institute | Czech Republic |
Dr Leo Brecht | Entrepreneurship & Technology | Director & Chair | Universität Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein |
Dr Sara Brezigar | Ethnics Studies | Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences | University of Primorska | Slovenia |
Dr Mara (Marinca) Bria | Psychology of Burnout & Mind Education | Researcher & Lecturer | Babeș-Bolyai University | Romania |
Dr Claire Bright | Human Rights, International & Comparative Law | Director, Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment | Nova School of Law | Portugal |
Dr Salena Brody | Psychology of Prejudice; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion | Professor & Social Psychologist | University of Texas at Dallas | United States |
Dr Silke Bucher | Management, Strategic Change, Organisational Behaviour | Professor | INCAE Business School | Costa Rica |
Dr Janina Larissa Bühler | Psychology | Professor | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | Switzerland |
Dr Custodia Cabanas | Human Capital Management and Leadership | Professor | IE Business School | Spain |
Dr Ney Artur Canani | Corporate Liability for Human Rights Violations | Head of Cultural Section | Brazilian Embassy in Asunción | Paraguay |
Dr Allan Caraccioli | Corporate Law and Business Strategy | Professor | Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana | Honduras |
Dr Patrizia Catellani | Social & Political Psychology | Professor | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
Dr Aneta Cekikj | Political Science | Professor | Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje | North Macedonia |
Prof Marielos Chang | International Affairs and Strategic Communications | Professor | Universidad del Valle de Guatemala & Universidad Francisco Marroquín | Guatemala |
Dr Wen-ching Chang | HRM & Organisational Behaviour | Professor | Providence University | Taiwan |
Prof Reccia Charles | International Business | Professor | St. George\'s University | Grenada |
Dr Sarah Cheah | Technopreneurship & Leadership | Professor | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
Dr Azhagan Chenganna | Media Studies | Lecturer | University of Mauritius | Mauritius |
Dr Theresa (Seung Ah) Cho | Strategic Management & International Affairs | Dean of International Affairs & Professor | Seoul National University | South Korea |
Dr (John) Teo Teck Choon | Management & Marketing | Professor | American University of Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
Prof Charlene Corbette | Communications & Marketing | Professor | Dominica State College | Dominica |
Dr Carla Fernandez Corrales | Business Administration | Professor | INCAE Business School | Costa Rica |
Dr Lindos Daou | Marketing | Professor | Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU) | Lebanon |
Dr Miriam Dalli | Law | Minister for Environment, Energy and Enterprise | Government of Malta | Malta |
Dr Fateh Debia | Management, Organisational Behaviour, Inspiration and Culture | Professor | University of Biskra | Algeria |
Dr Ximena Fernández Delucchi | Research and Diagnostic Methods in Education | Professor and Academic Director | Universidad ORT Uruguay | Uruguay |
Dr Paul De Carvalho | Socialology | Professor | Universidade Agostinho Neto | Angola |
Dr Joyanne De Four-Babb | Management & Professional Education | Professor | University of Belize | Belize |
Stephan De Spiegeleire | International Relations | Principal Scientist | The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies | Netherlands |
Dr Rob De Wijk | International Relations | Professor & Director | The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies | Netherlands |
Dr Elsa Del Castillo | Leadership & Management | Professor | Universidad del Pacífico (PE) | Peru |
Dr Satish Deshpande | Human Resource Management and Business Administration | Dean, Haworth College of Business | Western Michigan University | United States |
Dr Aiyesha Dey | Accounting & Business Ethics | Professor | Harvard Business School | United States |
Dr Rut Diamint | International Relations | Professor of Political Science | Torcuato Di Tella University | Argentina |
Dr Abdoukhadre Diao | International Business & Cross-Cultural Management | Professor | BEM Dakar, ISM - Institut Supérieur de Management, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) | Senegal |
Prof Araceli Coronel Díaz | Law & Leadership | Professor | Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción | Paraguay |
Dr Veronica Diaz | Online Learning & Instructional Design | Professor | Florida Atlantic University | United States |
Dr Ondrej Ditrych | International Relations | Director | Institute of International Relations | Czech Republic |
