Diplo Academy’s international faculty members are high-ranking practising and retired diplomats, as well as renowned academics and practitioners in the fields of digital policy, diplomacy, and international relations.
Many members are published authors and have been featured in the Diplo Wisdom Circle initiative that fosters the exchange of knowledge and views on diplomacy and beyond.
Aapo Cederberg
Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Aishatu Gwadabe
Peace Technologist and AI Ethicist
Alan Franklin
Lecturer, Athabasca University and Royal University of Law and Economics
Amr Aljowaily
Strategic Advisor to the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Anastasiya Kazakova
Cyber Diplomacy Knowledge Fellow, Diplo
André Saramago
Online Learning & Research Assistant
André Xuereb
Malta's Ambassador for Digital Affairs
Andrei Mikheyev
Internet Projects Manager at Yandex
Andrej Škrinjarić
Director of Education & Training, Diplo
Anita Lamprecht
International Lawyer & Consultant, Diplo
Anne-Rachel Inné
Director-General of Niger's Agency for Information Society
Anthony Land
Capacity Development Consultant
Asoke Mukerji
Former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, New York
Avri Doria
Director at ICANN
Biljana Scott
Associate of the China Centre, University of Oxford
Bipul Chatterjee
Executive Director, CUTS International
Carol Kiangura
Senior Program Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Budget Partnership
Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt
CEO, Tech Diplomacy Network
Christopher Lamb
Former Australian Ambassador and Humanitarian Diplomacy Head, IFRC
Daniel Beaudoin
Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Tel Aviv University
Dejan Dinčić
Digital Transformation & Online Learning Specialist
Dominique Hempel Rodas
Independent Senior Advisor in International Relations, Development Cooperation, and Capacity Development
Dragana Markovski
Deputy Director of Education & Training, Diplo
Eduardo Magrani
Doctor of Laws (Ph.D)
Eric H. Loeb
Executive Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Salesforce
Eugenio Vargas Garcia
Tech Diplomat; Deputy Consul General of Brazil, San Francisco
Giorgio Ferrario
Former Head of National Society Development, IFRC Geneva, and Head of Country Cluster / Regional Delegations in Various Locations, IFRC
Hamish Low
Assistant Lecturer
Hanane Boujemi
Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs MENAT, Meta
Ibrahim Uvais
Ambassador of Maldives to Japan
Isaac Morales Tenorio
Senior Director for Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, FTI Consulting
Jan Lüdert
Head of Programmes, German Center for Research and Innovation, New York
Javier Ruiz Diaz
Senior Advisor on Digital Rights at Consumers International
Jean-Michel Monod
Former Head, Regional Delegation for North Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross
Jenny Pearson
Capacity Development Consultant
Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director, Diplo
Katarina Bojović
Director of Digital Diplomacy, Diplo
Katharina Höne
Scientific Officer, DLR Projektträger (German Aerospace Center) | Researcher Diplomacy and Technology
Katherine Getao
Cyber Hygiene, Cyber Diplomacy, and ICT Strategy and Governance Consultant
Kholofelo Kugler
PhD Fellow, project Trade Law 4.0, University of Lucerne
Kishan S Rana
Professor Emeritus, former Indian Ambassador, and a joint secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Lee Hibbard
Administrator, Bioethics Unit, Council of Europe
Liz Galvez
Former Senior British Diplomat
Ljupčo Jivan Gjorgjinski
Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Diplomacy, Diplo
Lorrayne Porciuncula
Guest lecturer; Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative
Madeline Murphy Hall
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Marga Gual Soler
Head of Science Diplomacy Capacity Building, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator
Marília Maciel
Director of Digital Trade and Economic Security, Diplo
Martin Rauchbauer
Executive Director of of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Founder & Co-Director, Tech Diplomacy Network
Mary Murphy
Communications Trainer
Massimiliano Fusari
Professor, Consultant and Trainer in Digital Marketing, Strategy & Visual Storytelling
Maxime Stauffer
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
Melissa Hathaway
President, Hathaway Global Strategies and Lecturer, Introduction to Digital Policy and Diplomacy, New York
Mialy Rann
Science-Policy Officer, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Michaela Told
Executive Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute Geneva
Nicolas Seidler
Executive Director, Geneva Science-Policy Interface
Nikola Božić
Science educator and communicator
Parminder Jeet Singh
Guest lecturer; Executive Director, IT for Change
Patricia Gruver
International Tech Policy Expert
Paul Blamire
Editor
Pavlina Ittelson
Executive Director, Diplo US
Petru Dumitriu
Senior Diplo Fellow | Former ambassador of the Council of Europe and Inspector of the United Nations System
Phoebe Farag Mikhail
Education Diplomacy Consultant, Association for Childhood Education International
Quan Zhao
Senior Programme Officer, Market Development Division, International Trade Centre
Rashid S. Kaukab
Senior Expert, International Trade and Development Negotiations
Rebecca Dudley
Principal Advisor International Humanitarian Law, New Zealand Red Cross
Rodrigo Márquez Lartigue
Mexican diplomat
Shita Laksmi
Southeast Asia Representative, Diplo
Solange Mike
Associate Faculty Member, Diplo
Sorina Teleanu
Director of Knowledge, Diplo
Stacy Danika Alcantara-Garcia
Foreign Service Officer
Stefanie Frey
Managing Director at Deutor Cyber Security Solutions Switzerland GmbH
Stephanie Borg Psaila
Director of Digital Policy, Diplo
Tatiana Tropina
Assistant Professor in cybersecurity governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
Thomas Schneider
Director of International Affairs, Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
Tim Flink
Postdoctoral Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology, Humboldt University; R&D Policy Manager, VFA
Torbjörn Fredriksson
Head E-commerce and Digital Economy Branch, UNCTAD
Tore Svenning
Former Secretary of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Tracy Hackshaw
ICT and Digital Economy Strategist; Director, Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group
Virginia (Ginger) Paque
Senior Policy Editor, Diplo
Vladimir Radunović
Director of Cybersecurity & E-diplomacy, Diplo
Yasmin Ismail
Senior Policy Advisor, Trade, Climate and SDGs at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs
Yolanda Kemp Spies
Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme at Oxford University
