The scientific Board supports SA4D as a consultative body.
Prof. Dr. Sandro Cattacin
Professor for Sociology at the University of Geneva (CH)
Scientific focus: Urban Policy, Social and Health Policy, Social Economics, Migration Policy and Mesosociology
Prof. Dr. Jean-Loup Chappelet
Professor at the Swiss Graduate School for Public Administration (IDHEAP), Lausanne (CH)
Scientific focus: Management and Politics of Sport
Prof. Dr. Fred Coalter
Visiting Professor at The Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Visiting Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University
Scientific focus: Sports Sociology, Leisure Research
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper
Professor for Inclusive Education, Physical Activity and Sport at the Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
Scientific focus: Inclusive Education, Physical Activity and Sport
Prof. Dr. Richard Giulianotti
Professor of Sociology at the Loughborough University (UK)
Scientific focus: Sport, Health and Policy, Globalisation, Society and Social Change
Prof. Dr. Umberto Melotti
Professor emeritus of Political Sociology at the University “La Sapienza”, Rome (IT)
Scientific focus: Political Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Globalization and Migration
Prof. Dr. Parviz Piran
Department of Social Research at the Allameh Tabatabaee University and Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Teheran, Iran
Scientific focus: Urban Development, Community Development, Governance, Participation and Research Methodology
Dr. Albrecht Schnabel
Head of Asia Pacific Unit at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Genf CH
Scientific focus: Conflict Research and Conflict Prevention, Peace Promotion