Dr Ali Divandari | Strategic Management | Professor | University of Tehran | Iran |
Dr Nima Dorji | Law (Environmental, Constitutional, and International) | Professor | Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law | Bhutan |
Dr Peter Drábik | Business, Commerce & Marketing | Dean, Faculty of Commerce | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovakia |
Dr Irmelin Drake | Strategic Leadership | Professor & Director | Kristiania University College | Norway |
Dr Aldemir Drummond | International Business | Professor of Strategy and Organisations, and Director Center for Strategy and International Business | Fundação Dom Cabral | Brazil |
Dr Susanne Durst | International Business & Entrepreneurship | Professor | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia |
Susan Eaton MSc | Geology & Earth Science | Founder | Sea Women Expeditions | Canada |
Dr Marguerite Eid | Management and Organisation Studies | Professor | Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU) | Lebanon |
Dr Florence Eid-Oakden | Economics | Founder & CEO | Arabia Monitor | United Kingdom |
Dr Beatrice Ekanjume | Linguistics | Professor | National University of Lesotho | Lesotho |
Dr Ruben Elamiryan | Politics and International Relations | Head of the Chair of World Politics and International Relations | Russian - Armenian University | Armenia |
Dr Sara El-Deeb | Media Psychology & Digital Marketing | Professor | German University in Cairo | Egypt |
Dr Aline El Jurdi | Educational Sciences | Lecturer | Lebanese American University Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU) Haigazian University | Lebanon |
Dr Okey Emeagwali | Strategic Management | Professor & Director of the Center for Management Research | Girne American University | Cyprus |
Prof Etzer Emile | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Professor & Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Universite Quisqueya (UniQ) | Haiti |
Dr Henri-Count Evans | Culture, Communication and Media Studies; Digital Transformation | Lecturer | University of Eswatini | Eswatini |
Dr Sonia Ferencikova | International Business & Trade | Professor, School of Management (Vysoká škola manažmentu) VSM | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovakia |
Dr Andrea Fosfuri | Management & Economics | Professor and Dean of the PhD School | Bocconi University | Italy |
Dr Jennifer Franczak | Organisational Studies | Professor | Pepperdine Graziadio Business School | United States |
Dr Carlos Raul Carpio Freire | Teaching & Research in Higher Education | Professor & Director - Member of the Plenary, Council for Quality Assurance in Higher Education | Universidad Espíritu Santo | Ecuador |
Dr Sascha Fuerst | Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business | Professor | EGADE Business School del Tecnológico de Monterrey | Mexico |
Dr Filipa Gonçalves Breia Fonseca | Management | Professor | Nova School of Business and Economics | Portugal |
Dr Gloria Gaggioli | International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law | Director; Professor | Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; University of Geneva | Switzerland |
Dr Jan Galas | International Studies | Professor | Chung-Ang University | South Korea |
Dr Jose Gabriel Castillo Garcia | Behavioral Economics | Professor & Viceminister of Economy of Ecuador | La Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, & Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) | Ecuador |
Hon Gbovadeh Gbilia | Education & International Business | Head of Education Delivery Unit | Ministry of Education | Liberia |
Prof Geegbae Geegbae | Economics & Management | Professor & Dean | University of Liberia | Liberia |
Dr Rachel George | Political Sciences | Research Fellow | Overseas Development Institute | United States |
Dr Moaz Gharib | Management & Human Resources | Professor | Dhofar University | Oman |
Dr Dorothea Brunner Gloor | Work & Organisational Psychology | Professor | Sacred Heart University Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
Dr Yanelis González | Business Information Systems | Professor | Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana "José Antonio Echeverría", CUJAE | Cuba |
Prof Daniela Mendez Goyzueta | Organizational Behavior, Behavioral Economics, and Game Theory | Professor | Universidad Francisco Marroquín | Guatemala |
Perri Grace MSc | Geopolitics, Misinformation, & Open Source Intelligence | Curator | Twitter Inc. | Australia |
