Ad-Hoc Expert Committee

To guarantee a seamless, knowledge-based, and timely curation and management of the World Atlas of Languages dataset, the UNESCO’s Director-General appointed an Ad-Hoc Expert Committee of the World Atlas of Languages. The goal of the Committee is to attune the Word Atlas of Languages to the mission of UNESCO by underlining the importance of multilingualism in promoting equitable access to information and knowledge, especially in the public domain, and in encouraging access to information for all, multilingualism, and cultural diversity on the global information networks.

The Ad-Hoc Expert Committee is composed of the following members:

Professor Mandana Seyfeddinipur
Director of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme and the Endangered Languages Archives
Berlin Brandensurgische Academy of Sciences

Professor Franc Marušič
Professor of Linguistic
University of Nova Gorica

Dr Damian Blasi
ICREA Research Professor
Center for Brain & Cognition
Pompeu Fabra University

Professor Anvita Abbi
President of the Linguistic Society of India

Professor Dwi Noverini Djenar
Associate Professor
Discipline Chair, Indonesian Studies
School of Languages and Cultures
The University of Sydney

Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald
Professorial research fellow and Australian Laureate Fellow
Central Queensland University 

Dr Ioanna Patsio
i18n Program Manager
SW/HW Engineering

Dr András Kornai
Professor
Budapest Institute of Technology

Dr Raoul Zamponi
Associate Researcher 
Max Planck Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie

Professor Saliloko Mufwene
Edward Carson Weller Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Linguistics
The University of Chicago

Professor Pius Akumbu
Research Director in African Linguistics
French National Center for Scientific Research

Professor Enam Al-Wer
Professor
Department of Language and Linguistics
University of Essex