Annemarie C. Mayer is professor of Dogmatic Theology and the History of Dogma at the Faculty of Theology in Trier. She received her SThD in Catholic Theology and her “Habilitation” from Tübingen University and has since taught in Switzerland (Université Miséricorde Fribourg) and Belgium (KU Leuven). Her research focuses on the analysis of the changing ecclesial landscapes in Europe and elsewhere, the implementation of synodality in different churches, above all the Catholic Church in the current worldwide process, and on the role of the doctrine of God, especially in the light of other monotheistic religions throughout the centuries, in particular polemics, controversial theology and inter-religious dialogue in the Middle Ages. She is a member of the international commentary project “Vatican II – Event and Mandate”.

Annie Kunnath is a Visiting Professor at the LSRS from September 2025 to August 2026. She is a tenured faculty member at the Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), in New Delhi, India. She read philosophy, theology, and religious studies in India, France, and Belgium. 

Dr. Astrid Lobo Gajiwala is a feminist theologian, writer, activist and pioneer in the field of tissue banking in India. She has a doctorate in Medicine and specializations in Tissue Banking and Biomedical Ethics. As a woman in the Catholic Church she played a key role in the genesis of the Catholic bishops (CBCI) Commission for Women and helped draft the CBCI Gender Policy of India. Currently, she is on the executive committee of International Catholic Reform Network (ICRN) and Secretary of Ecclesia of Women in Asia (EWA), a collective of Asian women theologians.

Axel Liégeois is full professor of care ethics and practical theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven (Catholic University Leuven), Belgium. He holds the Chair of the Brothers of Charity for Theology, Mental Health and Disability. He is also posted as ethical advisor to the Brothers of Charity in Gent, Belgium. There, he coordinates ethics committees, gives ethical advice and ethical education.

Claude Armel Otabela is a postdoctoral researcher in Old Testament theology in the framework of the Trust & Society research project at the Luxembourg School of Religion & Society (LSRS). He defended a doctoral thesis in theology, specializing in Old Testament exegesis, at the KU Leuven (Belgium). His doctoral research focused on the theological significance of the Pentateuch, studied through textual criticism and editorial analysis.

Diego Brasioli is a career diplomat who joined the Italian Foreign Service in 1986. He has served as the Ambassador of Italy to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. He has been also head of the Unit for Technological Innovation and Cybersecurity, as well as the special envoy for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the field of cybersecurity.

François Ndzana est prêtre du Diocèse d’Ebolowa au Sud du Cameroun. Titulaire d’un Doctorat en Théologie Morale à l’Université Pontificale St Thomas d’Aquin, il est membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes et cercles de recherche: OIKONOMIA (Angelicum), CREA (Cercle de Réflexion en Éthique Appliquée UCAC), Religions et Sociétés (Belgique/Kigali). Depuis 2023, il est le Doyen de la Faculté de Théologie de l’UCAC-Yaoundé.      

Georg Rubel studied Philosophy, Psychology and Catholic Theology at Bamberg, Eichstätt and Rome. He obtained a doctorate in New Testament exegesis at Eichstätt in 2008 (title of the dissertation: “Erkenntnis und Bekenntnis. Der Dialog als Weg der Wissensvermittlung im Johannesevangelium (NTA.NF 54), Aschendorff, Münster 2009) followed by his habilitation in 2014 (title of the habilitation: “Paulus und Rom. Historische, rezeptionsgeschichtliche und archäologische Aspekte zum letzten Lebensabschnitt des Völkerapostels (NTA.NF 57), Aschendorff, Münster 2014). 

After serving as a research associate at the New Testament chair in Eichstätt, he has been a professor of biblical theology since 2016. He is currently teaching New Testament at the Grand Séminaire Luxembourg. His research focus is the Gospel of Mark. After publishing some articles over the last five years, he is now finishing his commentary on the ancient gospel. Besides that, he is working on the Theology of Mission and will in the future publish a biblical theology of mission.

Giovanna Gnerre Landini, PhD in International Order and Human Rights, is an expert in International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law. Her research focuses on the protection of vulnerable groups — particularly children, migrants, and indigenous peoples — as well as on environmental sustainability and development cooperation, with special attention to the impact of new technologies on human rights. She regularly participates as a speaker and expert in conferences, seminars, workshops, and training courses in Italy and abroad. 