Dr Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | Political Science | 4th President & 1st female President of the Republic of Croatia | Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia Member, International Olympic Committee – IOC Previously Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy NATO | Croatia |
Dr Jelena Graovac | Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval & Knowledge-Based approaches | Professor | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
Dr Simmy Grover | Organisational Psychology | Lecturer & Indepenent Consultant | University College London | United Kingdom |
Dr Svala Gudmundsdottir | Human Resource Management | Professor | Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland) | Iceland |
Dr Jean-Sébastien Guy | Work, Globalisation, Modernity, Political Sociology | Professor | Dalhousie University | Canada |
Julie Habran LLM | International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights | Head of Mission | Médecins Sans Frontières | Madagascar |
Dr Juliana Hadjitchoneva | Business Administration (Social Sciences), and International Economic Relations | Professor | New Bulgarian University | Bulgaria |
Dr Vasila Hajiyeva | Political Science and International Relations | Professor | Khazar University, and Western Caspian University | Azerbaijan |
Dr Diana Haladay | Leadership & Organisational Systems | Professor | American University of Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
Dr Hadeer Hammad | Marketing | Professor | The German University in Cairo | Egypt |
Prof Dr Christoph Hartmann | Business & Management | Professor | ISEC - Institut Supérieur de l'Economie | Luxembourg |
Ahmed Said Hassan | Pedagogical integration of information and communication technologies | Director | Institute for Teacher Training and Research in Education (IFERE) at University of the Comoros | Comoros |
Dr Kiran Hassan | International Relations | Research Fellow | University of London | United Kingdom |
Dr Victoria Ann Hasson | Parliamentary Practice | Parliamentary Advisor | Westminster Foundation for Democracy | Netherlands |
Dr Shai Harel | Strategy and Entrepreneurship | Professor and Academic Director | Tel Aviv University - Coller School of Management | Israael |
Dr Shavana Haythornthwaite | Human Rights & International Law | Head of Human Rights | The Commonwealth | United Kingdom |
Dr Sibylle Heilbrunn | Sociology, Anthropology, & Entrepreneurship | Dean, School of Social Sciences and Humanities | Kinneret Academic College | Israel |
Prof Phaedra Henley | Environment & Sustainability | Director and Assistant Professor of One Health | University of Global Health Equity | Rwanda |
Dr Halidou Hima | Higher Education & Chemistry | Professor and Director of Research | University of Niamey, and Ministry of Higher Education | Niger |
Dr Janja Hojnik | Law | Professor & Vice-Rector | Univerza v Mariboru | Slovenia |
Dr Debra Howcroft | Technology and Organisation | Professor, Alliance Manchester Business School & Deputy Director Work and Equalities Institute | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
Dr Tomoko Ishikawa | Public International Law | Professor | Nagoya University | Japan |
Dr Feride Bahar Işın | Management | Professor | Baskent University | Turkey |
Dr Olimpius Istrate | Education Sciences & E-Learning | Professor | University of Bucharest | Romania |
Dr Fahimeh Jabbari | Entrepreneurship | Professor & Director, College of Business | Qazvin Islamic Azad University | Iran |
Dr Jasmine Jaim | Business & Management | Professor | Jahangirnagar University | Bangladesh |
Dr Dima Jamali | Social Policy & Business Administration | Dean, College of Business Administration | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates |
Dr Maha Ibrahim Jasim | Linguistics, Phonetics, and Phonology | Faculty Member & Lecturer | University of Mosul | Iraq |
Prof Karen Jimeno | Law & Business for Sustainability | Professor | San Beda University | Philippines |
Dr Lala Jumayeva | International Politics | Director of BAPA and MPA Programs, School of Public and International Affairs | ADA University | Azerbaijan |
Dr Kristi Kaeppel | Adult Learning | Learning Designer | Brown University | United States |
Dr Felix Kanungwe Kalaba | Environment & Development | Professor | Copperbelt University | Zambia |
Dr Ilir Kalemaj | Political Science & International Relations | Vice Rector and Chair of Department | University of New York Tirana | Albania |
Dr Jacques Kalumba | Psychology & Educational Sciences | Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences | University of Lubumbashi | Congo (DRC) |
Dr Päivi Karhu | Organisational Ambidexterity | Management & Marketing Lecturer | Kajaani University of Applied Sciences | Finland |
Dr Moch Faisal Karim | Political Economy & International Relations | Professor | Binus University | Indonesia |
