
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