EthicsLab Conference 2024 - Detailled Program

EthicsLab 5th Anniversary Conference June 10-15, 2024
Detailled Program
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Sunday, June 9
(Ekounou campus)

•    All day | Arrival of participants

Monday, June 10
(Ekounou Campus)

• 8:00 | Breakfast (together)
• 9:00 | Shuttle to the Ekounou Campus
• 10:00-11:30 | Opening Ceremony and Keynote I (Room: Amphitheater)
  • Welcome Speech by Thierry Ngosso & Tim Meijers
  • Speech by Prof. Rev. Bienvenu Thomas Tchoungui, Rector of UCAC
  • Inaugural conference: EPISTEMIC JUSTICE AND LOST KNOWLEDGE (French)

Prof. Seloua Luster Boulbina (University of Paris IV, France)

Moderator: Prof. Tim Meijers (University of Leiden, Netherlands)

• 11:30-13:00 | Family and Lunch Photo
• 13:00 - 14:30 | Parallel Sessions I

Panel 1 Intergenerational Justice - Session 1 (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• Moving Towards a Sustainable Future: Rawls’ Principle of Just savings in the Face of Ecological Challenges (Ateba Mintolo Sébastien, Episcopal University, Cameroon)
• Scanlonian Contractualism and Fairness to Future Persons (Desa Valeska Martin, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)

Moderator: Christine Hobden, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Panel 2 Democracy, Growth, and the Environment-Session 2 (Room 207/208- Continuing education Building – Online attendance)

• Cultural Adaptation and Environmental Conservation in Africa: Exploring Local Values in Democratic Governance and Economic Growth (Francisca Okwulehie, University of Lagos, Nigeria)
• The Wild and the Future: On Pluralism and Arrogance in Environmental Ethics (Nadia Mazouz, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
• The Role of Indigenous Environmental Ethics of the Oromo People of Ethiopia in Sustainable Development (Taye Birhanu Taressa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

Moderator: Benjamin Olojohungbe, UCAC, Cameroon

• 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break
• 15:00 - 16:30 | Parallel Sessions II

Panel 3 Intergenerational Justice – Session 2 (Room 207/208- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• Intergenerational Duties and the Justification of the State (Christine Hobden, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
• Intergenerational Justice in Africa (Workineh Kelbessa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
• Future Generations, Poverty, and the Least Well-off (Elizabeth Finneron-Burns, University of Western Ontario, Canada & Tim Meijers, University of Leiden, Netherlands)

Moderator: Nadia Mazouz, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Panel 4 Intercultural philosophy and decolonial philosophy (Bilingual Panel) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• Intercultural philosophy and colonial thoughts: definitions, convergences and divergences (Dany Rondeau, University of Quebec at Rimouski, Canada)
• Ubuntu and methodological communitarianism in ethics (Ernest-Marie Mbonda, UCAC, Cameroon & University of Montreal, Canada)
• Resisting cognitive assimilation: how to put an imposed educational system at its service? (Sylvestre Ngouo, University of Douala, Cameroon)
• Confrontation or Dialogue: Productive Tensions between Decolonial and Intercultural Scholarship (Pius Mosima, University of Buea, Cameroon & University of Leiden, Netherlands)

Moderator: George Deutou Pouleu, University of Douala, Cameroon

• 16:30-17:00 | Coffee break
• 17:00 - 18:30 | Parallel Sessions III

Panel 5 Whose Land, Whose Theory, Whose Policy? - Session 1 (Room 207/208- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• What Does it Mean to Own a Land? A Response from 19th Century West African Societies (Adoulou Bitang, Independent Philosopher, Cameroon)
• Commercialization of Customary Lands and Economic Development of Legitimate Rights Holders (Pierre Étienne Kenfack, University of Yaoundé 2, Cameroon)
• Rematerializing Property: Towards an Ecological Theory of Republican Freedom (Nicole Whalen, University of Chicago, USA)

Moderator: Tony Guidotti, Harvard University, United States

Panel 6 Restitution, Reparation: The Ethics of Rectification (French Panel/roundtable) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• Emmanuel Babissagana, UCAC, Cameroon & Catholic University of Louvain-Brussels, Belgium
• Janvier Nama, UCAC, Cameroon
• Eric Tsimi, The City University of New York, USA
• Theodore Mbarga, Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Moderator: Eric Tsimi, The City University of New York, USA

• 18:45 | Dinner
• 19:30 | Shuttle to the Hotel

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Tuesday, June 11
(Ekounou Campus)