Prof Dr Raja Suzana Raja Kasim | Entrepreneurship and Management | Professor | Universiti Malaysia Kelantan | Indonesia |
Dr Elena Kašťáková | International Economic Relations | Professor, Dept of International Trade | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovakia |
Dr Happy Kayuni | Political Science | Professor and Dean of Faculty of Social Science | University of Malawi | Malawi |
Dr Lara Khabbaz | Lifelong Learning | Director, Lifelong Learning Centre | Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU) | Lebanon |
Dr Ahmed Khalid | Business & Economics | Dean - School of Business | University of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei |
Dr Danielle Khalife-Fraiha | Business & Finance | Professor & Dean School of Business | Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK | Lebanon |
Dr Altaf Khan | Development Communication & Media Ethics | Professor | University of Peshawar | Pakistan |
Prof Mohammad Saif Noman Khan | Strategy & Innovation | Professor | Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka | Bangladesh |
Dr Shad Ahmad Khan | Business Administration & Sustainability | Professor | University of Buraimi | Oman |
Dr Hewa Haji Khedir | Sociology | Professor | Salahaddin University-Erbil | Iraq |
Dr Eric Kim | Positive Psychology & Clinical Science | Professor | University of British Columbia | Canada |
Dr Junghyun Kim | Marketing | Professor | Inha University | South Korea |
Dr Damien King | Economics & Leadership | Executive Director & Professor | Caribbean Policy Research Institute, & University of the West Indies | Jamaica |
Dr Chandran Kukathas | Social & Political Science | Dean | S pore Management University | Singapore |
Dr Oleg Konovalov | Visionary Leadership | Independent Author - The Vision Code; Leaderology | Thinkers50 Radar | United Kingdom |
Dr Mari Kooskora | Business, Economics, and Ethics | Head of the Centre for Business Ethics | Estonian Business School | Estonia |
Dr Dmitrijs Kravčenko | Organisational Behaviour | Professor | Rīgas Ekonomikas augstskola - Stockholm School of Economics in Riga | Latvia |
Dr Catharina Juul Kristensen | Socialolgy | Professor | Roskilde University | Denmark |
Dr Maria Kreuzer | International Business & Marketing | Professor | International University of Monaco | Austria |
Dr Monika Nadova Kroslakova | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Associate Professor & Founder of the Family Business Centre; Co-founder IBERA-International top leaders and researchers network | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovakia |
Dr Despo Ktoridou | Management & Expert Systems | Professor & Head of Management Department | University of Nicosia | Cyprus |
Prof Jenny (Ensi Tszie) Jenish Kyzy | Design Thinking, Innovation, and Social Enterprise | Professor and Head of Experimentation at UNDP Accelerator Lab | American University of Central Asia (AUCA), and UNDP Accelerator Labs | Kyrgyzstan |
Dr Davor Labas | Crisis Management | Professor | University of Zagreb | Croatia |
Dr Paolo Landoni | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Professor | Politecnico di Torino | Italy |
Dr Philip Larrey | Logic and Epistemology | Dean of Philosophy | Pontificia Università Lateranense | Vatican City |
Dr Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo | Intellectual Property Law | Professor | School of Law and Security Studies, Babcock University | Nigeria |
Dr Tiffany Leung | Management & International Business | Professor | City University of Macau | Macau |
Dr Zehavit Levitats | Organizational Development & Emotional Intelligence | Professor | Bar-Ilan University | Israel |
Dr Sunil Lohani | Renewable and Sustainable Energy | Professor | Kathmandu University | Nepal |
Dr Soulla Louca | Computer Science | Professor & Director, Institute for the Future | University of Nicosia | Cyprus |
Dr Tore Lunde JD | Law | Professor | University of Bergen | Norway |
Dr Naoise McDonagh | Political Economics | President | Australian Institute of International Affairs | Australia |
Dr Michelle McQuaid | Positive Psychology & Positive Systems Change | Co-Founder | The Wellbeing Lab | Australia |
Maya Madkour MSc | Positive Psychology & Sociology | Professor | Misr International University | Egypt |
Dr Jemilah Mahmood | Planetary Health | Professor & Director | Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Sunway University | Malaysia |
Oubah Malow | Business & Entrepreneurship | Executive Director | Centre for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (CLE) | Djibouti |
Prof Dr Judith Mangelsdorf | Positive Psychology | Director | German Society of Positive Psychology | Germany |
