International Organization Executive Biography Research

An important area of our research into international organizations is in the field of biographies. Having recorded the 'what' we were keen to investigate the 'who' - the people driving global civil society today.

Our main biographical project is the annual production of the Who's Who in International Organizations (or Volume 6 of the Yearbook of International Organizations). This book lists over 13,000 profiles of directors of of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and networks, and executive secretaries of international nongovernmental associations (NGOs). A second publication of interest is the International Biographical Dictionary of Religion (1994) which contains more than 4,000 biographies of eminent individuals from the major world religions including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Confusianism, Jainism, Shintoism and Judaism.

Our work on biographical profiles also involves recording relevant publications written by the leaders of civil society, which links to our bibliography research area.