Speakers 2022

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

Joanita Babirye

Climate Justice Advocate and Co-founder Girls for Climate Action, Uganda

Jane Bennett

Professor in African Feminist Studies, University of Cape Town and Deputy-Dean (Staffing), Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Armin Bernhard

Researcher and Lecturer at the Free University of Bolzano, Co-founder of the Obervinschgau Citizens’ Association (BGO), Italy

Judith Butler

Maxine Elliot Professor at the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley, USA

Arianna Miriam Fiumefreddo

President of the LGBTI+ Association Arcigay Südtirol Centaurus, Italy

Christoph May

Founder of the Detox Masculinity Institute, Researcher and Consultant, Germany

Margaret McLaren

Professor of Philosophy and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies, George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Endowed Chair, Rollins College, USA

Amy Oyekunle

Lead Consultant at Monii Development Consult and Gender and Development Activist, Nigeria

Oyeronke Oyewumi

Professor of Sociology, Africana and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University, Nigeria/USA

Barbara Plagg

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of General Practice and Public Health, lecturer at the Free University of Bolzano and founder of Südtirols Sisters (SUSI)

Ina Praetorius

Postpatriarchal Ethicist and Writer, Germany/Switzerland

Sarah Trevisiol

Director of the Women’s Museum in Merano

Julia Unterberger

Senator of the Italian Republic

Corey Wrenn

Lecturer of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements at the University of Kent, UK

Speakers 2021

Jutta Allmendinger

President
Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

Roland Benedikter

Co-Head
Center for Advanced Studies, Italy

Chiara Bottici

Associate Professor of Philosophy
New School for Social Research, New York City, USA

Kathryn E. Bouskill

Associate Director
RAND Center for Global Risk and Security
Santa Monica, USA

Ingrid Brodnig

Journalist, Columnist and Author, Austria

Anna Ganthaler

Head
Transformational Strategy & Business Design
TUI Group

James Giordano

Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Biochemistry
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Alexey Gromyko

Director
Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Mirjam Gruber

Researcher
Center for Advanced Studies, Italy

Ingrid Kofler

Senior Researcher
Center for Advanced Studies, Italy

Robert Mudida

Director
Institute for Public Policy & Governance
Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenia

Jan Nederveen Pieterse

Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Peter Oberparleiter

CEO
GKN Powder Metallurgy
London, UK and Bruneck-Brunico, South Tyrol, Italy

Manfred Schweigkofler

Stage Director, Creative Consultant, South Tyrol; WeQ-Ambassador, Italy

Harald Pechlaner

Head
Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research, Italy

Dieter Steger

Senator
Republic of Italy, Rome

Manfred B. Steger

Globalization Researcher and Professor
University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA

Werner Weidenfeld

Director
Center for Applied Policy Research, University of Munich, Germany