Dr Aurora Martin | Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Professor & Vice President | Pontifical Oriental Institute, (& International Institute for Human Security; Bucharest, Romania) | Vatican City |
Tony Matchaba-Hove DCom | Business Management | Head of Department | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa |
Dr Pippa Malmgren | International Relations Political Economy | Independent Author - 2018 Business Book of the Year 'The Leadership Lab' | Inspiring 50 Top 100 Women in Tech | United Kingdom |
Dr Art Markman | Psychology and Cognitive Science | Professor & Vice Provost | The University of Texas at Austin | United States |
Dr Rosa Mariño | Business Organisation & Strategy | Professor | University of Andorra | Andorra |
Dr Miguel Masjuán | Hypermedia & Communication Sciences | Professor | University of Havana | Cuba |
Dr Margarita Mayo | Authentic Leadership | Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Leadership Author - 2019 International Business Book of the Year Yours Truly - Staying Authentic in Leadership and Life | IE Business School | Spain |
Dr Claude-Hélène Mayer | Positive Psychology & Cross-Cultural Management | Professor | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
Dr Nils Melzer | Law | Director of International Law, Policy & Humanitarian Diplomacy, International Committee of the Red Cross; Vice President, International Institute of Humanitarian Law; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Acedemy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights; (prev UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, United Nations) | University of Glasgow | Switzerland |
Dr Eleonora Meli Messineo | International Relations, Law and Good Governance | Political Affairs Advisor, United Nations; Professor, Sciences Po; (Prev. Head, Rule of Law Department - United Nations Operation in Côte d/'Ivoire) | United Nations | Senegal |
Dr Dwayne Menezes | Emerging threats to human security | Managing Director | Polar Research and Policy Initiative & Human Security Centre | United Kingdom |
Prof Senida Mesi | Political Science & Macroeconomics for a Sustainable Planet | Former Deputy Prime Minister and MP Albania | Chair and Funder of Albanian Sustainable Development subcommittee | Albania |
Dr Rita Meyerson | Organizational Psychology & Learning | Professor | The George Washington University | United States |
Dr Ivona Mileva | Entrepreneurship & Leadership Development | Professor & Chief Academic Officer | University American College Skopje | North Macedonia |
Dr Inga Minelgaite | HRM & Social Science | Professor | Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland) | Iceland |
Dr Santiago Mingo | Business Administration, Strategy & International Business | Professor | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | Chile |
Dr Carles Miquel | Climate Change | Director | Energy and Climate Change Agency | Andorra |
Dr Eric Mongo | Applied Management & Decision Sciences | Professor | University of Bamenda - Higher Institute of Commerce and Management | Cameroon |
Dr Eurídice Monteiro | Culture, Politics & Management | Professor & Secretary of State for Higher Education | University of Cape Verde | Cape Verde |
Dr João Ilhão Moreira | Law | Professor | University of Macau | Macau |
Dr Ahmad Morsy | E-Learning & Instructional Development | Professor | Bin Faisal University | Egypt |
Prof Yolanda Montances | Professional Development | Professor | Polytechnic University of the Philippines | Philippines |
Dr Carlos Arrue Montenegro | International Arbitration | Professor and Attorney in Charge | Universidad de Panama & Panama Canal Authority | Panama |
Dr Laine Munir | Law & Society, Human Rights | Professor & Senior Research Fellow | The African Leadership University, and University of Rwanda | Rwanda |
Dr Najiba Mustafayeva | Human Rights and Law | Professor | ADA University | Azerbaijan |
Prof Thomas Paul Muthucattu | Business & Economics | Dean of Faculty of Business & Tourism Studies | Solomon Islands National University | Solomon Islands |
Dr Loai Naser | Business Management | Professor | Israa University | State of Palestine |
Dr Muzamil Naqshbandi | Strategic Management & Leadership Absorptive Capacity | Professor | University of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei |
Dr Bitange Ndemo | Entrepreneurship | Professor | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
Dr Mohamed Ndiaye | Economics & Policy Analysis | Professor | Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) | Senegal |
Prof Stela Burzanović Nedović | Business Psychology | Professor | University of Donja Gorica | Montenegro |
