Participating Individuals

Mahdy Yusofi, Visiting Professor, Islamic Azad University of Qom

Mahdy Yusofi

Mahdy Yusofi received his PhD in Education and Philosophy of Education from the University of Kharazmi, Iran in 016. He had earlier obtained a Master ‘s in Education and Philosophy of Education from the University of Tarbiat Modarres in 2011. Dr. Yusofi is a visiting professor at the Islamic Azad University of Qom,…

Cilene Victor, Professor in the Social Communication Program, Universidade Metodista

Cilene Victor

Cilene Victor is a Professor in the Social Communication Program at the Universidade Metodista (UMESP), São Paulo, Brazil, where she is one of the leaders of the research workgroup Humanitarian Journalism and Media Interventions, andProfessor at Paulus Communication and Technology College – FAPCOM. She has been doing research and has developed projects focused on the role…

Mohammad Taher Gholi Tabar, Ph.D., Comparative Studies of Religions at the University of Religions and Denominations

Mohammad Taher Gholi Tabar

Mohammad Taher Gholi Tabar holds an M.A. in Islamic Sciences Teaching, majoring in Theoretical Principles of Islam from the University of Islamic Sciences in Iran. In addition, he is a graduate of the Islamic Seminary of Qom. He is now a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Studies of Religions at the University of Religions and Denominations…

Daryl Swanepoel, Chief Executive Officer, Inclusive Society Institute

Daryl Swanepoel

Daryl Swanepoel‘s career has spanned the corporate, political and academic sectors. He has worked at management level in the financial sector, has served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Member of Parliament, and has held numerous high-level party political positions. He serves on the Curriculum Innovation Design and Development…

Malvina Eugenia Rodríguez, Professor of Communication and Politics, Institute for Social Sciences, National University of Villa Maria

Malvina Eugenia Rodríguez

Malvina Eugenia Rodríguez is a Professor of Communication and Politics at the Institute for Social Sciences, National University of Villa Maria (Córdoba), Argentina, since 2000 and holds the UNESCO Chair in Public Communication for Social Justice, Human Rights and Territorial Development. She is also Deputy Director of the Doctorate Program in Social…

María del Carmen Rico Menge, PhD in Information Sciences, Honorary Professor, Dept. of Social Communication, University of Quebec

María del Carmen Rico Menge

María del Carmen Rico Menge is a Sociologist, PhD in Information Sciences, Honorary Professor in the Department of Social Communication at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where she previously was a full professor (2002–2015). She is a former Dean of the Faculty of Social Communication and Director of International Relations at…

Georgios Kostakos, Co-founder and Executive Director, Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability

Georgios Kostakos

Dr. Georgios Kostakos is co-founder and Executive Director of FOGGS with almost thirty years of work experience in international affairs, both as a practitioner and as a researcher. His experience includes fourteen years with the United Nations, with assignments such as observing the elections that ended apartheid in South Africa (1994), promoting…

Roberto Chiachiri, Professor and Researcher, Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP)

Roberto Chiachiri

Roberto Chiachiri is professor and researcher at the Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP), where he is leader of the Semio Humanitas research group. He holds a postdoctoral degree at the University of Paris 1 – Sorbonne, has a Master’s and Doctorate in Communication and Semiotics at PUCSP, a Certificat Pratique de langue Française…

Shabnam Delfan Azari, PhD in Environmental Science, Climate Change Modelling, University of Plymouth

Shabnam Delfan Azari

Shabnam Delfan Azari has a PhD in Environmental Science, Climate Change Modelling from the University of Plymouth, England, an internship with Twente University in the Netherlands, and two MSc degrees in Environmental Engineering, from India and Iran respectively. Shabnam has been a research fellow and lecturer at various universities, such as Cranfield,…

Benedine Azanu, Lecturer, Faculty of Journalism and Media Studies, Ghana Institute of Journalism

Benedine Azanu

Benedine Azanu is a Lecturer at the  Faculty of Journalism and Media Studies of the Ghana Institute of Journalism, in Accra, Ghana. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Ohio University; a Graduate Certificate, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio University; a M.A. in International Affairs-African Studies, Ohio University; a M.Phil., Communication and…

Adel Abdel-Sadek Director, The Arab Center for Cyberspace Research-ACCR

Adel Abdel-Sadek

Adel Abdel-Sadek is Director of The Arab Center for Cyberspace Research-ACCR (www.accronline.com) and an Expert at Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, heading the Digital Society Studies program.  His interests include Cyber politics, Digital democracy, Cyber terrorism, cyber security , Digital economy and digital taxation, Digital health ,The cyber weapon in international…