Jan Servaes  (PhD, 1987, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) is UNESCO  Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA), Honorary Guest Professor at the Huazhong University of Technology and Science (HUST), Wuhan, China, Researcher at the ‘Brussels Center for Journalism Studies’ (BCJS), Belgium, Editor-in-Chief of ‘Telematics and Informatics' (Elsevier), and Editor of Book Series on ‘Communication for Development and Social Change’, and ‘Communication, Globalization and Cultural Identity’. 

Servaes has undertaken research, development, and advisory work around the world and is known as the author of journal articles and books on such topics as international and development communication; ICT & media policies; intercultural communication and language; participation and social change; and human rights and conflict management. His latest book is “Sustainability, Participation and Culture in Communication. Theory and Praxis”, Bristol/Chicago: Intellect/University of Chicago Press, 2012.