James F. Keenan, S.J., is the Canisius Chair, Director of the Jesuit Institute and Vice Provost of Global Engagement at Boston College. A Jesuit priest since 1982, he received a licentiate and doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has edited or written over 25 books and published over 400 essays, articles, and reviews worldwide. In 2003 he founded Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) an international network ethicists and subsequently hosted three international and six regional conferences.

After studying International Management and working in the corporate sector, Jehoschua Ahrens pursued rabbinical training and was ordained in Israel. He holds degrees from Bar-Ilan University, the University of Cambridge, and a doctorate from the University of Lucerne. He has served as a Rabbi in Sofia, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg, Darmstadt, and since 2023, Bern. A member of the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference of Germany, he is also Honorary Director for Central Europe of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation. Throughout his career, he has been actively engaged in Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialogue.

Jérome Emmanuel Bountsebe Ekassi is a doctoral researcher of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen) at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven. He is a member of the Research Unit Systematic Theology and the Study of Religions and of the Centre for Liberation Theologies.

His research interests include African postcolonial theology, the relationship between theology and third-generation critical theory (Frankfurt School), and the combination of empirical and systematic approaches in political theology, with a particular focus on the relationship between political ecclesiology and "ecclesial ethnography". 

In alignment with these research interests, his doctoral project, entitled Becoming Church in Times of Conflict: A Minor and Resonant Ecclesiology as an Ecclesio-Political Response to the Cameroonian Civil War, centers on the role of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, with a focus on the perspectives and practices of Small Christian Communities (SCCs). Through ethnographic fieldwork, this doctoral project investigates how marginalized voices and everyday reconciliation practices within SCCs can inform a reimagined ecclesiology. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Judith Gruber and the co-supervision of Prof. Dr. Annemie Dillen, this doctoral dissertation seeks to develop an ecclesiological theoretical framework that draws upon minority (Deleuze, Guattari) and resonance (Hartmut Rosa) theories. This framework will be used to correlate the results of ethnography within SCCs with the RCC's official theopolitical discourse. The aim is to address socio-political crises such as Cameroon's civil war and to enhance the credibility of the church in its relationship with the world and as a mediator of justice and reconciliation.

J.E. Bountsebe Ekassi studied Philosophy and Theology in Cameroon (Catholic University of Central Africa) before embarking on his Research Master: Master of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion and now his doctoral research at KU Leuven in Belgium.

Jochen Sautermeister studied Catholic theology (Bachelor, Master), psychology (Bachelor) and philosophy (Master) in Tübingen/Germany, and Jerusalem/Israel from 1995 to 2004. Prof. Sautermeister got his Doctorate (Dr, rer. soc.) in Tübingen in 2006 and Dr. theol. in Munich 2013.

From 2004 to 2014, Prof. Sautermeister was a research assistant at the Chair of Moral Theology at the LMU Munich; from 2014 to 2017 he was the holder of the endowed professorship for moral theology with special emphasis on moral psychology. 

Jochen Sautermeister, a moral theologian, psychologist, and philosopher, has been appointed as the Dean of the University of Bonn. His appointment to the German Ethics Council with effect from March 1, 2025, marks a significant role in addressing ethical questions that impact individuals and society. 

Associate professor at the School of Church Communications at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome); He teaches ‘Digital communications’, ‘Communication industry and markets’ and ‘Storytelling of values’. His areas of research are: Trust and institutional communication; communication of faith and digital narratives. Author of the books ‘Comunicare la fede oggi’ and ‘Inspiring Trust’. He is member of the Executive Committee Journal «Church, Communication & Culture» and of the Interdisciplinary Forum on Anthropology (IFA).

Prof. Dr. Em. Karijn Demasure is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Canon Law and the Founding Director of the Centre for Safeguarding Minors and Vulnerable Persons at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada. She has published extensively in peer review journals on the clergy abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, including a recent book on the experiences of women in this context (La vérité nous rendra libres. Paroles des femmes dans la crise des abus, 2022), making her an authority in the field. Her research interests extend to sexual violence in other contexts as well such as incest and diverse publications and presentations pertaining to sexual violence against minors and vulnerable adults.

Dr. Laura Villanueva is a transdisciplinary practitioner-scholar in ecosystem-based peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and regenerative reconciliation. She pioneers the “Ecosystem Turn,” a framework that functions as both a paradigm and a methodology. As a paradigm, it challenges static, anthropocentric models of peace, proposing a dynamic, co-evolutionary approach grounded in the interdependence of people, place, and planet. As a methodology, it offers participatory, scalable practices rooted in ecological knowledge and cultural context.