• 8:00 | Breakfast (together)
• 9:00 | Shuttle to the Ekounou Campus
• 10:00-12:00 | Parallel Sessions IV

Panel 7 Coloniality of Knowledge and Epistemic Justice at the University (French Panel) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• The colonial fact as a structure of domination: The University is a tool of “coloniality” (Rosine Bidjeck Song, University of Louvain, Belgium)
• How to decolonize the University? Can we do it anyway? (Lissell Quiroz, CY Cergy Paris University, France)
• Epistemic disobedience and decolonization of universities in Africa (Anatole Fogou, University of Maroua, Cameroon)
• French grammar: coloniality of knowledge and epistemic injustice (Jacques Evouna, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon)

Moderator: Guillaume Gaston Nguemba, University of Maroua, Cameroon

Panel 8 Business/Digital Ethics (Room 207/208- Continuing education Building – Online attendance)

• States and Business Corporations: Is there a morally relevant difference? (Stephanie Collins, Monash University, Australia)
• Getting back to basics: A values-based perspective on business ethics in Africa (Bryan Robinson, Tshwane School for Business & Society, South Africa)
• The Principle of Economic Dignity (Tony Guidotti, University of Harvard, USA)
• Epistemic Justice and the Quantification of Knowledge: The Digitalization of Science and Scientific Methods (Michael Heumann, University of Lausanne, Switzerland) 

Moderator: Nien-hê Hsieh, Harvard University, USA

• 12:00-13:00 | Lunch & Mass Design Group Conversations 
• 13:00 - 14:30 | Parallel Sessions V

Panel 9 Transforming the Methods of Political Philosophy (Roundtable) (Room 207/208- Continuing education Building- Roundtable – Online attendance)

• Lindokuhle Gama, Rhodes University, South Africa
• Philip Idachaba, Federal University Nasarawa Lafia, Nigeria
• Elizabeth Kahn, University of Durham, United Kingdom
• Jacinta Mwende Maweu, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Moderator: Elizabeth Kahn, University of Durham, United Kingdom

Panel 10 Epistemic justice and feminism in Africa (Roundtable/French Panel) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• Fatoumata Keita, University of Bamako, Mali
• Soumaya Mestiri, University of Tunis, Tunisia
• Seloua Luster Boulbina, University of Paris IV, France
• Lydie Christianne Azab à Boto, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

Moderator: Fatoumata Keita, University of Bamako, Tunisia

• 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break
• 15:30 - 17:00 | Parallel Sessions VI

Panel 11 Climate Adaptation and Climate Justice - Session 1 (Room 207/208- Continuing education Building – Online attendance)

• Social Constraints and Limits to Adaptation as Sufficiency Entitlements of Justice (Ivo Wallimann-Helmer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland & Simon Kräuchi, University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
• Gender-Responsive Governance and Climate Change Adaptation (Victoria Openif’Oluwa Akoleowo, University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
• Restoring Enough for A Decent Life. Justice for Loss and Damage (Simon Kräuchi, University of Fribourg, Switzerland & Ivo Wallimann-Helmer University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

Moderator: Elizabeth Finneron-Burns, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Panel 12 Ubuntu and Ethical Leadership (French Panel) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• From the biblical foundation of Ubuntu as Imago Dei to ecological leadership Aristide Bassé (Dominican University at Toulouse, France)
• From homo oeconomicus to homo relationis: for a Christian ethics of the economy (Donald Bikiori, Saint Paul VI Major Seminary of Douala, Cameroon)
• The Ubuntu Philosophy and the Battle for the Soul of Africa (Gervais Gnaka Lagoke, Lincoln University, USA)
• Ubuntu as a fundamental basis for ethical and honest leadership for a social solidarity economy (Symphorien Ntibagirirwa, University of Bujumbura, Burundi)

Moderator: Jean Paul Ondoa, UCAC, Cameroon

• 17:00 | Free Time & Mass Design Group Conversations 
• 18:00 | Dinner
• 19:00 | Shuttle to the Hotel

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 Wednesday, June 12
(Ekounou Campus)

• 8:00 | Breakfast (together)
• 9:00 | Shuttle to the Ekounou Campus
• 10:00-11:30 | Parallel Sessions VII