Anya Neistat JD | Human Rights, and Corporate Crime | Legal Director (prev Senior Director for Research - Amnesty International) | Clooney Foundation for Justice | France |
Dr Bernard Nkuyubwatsi | Educational/Instructional Technology (eLearning and Learning Technologies) | Professor | EUCLID (Euclid University - Pôle Universitaire Euclide) | Rwanda |
Dr Melissa Newman | Leadership & Organization Development | Professor | University of Cincinnati | United States |
Dr Sixte Vigny Nimuraba | Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution | Lecturer | Université du Burundi | Burundi |
Dr Calliste Nizana | International Trade Law & Public Administration | Deputy Dean | Université du Burundi | Burundi |
Dr Mathew Njamba | Education Administration & Policy Studies; Adult and Higher Education | Professor & Senior Education Standards Officer - ODL | Ministry of Education | Zambia |
Dr Krisztina Némethy | Future of Work, AI, Sustainable Humanity | Lecturer | International Business School | Hungary |
Dr Mohammad Nurunnabi | Accountancy & Leadership | Professor | Prince Sultan University | Saudi Arabia |
Dr Ciaran O'Boyle | Positive Psychology & Psychopharmacology | Director | RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology & Health | Ireland |
Dr Adegoke Ojeniyi | Computer Science | Professor | The Maldives National University | Maldives |
Dr Cecilia Olexova | HRM, Business Intelligence and Business Ethics | Professor | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovakia |
Dr Dženeta Omerdić | International Law | Professor | University of Tuzla | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Prof Gerardo Ortiz | Corporate Finance & Strategic Management | Professor | Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocio | El Salvador |
Prof Rodrigo Claver Ossio | International Trade, Corporation Law, and Bussiness Law | Professor | Universidad Franz Tamayo, and Universidad Privada Boliviana - Fundación Educativa | Bolivia |
Dr Umut Ozkaleli | Social Science, Conflict Analysis and Resolution | Professor | ADA University | Azerbaijan |
Dr Tania Fahey Palma | Linguistics & Cultural Communication | Director & Dean for Internationalisation | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
Dr Vincenzo Perrone | Management & Organisation Theory | Professor | Bocconi University | Italy |
Dr Mpho Pheko | Organisational Psychology | Professor | University of Botswana | Botswana |
Dr Aaron Phillips | Education and Academic Services | Professor | American University of Antigua | Antigua and Barbuda |
Dr Myrtani Pieri | Human Physiology | Professor | University of Nicosia | Cyprus |
Dr Steven Poelmans | Neuroscience and Strategic Leadership | Professor | Antwerp Management School; University of Antwerp - Faculty of Business and Economics | Belgium |
Dr Silvia Popa | Sociology | Professor | University of Bucharest | Romania |
Dr Gabriella Pravettoni | Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychology of Decision-Making | Professor | Università degli Studi di Milano | Italy |
Dr Paula Puskarova | International Relations & Affairs | Professor and Vice Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies | University of Economics in Bratislava | Slovakia |
Dr Francis Rakotsoane | Philosophy & Ethics | Professor | University of Eswatini | Lesotho |
Dr Ana María Novillo Rameix | Performance Leadership & Innovation | Professor, founder and Executive Director of Escuela de Empresas, the business education unit. | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Ecuador |
Dr Abhishek Ranjan | Computer Engineering, Intrusion & Malicious Attack Detection | Professor & Dean, Head of Institution | Botho University | Lesotho |
Dr Silvia Ravazzani | Corporate Communications & Cultural Teaching | Professor | IULM University of Milan | Italy |
Dr Herintsitohaina Razakamanarivo | Forestry and Social Science | Professor | University of Antananarivo | Madagascar |
Dr Andrea Reid | Marketing & Management | Programme Director | Ulster University | United Kingdom |
Dr Gadaf Rexhepi | Business Strategy & Management | Professor | South East European University (SEEU) | North Macedonia |
Dr Lutzer Reyes | Business & Management | Director, Information and Communications Technology Office; Program Chair, Doctor in Business Administration; Program Chair, Master in Business Administration | Polytechnic University of the Philippines | Philippines |
Dr Jacinthe Rihan | Sociology, Sustainable & Organisational Development | Professor | Ain Shams University | Egypt |
Dr Lazaros Rizopoulos | Behavioral Economics & Nudge Theory | Lecturer | University of Peloponnese | Greece |
Dr David Robbins | Environmental Communication | Director | DCU Centre for Climate & Society | Ireland |