Mark Hunyadi est professeur de philosophie morale et politique à l’Université de Louvain (Belgique), où il a fondé et dirigé (2008-2018) le Centre de recherche en philosophie pratique Europé. Il est en outre professeur associé à l'Institut Mines/Télécom de Paris, dans le cadre d'une Chaire consacrée au numérique (https://cvpip.wp.imt.fr/accueil/).

Ses derniers livres: Au début est la confiance (Le Bord de l'eau, 2020), Faire confiance à la confiance (Erès, sept. 2023), Le Second âge de l'individu (PUF, mars 2023), Déclaration universelle des droits de l’esprit humain. Une proposition (PUF, 2024), La confiance, un pari ? (éd. Philosophie Magazine, 2026).

Il consacre ses travaux à l’éthique fondamentale et appliquée, entre lesquels il maintient un lien dynamique, comme il l’avait déjà montré dans Je est un clone (Seuil, 2004), un livre consacré à l’éthique des biotechnologies. Son livre de 2012, L’homme en contexte, (Éditions du Cerf) explicite les principes du « contextualisme critique » qu’il défend, qui prolonge de façon… critique ses nombreux travaux sur la Théorie de l’Ecole de Francfort qu’il connaît de l’intérieur : il a en effet passé, au temps de son doctorat, deux années auprès de son plus éminent représentant, Jürgen Habermas, dont il a par ailleurs traduit deux livres en français. Dans son livre La tyrannie des modes de vie (Ed. du Bord de l’eau, 2015), il développe les éléments d’une « théorie critique des modes vie » qui entend renouveler de manière originale la problématique de la philosophie sociale. Il a publié en 2018 une critique de la mouvance trans- ou posthumaniste, Le Temps du posthumanisme. Un diagnostic d'époque (Paris, éd. Les Belles Lettres).

En 2020 paraît un livre théorique majeur consacré à la confiance, Au début est la confiance, dont il donnera une version plus abrégée en 2023 sous le titre Faire confiance à la confiance. Il y élabore une théorie générale de la confiance comme relation au monde, et analyse aussi les impacts des nouvelles technologies sur les relations de confiance. Sur la base de ses réflexions sur la société numérique, il propose une Déclaration universelle des droits de l’esprit humain, une initiative théorique et politique qu’il promeut internationalement avec le collectif Rise for the Mind fondé en 2025.

Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner is chair of Systematic Theology and Ethics at the Faculty of (Protestant) Theology at Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena. Prof. Leiner is a pioneer ("Father") of transdisciplinary Reconciliation Studies. In 2013 he founded the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (www.jcrs.uni-jena.de), in 2016 the first doctoral program on Reconciliation Studies, in 2018 the Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (www.aarmena.uni-jena.de), and in 2020 he became the first president of the International Association for Reconciliation Studies (www.iars-world.de).

Lawyer by profession, Mme. Reicherts engaged most of her professional career in the European Institutions, from which she retired in 2018. Her latest role was that of Director General of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in Luxembourg, and notably the Erasmus programme. Her passionate work includes human relationships and connections between people. Governance is one of her favorite subjects for which she has followed numerous training courses. Now currently, all of her esteemed expertise and exceptional skills are expressed through her activities with the service of public or private entities by exercising the functions of independent administrator.

Since 1997 he has been a consultant theologian of the National Service for the Cultural Project of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI). As of 2022 he was he a member of the International Council for Catechesis (COINCAT) and of the Commission for Culture and Social Communication of the CEI. Within the Sicilian Episcopal Conference he is a delegate for migrants. As well to mention, he has written several theological publications. Pope Francis appointed Staglianò appointed him president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology on 6 August 2022, and also on September 23, 2024 as one of the 28 new consultors of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Nicola Heckner, is a German educator and school leader currently based in Remerschen, Luxembourg. She holds a degree in Religious Education from the Catholic University of Freiburg (1995) and completed her teacher training for secondary education (Catholic Theology, Music, and History) at the University of Education Freiburg, passing both state exams with distinction (2001 and 2003). Her academic background also includes a diploma in Sacred Music. Professionally, since September 2023, she has been serving as Cheffe d’établissement at Sainte-Sophie School in Luxembourg.

