In July, WAAS announced the results of its 2026 elections. Six new Trustees were elected, while two Trustees were re-elected. The Academy also elected 25 new Fellows and six new Associate Fellows, and re-elected one Associate Fellow and seven Junior Fellows.
Trustees
Ludvik Toplak
Rector, Alma Mater Europaea University (AMEU)
Elena Mustakova
Educational & Organizational Consultant, Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Eden Mamut
Professor, Engineering Thermodynamics & Advanced Energy Systems, “Ovidius” University of Constanta
Phoebe Koundouri
Re-elected as trustee Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business; Senior Research Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge
Ivo Josipović
President of Croatia (2010–2015); Professor Emeritus, University of Zagreb
Uroš Cvelbar
Head, Dept. of Gaseous Electronics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Isabella Bunn
Research Fellow in Governance and Global Ethics, Regent’s Park College, Oxford
Stefan Brunnhuber
Re-elected as trustee Medical Director, Diakonie Kliniken Zschadraß
Fellows
Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2014); Founder, Bachpan Bachao Andolan
Judith Patricia Currivan
Cosmologist, Futurist; Co-founder, WholeWorld-View
Paul Dziatkowiec
Director of Mediation and Peace Support, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Hakima El Haite
President, World Association for Culture and Heritage
Gian Francesco Giudice
Head, Theoretical Physics Dept., CERN
Glenn Gaffney
President, G2 Consulting Solutions, LLC
Peter Galbraith
Diplomat, Policy Advisor; Former US Ambassador and Senior UN Official
Yury Gogotsi
Distinguished University Professor & Bach Endowed Chair, Drexel University
Christian Hansmeyer
Head of Research, Force for Good (F4G) Foundation
Maja Herman Sekulić
Vice President, International Academy of Ethics, India
Reyhan Huseynova
President, Azerbaijan Future Studies Society
Jana Ilieva
Full Professor of Law and Secretary General, University of Skopje
Ana Jerkovic
Professional Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
Feng Jiang
Professor & Chairman, Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies
Klaus Mainzer
President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Ana Maria Paraschiv
Founder, Ubuntu World
Marian Nkansah
Professor of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Yao Ouyang Qiushi
Distinguished Professor, School of Economics, Zhejiang University
Stephen Park
Professor of HR Management & Dean of International Affairs, Kyung Hee University
Ortwin Renn
Affiliate Scholar, Research Institute for Sustainability, GFZ Helmholtz Center
Matthaios Santamouris
Distinguished Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Sergio Scapagnini
Artist, Author, Film Maker and Social Worker
Gary Shapiro
Executive Chair, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Daljeet Singh
Director of International Affairs, Sunup Fusion Technologies Co Ltd
Emnet Woldegiorgis
Professor and Director, Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
Associate Fellows
Kiriti Choudhury
Steering Committee Member, WAAS EXTRA Executive Committee Digital Transformation, IT Governance & Compliance Leader, Beximco Pharmaceuticals PLC
David Alexandre Ellwood
Mathematician & Theoretical Physicist; Exec. Committee, British Pugwash Group
Marta Nešković
Re-elected as Associate Fellow Researcher, Science for Society and Human-Centered Sustainable Development
João Gabriel de Araujo Oliveira
Associate Professor of Economics; Economist, World Bank
Izet Rađo
Full Professor, Faculty of Sports and Physical Education, University of Sarajevo
Kefyalew Wondimagegn
Professor, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Junior Fellows
(All were re-elected)
Pooja Asokan
Professor, Conscious Management Institute
Kehkashan Basu
Founder, Green Hope Foundation
Savitri Chandrasekaran
Internal Medicine Trainee, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Arthur Duforest
Disarmament and Conflict Prevention Consultant, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Yunus Ibrahim Hussain
African Research Councillor, Wheeler Institute for Business and Development
Imran Khan
Director (Finance), National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, Pakistan
Leonid Shokh
Journalist, Huxley Media
