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Plenary Speakers

Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
South Korea

Plenary : Liberal Democracy, Multilateralism and Global Citizenship
Date: Sunday, 13 July 2025

Donatella della Porta

Scuola Normale Superiore
Professor of political science
Italy

Plenary: The Contentious Politics of Academic Freedom: Social Movements and Repression
Date: Monday, 14 July 2025

Neera Chandhoke

Centre for Equity Studies
Honorary Distinguished Fellow
India

Plenary: Resisting Legal Autocracy in South Asia
Date: Wednesday, 16 July 2025

President's Plenary Speakers

Plenary: Populism, Polarization and the Consequences on Democracy
Date: Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Pablo Oñate

University of Valencia
IPSA President
Spain

Azul A. Aguiar Aguilar

ITESO, the Jesuit University of Guadalajara
Professor
Mexico

Carlos de la Torre

University of Florida
Professor
United States

Magdalena Musiał-Karg

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Professor
Poland

Murat Somer

Ozyegin University
Professor
Türkiye

Kurt Weyland

University of Texas
Professor
United States

Ji Yeon Hong

University of Michigan
Professor
United States