Paulus Jacobus Jozef (Paul) van Geest (born in The Hague) is a Dutch theologian. He has been a full-time professor of church history and history of theology at Tilburg University since 2007 and a part-time professor of Theology and Economic Thought at Erasmus University Rotterdam since 2018. His research focuses on the work of Augustine, the interaction between theology and spirituality in the Late Middle Ages and the interfaces between the views of man that have been developed in economics and theology.

Plamen Petkov is a PhD candidate at the Bulgarian Academy of Science. His primary interests are in the topic of trust, specifically the development and maintenance of interpersonal trust in both personal and professional interactions. In his dissertation, he attempts to interrelate culture, values, and personality in order to identify the drivers of interpersonal trust. His experience as a psychotherapist also influences his interest in trust. His other interests include studying narcissism, human-machine interaction, leadership, and propaganda. He studied organizational and social psychology at New Bulgarian University and earned a master's degree.

Raimondo Grassadonia is a PhD Candidate in Business & Management at the University of Turin. His research focuses on sustainability accounting, accountability, and future studies, with a particular emphasis on environmental impression management and critical thinking in sustainability accounting. He has published the article “Mouvement vers l’intérieur : Münch, Bourdieu et Rosa pour un dialogue entre l’artologie et la sociologie” in the Revue Internationale d’Art et d’Artologie.

Prof. Bies is Professor of Management and the Founder and Director of the Executive Master’s in Leadership Program at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. His current research focuses on leadership, the delivery of bad news, building trust and managing distrust, organizational justice, and revenge and forgiveness in the workplace, and the redemption of leaders and institutions.

Sacha Olieux has a background in Learning and Development and earned his bachelor's degree in L&D from HAN University in Nijmegen (NL). He has actively been the T&S facilitator since 2023 and also played a key role in designing the first “Trust & Church” Lab. 

Sheila M. McMahon, Ph.D., M.Div., MSW, LCSW (she/her) is currently the Visiting Scholar at the Center for Restorative Justice, University of San Diego. She co-chairs the Restorative Justice Network of Catholic Campuses (RJNCC), which assists in implementation of restorative practices on member campuses. Her research and practice interests center on campus-based and community-level interventions, such as restorative justice (RJ) and transformative justice (TJ), to prevent and address sexualized violence, build a sense of community, and strengthen individual and collective well-being. She is engaged in collaborative research nationally which focuses on the role of trauma-informed, system-aware restorative justice (RJ) responses to sexual harm.

Stefano Chiarolla R.D. is doctoral student with a “cotutelle de thèse” projekt between the Pontifical Gregorian University (Faculty of Philosophy) and the University of Vienna (Faculty of Theology). He studied Catholic Theology (Bachelor) at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and Philosophy (Bachelor, Master) at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is a member of the Association “Trialogo – Dizionario Dinamico di Ontologia Trinitaria” and of the Pontifical Academy of Theology.

Vincent Billot est un chercheur postdoctoral dans le domaine de la théologie systématique. Son travail de doctorat a porté sur la mission théologique de Romano Guardini. Il a soutenu sa thèse à l’Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) en Belgique et l’a publiée en 2025 (https://www.edizionechora.com/product-page/la-mission-th%C3%A9ologique-de-romano-guardini).

En plus des études guardiniennes, ses domaines de recherche touchent à la théologie de la liturgie et la théologie des sacrements. 

Rév. Père Pr Yvon Christian ELENGADoyen de la Faculté de Sciences Sociales et de Gestion de l’Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale.

Jésuite, ordonné prêtre en 1999. Titulaire d’un Doctorat en théologie systématique. Recteur honoraire de l’Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus (ITCJ – Abidjan).Professeur de Théologie à l’ITCJ Ancien Professeur visiteur au Centre de Formation Missionnaire d’Abidjan (CFMA – Abidjan). 

Ancien Membre du Conseil d’Administration du Centre d’Études et de Prospective Stratégique (CEPS – Paris) 

Membre de l’Association des Théologiens Africains

Ancien Vice-président de la Conférence des Institutions Catholiques de Théologie (COCTI/CICT) de 2011-2014

Membre d'Académie Africaine des Sciences Religieuses, Sociales et Politiques

Prof. Šimo Maršić is the Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at the University of Sarajevo, teaching also in the Interreligious Master Programme. He has a PhD in Youth Work from the Redemptor Hominis Pastoral Institute at the Lateran University in Rome. He has since published four books, several articles, and presented extensively on subjects related to youth work both nationally and internationally. His research publications focus on youth development.