People
Adriana Abdenur
Adriana Abdenur is executive director of Plataforma CIPÓ in Rio de Janeiro.
Ahmet Alibašić
Ahmet Alibašić is assistant professor in the Faculty of Islamic Studies at the University of Sarejevo.
Maria Clara Bingemer
Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer is a professor of the Theology Department of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and works in the area of systematic theology.
Sylvia Cáceres Pizarro
Sylvia Cáceres is the former minister of labor and employment promotion in Peru and a member of the international committee of the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs.
José Casanova
José Casanova is one of the world's leading scholars in the sociology of religion and a senior fellow at the Berkley Center, where his work focuses on globalization, religions, and secularization. He is also professor emeritus at Georgetown University.
Jocelyne Cesari
Jocelyne Cesari holds the Chair of Religion and Politics and is director of research at the University of Birmingham's Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion; she is a Berkley Center senior fellow and an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Government.
Drew Christiansen
Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., was Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a senior fellow at the Berkley Center from 2013 until his death in April 2022.
Gemma Tulud Cruz
Gemma Tulud Cruz is a faculty member at Australian Catholic University, where she is a researcher with the Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry.
Paul Elie
Paul Elie is a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the director of the American Pilgrimage Project, a university partnership with StoryCorps based in the Berkley Center.
Cristina Lledo Gomez
Dr. Cristina Lledo Gomez is a systematic theologian and the Presentation Sisters Lecturer for BBI-The Australian Institute of Theological Education.
David Hollenbach
Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., is the Pedro Arrupe Distinguished Research Professor in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, a senior fellow at the Berkley Center, and an affiliated professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University.
Arinze Ifeakandu
Arinze Ifeakandu is an author and scholar born in Kano, Nigeria.
Ismat Jahan
Ismat Jahan is the permanent observer of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union.
Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K.
Msgr. Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K. currently serves as secretary of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, of which he was formerly the undersecretary.
Ludovic Lado
Rev. Ludovic Lado, S.J., is the director of Centre d’Etude et de Formation pour le Développement (CEFOD) in N’Djamena, Chad. A native of Cameroon, he specializes in the anthropology of religion, focusing on current trends in African Catholicism.
Katherine Marshall
Katherine Marshall is a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and a professor of the practice of development, conflict, and religion in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is the executive director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue.
Evelyn Monteiro
Sr. Evelyn Monteiro was a faculty professor of systematic theology at Jnana-Deepa (JD), Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion at Pune, India, for many years and continues as a visiting professor at JD and other theological faculties.
Shalini Mulackal
Sr. Shalini Mulackal, PVBM, is a professor at Vidyajyoti College of Theology in Delhi, India.
Philomena Mwaura
Philomena Mwaura is an associate professor of philosophy and religious studies at Kenyatta University in Nairobi.
Alessio Pecorario
Alessio Pecorario is a senior official of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Julia Mourão Permoser
Julia Mourão Permoser is visiting professor of political science at the University of Vienna and senior research fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck.
Peter Phan
Peter C. Phan is the inaugural holder of the Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought in the Georgetown University Department of Theology and Religious Studies and a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center.
Michael Reder
Michael Reder holds the chair of practical philosophy with a focus on international understanding at the Munich School of Philosophy in Germany.
Barbara Schellhammer
Barbara Schellhammer is a professor and head of the Center for Global Issues at the Munich School of Philosophy.
Constantin Sigov
Constantin Sigov is a professor of philosophy and religious studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kiev.
Scott Thomas
Scott Thomas is a senior lecturer (associate professor) of international relations at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.
Marcel Uwineza
Rev. Marcel Uwineza, S.J., Ph.D. is a Jesuit priest from Rwanda and Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya.
Johannes Wallacher
Johannes Wallacher is a professor of social sciences and economic ethics and president of the Munich School of Philosophy.
Emily Welty
Emily Welty is an associate professor and the director of peace and justice studies at Pace University.