Lecturers of the SummerAcademy 2025
Hélène Rey
As an archaeologist and humanitarian practitioner, she bridges the study of past societies with field experience in contemporary conflict zones,
exploring how communities negotiate differences across time and space.
Her focus:
Exploring Polarities in Cultural Transformation
Aiza Asi
A PhD in Economics and Management, she is researching on transforming civil economies from an extractive to a generative
one.
Her Focus:
Exploring Polarities in Economics
Monika Dillier
As a psychotherapist, biologist and nature educator with
additional theological training, she is familiar with both scientific
and humanistic ways of thinking.
Her focus:
Exploring Polarities in Yourself
Daniela Ropelato
As a professor of political science, she specialises in current transitions to democratic forms. She collaborates with NGOs studying new styles of political leadership and networking in Europe and Africa.
Her focus:
Exploring Polarities in Politics and Policies
Kyoung-Im Kwon
As a professional artist, she has already dealt with the themes
“between darkness and light” and “struggles towards life”.
Her focus:
Exploring Polarities in Art
Claus Oberhauser
He holds a PhD in history and has been working on the
connection between populism, conspiracy thinking and the
limits of what can be said.
His focus:
Exploring Polarities in History
Ria Wintjes
With a degree in medicine and love for the culinary arts, she
unites the science of the human body with the creativity of
gastronomy.
Her focus:
Exploring Polarities in Cooking Dishes
Zsuzsa Román
As a specialist in preventive medicine she is actually working in the National Centre of Public Health and Pharmacy. In her PhDThesis she tackles various aspects of global well-being.
Her focus:
Exploring Polarities in Public Health
Karin Engeli & Andreas Zahn
They have professional backgrounds in sewing and medicine and have turned their shared passion for dancing into a career in teaching tango.
Their focus:
Exploring Polarities in Dancing Tango
Pál Tóth
He has extensive experience as an international coordinator of
“Multipolar Dialogue” in Europe networks. He is also working as a
senior lecturer and author on dialogue and social communication.
His focus:
Exploring Polarities through Communication