Dr Ana Rocha | Psychology & Human Resources | Professor | Universidade Católica de Angola | Angola |
Dr Carlos Rojas | Business & Innovation | Professor | Universidad La Salle Bolivia | Bolivia |
Dr Borut Roncevic | Sociology | Professor, Jean Monnet Chair and Head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "Strategic Observatory for Europe 2030" | School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica (SASS) | Slovenia |
Anna Rosling Rönnlund | Sociology & Information Awareness | Vice President | Gapminder Foundation | Sweden |
Dr Talita Rosolen | Business Innovation & Social Impact | Professor | FIA Business School | Brazil |
Dr Willibald Ruch | Positive Psychology & Character Strengths | Professor & Founder and Director of International Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
Laura Round MSc* | International Relations | Director of Communications (prev Special Adviser to UK Minister for Women and Equalities) | The Sustainable Markets Initiative | United Kingdom |
Professor Michele Russell | Educational Leadership | Joint Director of Education - UCL Head of Learning (Provost) of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom National Leadership Centre - Service Academies Board - Cabinet Office, UK. Visiting Professor of Clinical Education, Newcastle University and New York University (NYU) | University College London | United Kingdom |
Dr Wonsang Ryu | Strategic Management | Professor | Yonsei University School of Business | South Korea |
Dr Farzad Sabetzadeh | Knowledge Management | Professor | City University of Macau | Macau |
Dr Erica Salvaj | Strategic Management | Professor | Universidad del Desarrollo | Chile |
Dr Laura Sánchez-Vincitore | Neuroscience & Education | Professor & Director of the Neurocognition & Psychophysiology Laboratory | Universidad Iberoamericana | Dominican Republic |
Dr Mohd. Azizuddin Mohd. Sani | Politics and International Relations | Professor | Universiti Utara Malaysia | Malaysia |
Dr Dahiana Vásquez Santiago | Social Communications | Professor | Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra | Dominican Republic |
Prof Dr Roselina Ahmad Saufi | Business & Management | Dean of Malaysian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and Business | Universiti Malaysia Kelantan | Malaysia |
Professor Alexandra Saz | Psychology of Personal Learning | Professor | University of Andorra | Andorra |
Dr Heïdi Sevestre | Glaciology and Climate | Glaciologist, Project Coordinator & Consultant in Science Policy and Science Communication | AMAP - The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme | France |
Dr Ahmed Shahid | Human Rights & International Law | Professor and Dean of Research | Villa College | Maldives |
Dr Julia Shamir | Business Ethics | Professor & Director of Strategy and Operations | Tel-Aviv University | Israel |
Dr Yael Elraz Shapira | Psychology | Professor | Lahav Executive Education, Tel-Aviv University | Israel |
Dr Buddhi Sharma | South Asia-China Affairs and International Communication | Professor; President | Himalaya Dialogue and Leadership Foundation (HDLF) | Nepal |
Dr Steve Sharra | Educational Policy & Peace Studies | Professor | Unicaf University Malawi | Malawi |
Dr Edmund Sheng | Political Economy and Public Policy | Professor | University of Macau | Macau |
Dr Hallur Sigurdarson | Entrepreneurship, Philosophy and Organisation Studies | Professor & Director of Graduate Programmes | Reykjavik University | Iceland |
Dr Alena Slezáčková | Positive Psychology & Mindfulness | Professor | Masaryk University | Czech Republic |
Dr Sertac Sonan | Political Science & International Relations | Professor | Cyprus International University | Cyprus |
Dr Katrin Stefan | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management | Head of Master Program "Global Business Development" | Kempten University of Applied Sciences | Germany |
Prof Dr Beata Stępień | International Management | Head of Department | Poznan University of Economics | Poland |
Dr Jon Sturluson | Business Administration & Economics | Professor & Department Chair | Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland) & Reykjavik University | Iceland |
Dr Liza Alili Sulejmani | Economics & Intellectual Property Law | Dean - Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences | International Balkan University | North Macedonia |
Dr Silvia Tăbușcă | Law & Human Security | Professor & Director | Center for Human Rights and Migration at the Romanian-American University | Romania |
Dr Tatjana Tambovceva | Sustainability and Management | Professor | Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University) | Latvia |