Panel 13 Democracy, Growth, and the Environment - Session 1 (Room 207/208- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• Democracy in Africa in the Age of Ecological Crisis (Diana-Abasi Ibanga, University of Calabar, Nigeria
• A Precautionary Argument for Economic Growth in Low- and High-income Countries (Dominic Roser, University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
• Democracy, Development and the Ecological Crisis in Africa (Munamato Chemhuru, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)

Moderator: Nicole Whalen, University of Chicago, USA

Panel 14 Epistemic justice, vulnerability and inclusive education – Session 2 (French Panel) (Room 107/108- Continuing Education Building)

• Education and inclusion of vulnerable people (Solange Ngo Yebga, UCAC, Cameroon)
• Female vulnerability and marginality in Africa: the case of Cameroon (Bernaïce Ada Djabou, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon)
• Integration and social inclusion practices in Africa: the case of Cameroon (Fadimatou Monsanto, UCAC, Cameroon)

Moderator: Steve Bobongaud, UCAC, Cameroon

• 12:00-13:30 | Lunch & Mass Design Group Conversations 
• 13:30 - 15:00 | Parallel Sessions VIII

Panel 15 Whose Land, Whose Theory, Whose Policy? - Session 2 (Room 208- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• The Case of Kampala: The Rapidly Urbanizing City Where the Land Belongs to the People (Astrid Haas, Independent Urban Economist, Hong Kong)
• Land Redistribution in Africa and the Quest for Justice: But What Justice? (Dennis Masaka, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)
• Land Policy in and for an Urbanized World: Reflections from a “Global” Land Policy Institute (Enrique Silva, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA)

Moderator: Tony Guidotti, Harvard University, USA

Panel 16 Epistemic justice, vulnerability, and inclusive education – Session 1 (French Panel) (Room 108- Continuing Education Building)

• Afro-logical foundations of epistemic justice and Afro-topic ethics of inclusion (Steve Bobongaud, UCAC, Cameroon)
• Rethinking epistemic justice (Issoufou Soulé Mouchili Njimom, University of Yaoundé I)
• Legal perspectives around epistemic justice and the fact of inclusion in Africa (Line Murielle Emah Ngono, UCAC, Cameroon)

Moderator: Simeon Essama Owono, UCAC, Cameroon

• 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break
• 15:30 - 17:00 | Parallel Sessions IX

Panel 17 Climate Adaptation and Climate Justice - Session 2 (Room 208- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• The Limits of the Principle of ‘Common But Differentiated Responsibilities’ and What the Principle Should Actually Mean (Kathrin von Allmen, University of Fribourg, Switzerland) 
• Greenspaces in African Spaces: Governance Challenges and its Moral Imperativeness (Stephen Nkansah Morgan, University of Ghana, Ghana) 
• Extractivism and Climate Justice in a Context of Political Contestation in Zimbabwe (Sandra Bhatasara, Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe and Rhodes University, South Africa & and Admire M. Nyamwanza, Institute of Natural Resources, South Africa) 

Moderator: Ivo Wallimann-Helmer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Panel 18 Epistemic injustice, “traditional” medicine, and some lessons from the African experience of COVID-19 (Bilingual Panel/Roundtable) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• Mbih Jerome Tosam, University of Bamenda, Cameroon
• Rokia Sanogo, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali
• Lissell Quiroz, Paris Cergy University, France
• Thierry Ngosso, University of Maroua & UCAC, Cameroon & University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Henri Gbadi, University of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Estelle Kouokam, UCAC, Cameroon

Moderator: Estelle Kouokam, UCAC, Cameroon

• 17:00-17:30 | Coffee break
• 17:30 – 18h30 | Mass Design Group Workshop I (Speakers only)
• 19:00 | Dinner
• 20:00 | Shuttle to the Hotel

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Thursday, June 13
(Ekounou Campus & Nkolbisson Campus – Gala Dinner)

• 8:00 | Breakfast (together)
• 9:00 | Shuttle to the Ekounou Campus
• 9:00-10:00 | Keynote II (Room: Amphitheater)

REVISITING PROJECTS TO “DECOLONIZE KNOWLEDGE”. PROVOCATIONS AND REFLECTIONS AMIDST THE BACKLASH

Prof. Amber Murrey (University of Oxford, UK)
Moderator: Prof. Brian Berkey (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

• 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break 
• 10:30-12:30 | Parallel Sessions X

Panel 19 Envisioning Educational Justice (Room 207/208- Continuing education Building – Online attendance) 

