Members of the Advisory Committee of Experts
The Advisory Committee is made up of the following 15 experts from various professional backgrounds, reflecting a balance between geo-cultural sensitivities and multi-disciplinary expertise:
- Mr Neville Alexander (South Africa), Director of PRAESA and member of the Academy of African Languages (ACALAN)
- Mr Arjun Appadurai (India), Professor and former Provost, The New School, New York City
- Ms Lourdes Arizpe (Mexico), Professor of Anthropology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Ms Lina Attel (Jordan), Director, Queen Noor Foundation Center for Performing Arts
- Mr Tyler Cowen (USA), Professor of economics at George Mason University and at the Center for the Study of Public Choice
- Ms Biserka Cvjeticanin (Croatia), Former Minister, director of CULTURLINK
- Mr Philippe Descola (France), Professor at the Collège de France, Director, Laboratory of Social Anthropology
- Ms Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Japan), Professor, The New School, Former Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
- Mr Jean-Pierre Guingané (Burkina Faso), Vice-President, Institut International du Théâtre
- Mr Luis Enrique Lopez (Peru), Asesor Principal, Programa de Formación en Educación intercultural Bilingüe, Bolivia
- Mr Tony Pigott (Canada), CEO, J. Walter Thompson Advertising
- Mr Ralph Regenvanu (Tuvalu), Director, Vanuatu National Cultural Council and Cultural Center
- Mr Anatoly G. Vishnevsky (Russian Federation), Director, Institute for Demography, Russian State University
- Mr Mohammed Zayani (Tunisia), Associate professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Ms Benigna Zimba (Mozambique), Head of the History Department, University Eduardo Mondlane