Twenty-Fifth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations

  • Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity: Navigating Intercultural Leadership
  • 11-13 June 2025
  • University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus + Online

Research Network Chairs

Eugenia Arvanitis

Eugenia Arvanitis

Professor of Interculturality & Diversity in Education, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

(In English)

Carmen Miguel Vicente

Carmen Miguel Vicente

Profesora y Delegada de la Decana para la Diversidad y Sostenibilidad en la Facultad de Trabajo Social, Dpto. Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

(In Spanish)

Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez

Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez

Delegada del Decano para Asuntos Sociales y Prevención; coordinadora de la Unidad para la Diversidad e Inclusión en la Facultad de Estudios Estadístico, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

(In Spanish)

Conference Chairs

Panayiotis Angelides

Panayiotis Angelides

Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, Professor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Christina Hadjisoteriou

Christina Hadjisoteriou

Senior Officer, Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus

Plenary Speakers

The Twenty-Fifth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Mel Ainscow

Mel Ainscow

Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK

"Promoting Inclusion and Equity in Education: Lessons from International Experiences"

(In English)

Juan Pavón Mestras

Juan Pavón Mestras

Full Professor, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

"Diversidad en la Investigación e Innovación Responsables: El Caso de la IA"

(In Spanish)

Christina Hadjisoteriou

Christina Hadjisoteriou

Senior Officer, Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus

“The meanings of Diversity and ‘New’ Racism in the VUCA era"

(In English)

José Luis Ortega Martín

José Luis Ortega Martín

Full Professor, University of Granada, Spain

"La atención a la diversidad en el sistema educativo en España"

(In Spanish)

Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

Full Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

"Rethinking, Redefining, and Reinvigorating the Idea of Diversity"

(In English)

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2025 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Betcy Jose

Betcy Jose

University of Colorado Denver, USA

(In-Person)

Ariadni Kouzeli

Ariadni Kouzeli

University of Patras, Greece

(In-Person)

Efthymiou Vasiliki

Efthymiou Vasiliki

University of Patras, Greece

(In-Person)

Crystallee Crain

Crystallee Crain

Simmons University, USA

(Online Only)

Fatimah Adesanya

Fatimah Adesanya

Sheffield Hallam University, UK

(Online Only)

​Nayoung Ahn

​Nayoung Ahn

Bournemouth University, UK

(Online Only)

Lenilda Soraia dos Reis Rodrigues Duarte Brito

Lenilda Soraia dos Reis Rodrigues Duarte Brito

Universidade de Santiago/ISCTE - IUL, Republic of Cabo Verde

(Online Only)

​Patricia Grillet

​Patricia Grillet

University of Hawaii, USA

(Online Only)

Olea Roy

Olea Roy

Independent Researcher, India

(Online Only)Yu-Chieh-Wu

Yu Chieh Wu

Yu Chieh Wu

University of Hawaii, USA

(Online Only)

Conference Partner