• The Paradox of Academic Freedom: How Decolonization Inhibits the Choices of African Academics (Babalola Joseph Balogun, University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
• What International Justice in Education? (Pierre Germain Belinga, UCAC, Cameroon)
• Grounding Ethical Decisions in Education: Practical Wisdom and Emotions in Teacher Educational Ethics Training (Ana Romero Iribas, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
• Why and How Should We Build a Truly Global Field of Educational Ethics? (Meira Levinson, Harvard University, USA)

Moderator: Meira Levinson, Harvard University, USA

Panel 20 Dark Metaphors: Epistemic Justice as a Matter of Figuration - Session 2 (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• Black Magic? Notes on Cultural Whitening and Its Inversions (Stephanie Graf, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
• Racecraft and Metaphor (Florian Pistrol, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
• Coloniality and Power Dynamics in Africa: An Epistemic Analysis of Womanhood (Diana Ofana, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
• Curriculum as Epistemic Road: Exploring the Passage of Mental (De)Coloniality (Tosin Adeate, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria)

Moderator: Ndidi Nwaniri, University of Frankfurt, Germany

• 12:30-13:30 | Lunch & Mass Design Group Conversations 
• 13:30 - 15:00 | Parallel Sessions XI

Panel 21 Dark Metaphors: Epistemic Justice as a Matter of Figuration - Session 2 (Room 207/208- Continuing education Building – Online attendance)

• Crossing the Black Mediterranean (Andreas Oberprantacher, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
• Afropessimist Narratives and Afrofuturist Counter-Imagination (Laurin Mackwitz, University of Graz, Austria)
• Decolonizing Global Justice Through the Deconstruction of Metaphors that Reinforce Inequalities (Adeolu Oyekan, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria)
• The dirty nigger: This black Orpheus – Reappropriation as Deconstruction of the Negro myth? (Fatima Doumbia, Houphouet Boigny Cocody University, Ivory Coast)

Moderator: Stephanie Graf, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Panel 22 Decolonizing Bioethics (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building)

• Covid-19 and the Failure of Global Solidarity (Ndidi Nwaniri, University of Frankfurt, Germany)
• Analysis of a ‘typical’ Clinical Dilemma in Low-income Contexts (Mayli Mertens, University of Antwerp, Netherlands)
• Reconsidering the Right to a Human Decision (Kritika Maheshwari, University of Deft, Netherlands)

Moderator: Mbih Jerome Tosam, University of Bamenda, Cameroon

• 15:00 -15:30 | Coffee break
• 15:30 - 17:00 | Parallel Sessions XII

Panel 23 Using Normative Case Studies to Expand Epistemic Inclusion in Educational Ethics (Room 207/208- Continuing Education Building – Online attendance)

• Liz Block, Harvard University, USA
• Isaac Nyangolo, Zeraki, Kenya
• Wambura Kimunyu, Eneza Education, Kenya
•  Pierre Germain Belinga, UCAC, Cameroon

Moderator: Meira Levinson, Harvard University, USA

Panel 24: The School of Palabra. Being-in-common differently: Ethics and Hermeneutics (French Panel) (Room 011/012- Continuing Education Building) 

• The dialogical principle and its implications in African oral traditions (Auguste Nsonsissa, Marien Ngouabi University, Congo-Brazzaville)
• Ethics between rhetoric and hermeneutics. A double institution of the community given in the linguistic condition (David-Le-Duc Tiaha, Ricoeur Fund of Paris, France)
• On the epistemologies of the South: Between ethics of research and ethics of conviction (Aristelle Ekassi, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon)
• Topic of being in speech: Fabien Eboussi Boulaga and Jean Godefroy Bidima (Yannick Essengue, Jean Jaurès University of Toulouse, France & Marien Ngouabi of Brazzaville, Congo)

Moderator: Ives Louckson (University of Dschang, Cameroon)

• 17:00 | Shuttle to the Hotel
• 19:00 | Shuttle to the Nkolbisson Campus
• 20:00 - 22:00 | Gala Dinner (Nkolbisson Campus)

NB: From Monday, June 10, to Thursday, June 13, in addition to the morning and evening shuttles (1 large Bus—70 seats), there are shuttles (small buses – 15 seats) twice daily: 10:00-11:00 and 14:00-15:00 (Hotel to Campus) and 11:00-12:00 and 15:00-16:00 (Campus to Hotel).

