Scientific Committee
- Abu Zayd Nasr Hamid
- Amato, Giuliano (president)
- An-Na'im, Abdullahi
- Benhabib, Seyla
- Bosetti, Giancarlo
- Dallmayr, Fred R.
- Fagiolo, Silvio
- Filali-Ansary, Abdou
- Fumagalli Beonio Brocchieri, Maria Teresa
- Garton Ash, Timothy
- Giddens, Anthony
- Gregorian, Vartan
- Hanafi, Hassan
- Herzog, Roman
- Jahanbegloo, Ramin
- Luzzatto, Amos
- Margalit, Avishai
- Michael Walzer
- Michalski, Krzysztof
- Riccardi, Andrea
- Roy, Olivier
- Thyssen-Bornemisza, Georg Heinrich
- Tibi, Bassam
- Toscano, Roberto
- Urbinati, Nadia
- von Schwarzenberg, Karl
- zu Fürstenberg, Nina
Herzog, Roman
was the President of the German Republic from 1994 to 1999. Previously he was a professor of Law at Munich University, and the Free University of Berlin where he also served as rector. During his political career he was also the State Ministry of Interior and the vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe. He co-authored with Bassam Tibi Preventing the clash of civilizations (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999).