Jocelyne Cesari
Chair
Holds the Chair of Religion and Politics at the University of Birmingham(UK) and is Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. Since 2018, she is the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School. President elect of the European Academy of Religion (2018-19). Most recent publication: We God’s Nations: Political Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations” (CUP 2022).
Holds the Chair of Religion and Politics at the University of Birmingham(UK) and is Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. Since 2018, she is the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School. President elect of the European Academy of Religion (2018-19). Most recent publication: We God’s Nations: Political Christianity, Islam and Hinduism in the World of Nations” (CUP 2022).
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A. Erdi Öztürk
Vice Chair
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
London Metropolitan University
Dr. Ă–ztĂĽrk, assistant professor of politics and international relations at London Metropolitan University, will work as Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Coventry University (UK) and GIGA (Germany) from 2021-2023. He is the author of more than 20 peer-review journal articles, 4 special issues, 3 books and numerous policy reports, opinion pieces on religion and politics and Turkish politics.
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
London Metropolitan University
Dr. Ă–ztĂĽrk, assistant professor of politics and international relations at London Metropolitan University, will work as Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Coventry University (UK) and GIGA (Germany) from 2021-2023. He is the author of more than 20 peer-review journal articles, 4 special issues, 3 books and numerous policy reports, opinion pieces on religion and politics and Turkish politics.
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Renat Shaykhutdinov
Awards Chair
Associate Professor, Political Science
Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Shaykhutdinov’s areas of interest include the ethnic and religious politics, power-sharing, nonviolence, and postcommunism. His publications appear in a number of academic outlets, including the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Peace Education, Politics and Religion, Problems of Post-Communism, and Central Asian Survey.
Associate Professor, Political Science
Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Shaykhutdinov’s areas of interest include the ethnic and religious politics, power-sharing, nonviolence, and postcommunism. His publications appear in a number of academic outlets, including the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Peace Education, Politics and Religion, Problems of Post-Communism, and Central Asian Survey.
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Marcelline Babicz
Communications Chair
Adjunct Faculty
American University, Georgetown University, U of Southern California
Dr. Babicz is a scholar-practitioner specializing in international relations, foreign policy, organization change, and culture. Research interests: the role of religion in foreign policy; national security and foreign policy decision making; the role of culture in organizational decision making, and international and multicultural organization effectiveness.
Adjunct Faculty
American University, Georgetown University, U of Southern California
Dr. Babicz is a scholar-practitioner specializing in international relations, foreign policy, organization change, and culture. Research interests: the role of religion in foreign policy; national security and foreign policy decision making; the role of culture in organizational decision making, and international and multicultural organization effectiveness.
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Durgesh Kasbekar
Member at Large
Independent Researcher and Practitioner
As an independent researcher, Durgesh's research interests are in Eastern Religions in International Relations. He was awarded the Royal Roads University's Chancellor's Award for the highest academic achievement among all Doctoral candidates graduating in year 2017. A practising Buddhist, he is also a member of the Canadian International Council.
Independent Researcher and Practitioner
As an independent researcher, Durgesh's research interests are in Eastern Religions in International Relations. He was awarded the Royal Roads University's Chancellor's Award for the highest academic achievement among all Doctoral candidates graduating in year 2017. A practising Buddhist, he is also a member of the Canadian International Council.
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George Soroka
Member at Large
Lecturer on Government
Asst. Director Undergraduate Studies
Harvard University
Dr. Soroka earned his PhD from Harvard University in 2014, specializing in the comparative politics and IR of post-communist Europe. He looks at the role of identity politics and religion in foreign affairs, particularly Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Current research: the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the Russian state and its foreign-policy establishment.
Lecturer on Government
Asst. Director Undergraduate Studies
Harvard University
Dr. Soroka earned his PhD from Harvard University in 2014, specializing in the comparative politics and IR of post-communist Europe. He looks at the role of identity politics and religion in foreign affairs, particularly Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Current research: the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the Russian state and its foreign-policy establishment.
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Anita M. Weiss
Member at Large
Professor of International Studies
University of Oregon
Professor Weiss has published extensively on social development, gender issues and political Islam in Pakistan. Her most recent book is Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices (Oxford University Press 2020). She is a member of the editorial board of Globalizations as well as a number of journals from Pakistan.
Professor of International Studies
University of Oregon
Professor Weiss has published extensively on social development, gender issues and political Islam in Pakistan. Her most recent book is Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices (Oxford University Press 2020). She is a member of the editorial board of Globalizations as well as a number of journals from Pakistan.
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