Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C. is a Professor of International Relations at Tecnólogico de Monterrey University in Chihuahua, México.  In the early Nineties, she founded the Center for Dialogue and Human Wellbeing at her university, which collaborates with like-minded academic and civil society organizations both locally and around the world. From Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C.’ work has emerged the Ideological-Structural Analysis - a theory which has been utilized in Latin America, Europe and Asia in situations of both conflict and collaboration among groups of dialogue. Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C. has 40 publications in the areas of intercivilisational and intercultural dialogue, human rights and wellbeing, international relations and politics.  In addition to their academic work, personnel at her Center for Dialogue and Human Wellbeing maintain columns in the popular press in México, in order to ensure the application of academic work at the level of civil society. At the informal level, Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C. is involved in interfaith groups and activities, as part of a collective effort to help the “dialogical way of life” become more and more normative around the world.

Alhagi Manta Drammeh is the Head of Department and Lecturer at Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dundee, Scotland. Prior to that, he worked as a lecturer of Human Sciences and Islamic Sciences at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and was also a weekly Lecturer at Islamic Outreach, Malaysia. He worked as Member, Curriculum Development committee of the International School project, International Islamic University Malaysia. He is currently doing a research in the areas of ‘Methods of Dealing with Islamic Primary Sources’, ‘Democratic Values and Governance in Islam’ and ‘Qur’anic Discourse on Peace & Plurality’. His Research interests are Core sources and approaches in the study of Islam and Muslims, Political Islam, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Thought, Methodologies of Tafsir and Mufassirin, Islamic Thought and matters related to Civilisational Dialogue.

Shujiro Urata is Professor of Economics at Graduate School Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Research Fellow at the Japanese Centre for Economic Research, Senior Research Advisor, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Professor Urata received his B.A. in Economics from Keio University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.  He is a former Research Associate at the Brookings Institution and an Economist at the World Bank. He specializes in international economics. He has held numerous research and advisory positions including senior advisor to the Government of Indonesia, consultant to the World Bank, OECD. and the Government of Japan. He published and edited a number of books on international economic issues and is an author and co-author of numerous articles in professional journals. His recent books include Bilateral Trade Agreements: Origins, evolution, and implications, Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific, co-editor, World Scientific, 2010., co-editor, Routledge, 2005, Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia, co-editor, Routledge, 2006

Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C. is a Professor of International Relations at Tecnólogico de Monterrey University in Chihuahua, México.  In the early Nineties, she founded the Center for Dialogue and Human Wellbeing at her university, which collaborates with like-minded academic and civil society organizations both locally and around the world. From Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C.’ work has emerged the Ideological-Structural Analysis - a theory which has been utilized in Latin America, Europe and Asia in situations of both conflict and collaboration among groups of dialogue. Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C. has 40 publications in the areas of intercivilisational and intercultural dialogue, human rights and wellbeing, international relations and politics.  In addition to their academic work, personnel at her Center for Dialogue and Human Wellbeing maintain columns in the popular press in México, in order to ensure the application of academic work at the level of civil society. At the informal level, Profesor Dr. Carolina Lopez C. is involved in interfaith groups and activities, as part of a collective effort to help the “dialogical way of life” become more and more normative around the world.