Dr Raeda Tartory | Linguistics; Discourse Analysis, Language & Gender | Professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | Jordan |
Dr Carlos Tellez | Strategy - Decision Sciences, Corporate Governance | Professor | Universidad de Los Andes | Colombia |
Dr Francis Tembo | Geology & Earth Sciences | Executive Director | Zambian Institute of Earth Sciences and Resource Technology | Zambia |
Dr Juliette Thiolas | Geopolitics and International Perspectives | Professor | INSEEC Business School - Bordeaux | France |
Prof Darko Tipurić | Business & Management | Professor and Head of Department of Organisation &Management | University of Zagreb | Croatia |
Dr Marija Todorovic | Culture & Media, Gender & Politics | Professor | University of Montenegro & University of Domba Gorica | Montenegro |
Dr Mariateresa Torchia | Management & Governance | Professor & Director of Research | International University of Monaco | Monaco |
Dr Edna Tormon-Bernabe | Communication Management & Broadcast Journalism | Dean, College of Communication | Polytechnic University of the Philippines | Philippines |
Dr Adam Tratner | Psychology | Professor | Instituto Alberto Einstein Panamá | Panama |
Dr Theophilus Tshukudu | Business & Management | Professor | Botswana Open University (BOU) | Botswana |
Dr Chrysa Tsirimokou | Organisational Behavior and HRM | Insights Executive | Global Link International | Greece |
Dr Bermet Tursunkulova | Political Science | Professor & Director of Development | American University of Central Asia (AUCA) | Kyrgyzstan |
Dr Mauricio Umana | Business Competitiveness, Sustainability and Strategic CSR | Professor | Universidad Católica de El Salvador | El Salvador |
Dr Habeeb Ur Rahman | Human Resources Management and Organisation Behaviour | Professor | Kingdom University | Bahrain |
Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick | Positive Psychology | Professor and Gerry Higgins Chair in Positive Psychology | University of Melbourne | Australia |
Dr Madhav Verma | Business & Management | Professor | Royal Thimphu College | Bhutan |
Dr Manish Verma | Management, Journalism & Mass Communication | Professor & Vice President | University College of Bahrain | Bahrain |
Prof Mirian Vilela | Public Administration & Policy | Executive Director, Professor, & Director | Earth Charther International, University for Peace (UN Mandated), & Earth Charter Centre on Education for Sustainable Development | Costa Rica |
Prof Maria Fabiana Viola | Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Finance | Professor | Link Campus University | San Marino |
Dr Laura Vorpsi | International Law | Lecturer | University of Tirana | Albania |
Dr Jobila Williams Sy | Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership | Associate Dean for Academic Success | American University of Antigua | Antigua and Barbuda |
Dr Paige Williams | Positive Systems Science (inc. Antifragility in leaders, teams and organisations) | Honorary Fellow, Centre for Wellbeing Science | University of Melbourne | Australia |
Dr John Wilson | Entrepreneurship, Disruption, and Innovation | Professor, Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship | Drexel University | United States |
Dr June Wilson | Adult Education & Human Resource Development | Professor | University of The Bahamas | Bahamas |
Dr Cristina Yañez de Aldecoa | Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences | Professor | University of Andorra | Andorra |
Dr Adu-Ampomah Yaw Junior | Leadership & Management | Professor | University of Seychelles | Seychelles |
Dr Colin Young | Ecology | Executive Director | Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre | Belize |
Dr Younis Younis | Cyber Security | Professor | University of Benghazi (Garyounis) | Libya |
Yusmadi Yusoff LLM | Law, Human Rights, Public Policy, International Affairs | Founder & Chairman | RIGHTS Foundation (Regional Initiatives for Governance, Human Rights & Social Justice) | Malaysia |
Dr Katerina Zabrodska | Social & Organisational Psychology | Professor & Head of Research Methodology, Institute of Psychology | Czech Academy of Sciences | Czech Republic |
Dr André Corneille Zannou | Political Science & International Relations | Professor | University of Abomey-Calavi | Benin |
Dr Julia Zwank | Business & Positive Psychology | Professor | SRH Fernhochschule - The Mobile University | Germany |
Dr Olaf Zenker | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Professor | Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg | Germany |
Prof Hernando Zurita | Entrepreneurship | Professor | Universidad de Lima | Peru |
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