- Mohamed Noureddine Affaya, philosopher, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- Burhan Ghalioun, political-sociologist Sorbonne University, Paris, France
- Rik Pinxten, anthropologist/philosopher, Ghent University, Belgium
- Edgard Weber, philologist, Marc Bloch University, Strasburg, France
- Ferhat Kentel, sociologist. Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey