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Founding Director and Senior Fellow Thomas Banchoff co-chaired a Task Force on Civic and Political Leadership Formation that presented its findings at a July 2018 global gathering in Bilbao, Spain, which also marked the founding of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU). The Task Force Report recommended four areas for collaboration across over 200 colleges and universities in the Jesuit global network: the formation of future leaders and citizens through curricular innovation; stepped-up efforts to address global challenges through problem-based research; structured dialogue with civic and political leaders; and the development of the model of the university as a "proyecto social."

Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari provides background on the Saudi policy of exporting its doctrine of Islam across the Muslim world for an article on the 1979 attack on Mecca's Grand Mosque.

On July 12 and 13 Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall participated in a multi-stakeholder consultation process to build knowledge about the role of interreligious dialogue and collaboration in combatting intolerance and discrimination.

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Berkley Center Senior Fellow Jocelyne Cesari writes for IEMed about the multiple trends of Islam today and the complex relations maintained between Western society and Islam in Europe.