Zoom for online attendance: https://unisg.zoom.us/j/66899867385?pwd=SxbaH2BdGkL7mlhGC8E2sZO2zIDvtf.1

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Friday, June 14
(Ekounou campus/Room: Amphitheater)

• 7:00 | Breakfast (together)
• 8:00 | Shuttle to the Ekounou Campus
• 9:00-10:30 | SUPER PANEL I/ BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA INITIATIVE
  • Nien-hê Hsieh, Harvard University, USA
  • Brian Berkey, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • Thierry Ngosso, University of Maroua & UCAC, Cameroon & University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Catherine McDonald, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Moderator: Catherine McDonald, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

• 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break
• 11:00-12:30 | SUPER PANEL II/CREATION OF THE EBOUSSI CHAIR ON AFRICAN AUTHENTICITY
  • Ernest-Marie Mbonda, UCAC, Cameroon and Rimouski, Canada
  • Jean-Paul Messina, UCAC, Cameroon
  • Eboussi Boulaga, Independent researcher, Cameroun
  • Alain Ngosso Essengue, University of Toulouse, France
  • Yannick Essengue, University Marien Ngouabi, Congo & University of Toulouse, France

Moderator: Alain Ngosso Essengue, University of Toulouse, France

• 12:30-13:00 | CLOSING CEREMONY
• Speech by Dr. Thierry Ngosso, Director of EthicsLab
• Speech by Prof. Rev. Bienvenu Thomas Tchoungui, Rector of UCAC

Moderator: Ernest-Marie Mbonda

• 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch
• 14:30-18:30 | City tour
• 19:00-20:00 | Dinner in the City (Hotels or Restaurants)

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Saturday, June 15

• 9:00-14:30 | Site visits (Mass Design Group) & Visit outside Yaoundé (TBD)
• Departure of participants

Sunday, June 16 to Tuesday, June 18
(Kribi)

