Who We Are

International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences
Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines (CIPSH)

CIPSH

The CIPSH is a non-governmental organization within UNESCO, which federates hundreds of different learned societies in the field of philosophy, human sciences and related subjects.

 The CIPSH coordinates the international works and researches carried out by a huge constellation of centers and networks of scholars. It favors the exchange of knowledge among faraway scholars and fosters the international circulation of scholars, in order to improve the communication among specialists from different disciplines, enforce a better knowledge of cultures and of the different social, individual and collective behaviors and bring to the fore the richness of each culture and their fruitful diversity.


The International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies was founded on the 18th of January, 1949, in Brussels, at the request of UNESCO and under its auspices, following a meeting organized by the Union Académique Internationale to bring together representatives of nongovernmental organizations. From January 1, 2011, it adopted the designation “International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences”.

The Board of the Assembly shall exercise the functions of the governing body of the Council between sessions of the General Assembly. It consists of one President, who is also President of the CIPSH, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer, the immediate Past President, and four to six Members. (Art. VI, §1 of the Statutes).

The current board, elected at the General Assembly in Tokyo, Japan, on August 22, 2023, is composed by:

  • Luiz Oosterbeek (Président/President)
  • Hsiung Ping-chen (Secrétaire-Général/Secretary-General)
  • Jesus de La Villa (Trésorier/Treasurer)
  • Chao Gejin (Ancient President / Past President)
  • Luisa Miglioratti (Vice-Présidente/Vice-President)
  • Tim Jensen (Vice- Président/Vice-President)
  • Benedikt Loewe Jensen (Vice- Président/Vice-President)
  • Zoltan Somhegyi (Deputy Secretary-General)
  • Olga Spevak (Deputy Treasurer)

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