 
List of speakers/participants

1.    Dr Adeolu Oyekan, Independent Philosopher, Nigeria
2.    Dr Adoulou Bitang, Independent philosopher, Cameroon
3.    Dr Babalola Joseph Balogun, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
4.    Dr Desa Valeska Martin, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
5.    Dr Diana Ofana, University of Pretoria, South Africa
6.    Dr Diana-Abasi Ibanga, University of Calabar, Nigeria
7.    Dr Emmanuel Babissagana, Catholic University of Louvain Saint-Louis Brussels, Belgium
8.    Dr Enrique Silva, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA
9.    Dr Eric Vernuy Suyru, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon
10.    Dr Georges Deutou Pouleu, University of Ebolowa, Cameroon
11.    Dr Gervais Lagoke Gnaka, Lincoln University, USA
12.    Dr Katrhin Von Allmen, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
13.    Dr Kritika Maheshwari, University of Delft, Netherlands
14.    Dr Laurin Mackowitz, University of Graz, Austria
15.    Dr Lindokuhle Gama, Rhodes University, South Africa
16.    Dr Line Murielle Emah Ngono, UCAC, Cameroon
17.    Dr Lydie Christianne Azab à Boto, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
18.    Dr Mayli Mertens, University of Antwerp, Belgium
19.    Dr Michael Heumann, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
20.    Dr Ndidi Nwaneri, University of Frankfurt, Germany
21.    Dr Ope Akoleowo, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
22.    Dr Philipp Idachaba, Federal Nasarawa University Lafia, Nigeria
23.    Dr Rev. Theodore Mbarga, Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon
24.    Dr Sandra Bhatasara, Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe
25.    Dr Solange Ngo Yebga, UCAC, Cameroon 
26.    Dr Stephen Nkansah Morgan, University of Ghana- Legon, Ghana
27.    Dr Sylvestre Ngouo, University of Douala, Cameroon
28.    Dr Thierry Ngosso, University of Maroua & UCAC, Cameroon, & University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
29.    Dr. Dominic Roser, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
30.    Dr. Rev. Aristide Bassé, UCAC, Cameroon
31.    Mr, Eboussi Boulaga, Independent researcher, Cameroun
32.    Mr. Alain Ngosso Essengue, University of Toulouse, France (doctoral student)
33.    Mr. Andrew Brose, Mass Design Group, South Africa 
34.    Mr. Benjamin Olojohungbe, UCAC, Cameroon (doctoral student)
35.    Mr. Francesco Limacher, University of Leiden, Netherlands (undergraduate student)
36.    Mr. Isaac Nyangolo, Zeraki, Nairobi, Kenya
37.    Mr. Simon Kräuchi, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, (doctoral student)
38.    Mr. Silvere Ekoe Tombo, Independent researcher, Paris 
39.    Mr. Taye Birhanu Taressa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (doctoral student)
40.    Mr. Tony Guidotti, Harvard University, USA
41.    Mr. Yannick Essengue, Jean Jaurès University of Toulouse, France & Marien Ngouabi of Brazzaville, Congo (doctoral student)
42.    Ms Catherine McDonald, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (doctoral student)
43.    Ms Francisca Okwuluehie, University of Lagos, Nigeria (doctoral student)
44.    Ms Liz Block, Harvard University, USA
45.    Ms Marie Amelie Ntigulirwa, Mass Design Group, Rwanda
46.    Ms Sara Ellen O'Brien, Harvard University, USA
47.    Ms Wambura Kimunyu, Eneza Education, Kenya
48.    Prof. Amber Murrey, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
49.    Prof. Ana Romero Iribas, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
50.    Prof. Anatole Fogou, University of Maroua, Cameroon
51.    Prof. Andreas Oberprantacher, University of Innsbruck, Austria
52.    Prof. Astrid Haas, Independent Urban Economist, Hong Kong
53.    Prof. Auguste Nsonsissa, Marien Ngouabi University, Congo
54.    Prof. Bado Ndoye, University Cheick Anta Diop-Dakar, Senegal
55.    Prof. Bernaïce Ada Djabou, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon 
56.    Prof. Brian Berkey, University of Pennsylvania, USA
57.    Prof. Bryan Robinson, Tshwane School for Business & Society, South Africa
58.    Prof. Christine Hobden, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
59.    Prof. Dany Rondeau, University of Rimouski, Canada
60.    Prof. David-Le-Duc Tiaha, Ricoeur Fund of Paris, France
61.    Prof. Dennis Masaka, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe
62.    Prof. Elisabeth Kahn, University of Durham, United Kingdom
63.    Prof. Elizabeth Finneron-Burns, University of Western Ontario, Canada
64.    Prof. Éric Tsimi Essono, The City University of New York, USA
65.    Prof. Ernest-Marie Mbonda, University of Quebec at Rimouski, Canada & UCAC, Cameroon
66.    Prof. Estelle Kouokam, UCAC, Cameroon
67.    Prof. Fadimatou Monsanto, UCAC, Cameroon
68.    Prof. Fatima Doumbia Brigitte, Houphouët Boigny University of Cocody, Ivory Coast
69.    Prof. Fatoumata Keita, University of Bamako, Mali
70.    Prof. Faustin Dingaonarbe, University of Ndjamena, Chad
71.    Prof. Florian Pistrol, University of Innsbruck, Austria
72.    Prof. Guillaume Gaston Nguemba, University of Maroua, Cameroon
73.    Prof. Henri Finimonga Gbadi, University of Kisanguani, Democratic Republic of Congo
74.    Prof. Issoufou Soulé Mouchili Njimom, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon 
75.    Prof. Ives S. Loukson, University of Dschang, Cameroon
76.    Prof. Ivo Wallimann-Helmer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
77.    Prof. Jacinta Mwende Maweu, University of Nairobi, Kenya
78.    Prof. Jean Paul Messina, UCAC, Cameroon
79.    Prof. Lissell Quiroz, CY Cergy University Paris, France
80.    Prof. Meira Levinson, Harvard University, USA
81.    Prof. Munamato Chemhuru, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe
82.    Prof. Nadia Mazouz, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
83.    Prof. Nicole Whalen, University of Chicago, USA
84.    Prof. Nien-hê Hsieh, Harvard University, USA
85.    Prof. Rev. Bienvenu Thomas Tchoungui, UCAC, Cameroon
86.    Prof. Rev. Jean Paul Ondoa, UCAC, Cameroon
87.    Prof. Rev. Steve Bobongaud, UCAC, Cameroon
88.    Prof. Rev. Symphorien Ntibagirirwa, University of Bujumbura, Burundi
89.    Prof. Rokia Sanogo, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali
90.    Prof. Seloua Luster Boulbina, University of Paris IV, France
91.    Prof. Soumaya Mestiri, University of Tunis, Tunisia
92.    Prof. Stephanie Collins, Monash University, Australia
93.    Prof. Stephanie Graf, University of Innsbruck, Austria
94.    Prof. Tim Meijers, Leiden University, Netherlands
95.    Prof. Workineh Kelbessa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
96.    Rev.  Donald Bikiori, St. Jean University of Douala, Cameroon