The webmaster, Prof.dr. W. Shadid is professor of intercultural communication at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, and since 1970 associated as an anthropologist with the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development sociology. He lectures and carries out research on intercultural communication, interethnic relations and methodology of social research.
He has published, or is co-author of various books and articles on interethnic relations and the multicultural society in general, especially:

• Grondslagen van interculturele communicatie [Fundamentals of intercultural communication], Kluwer, Amsterdam 2007
• Islam in Nederland en Belgie” [Islam in The Netherlands and Belgium], Peeters, Leuven, 2008 (in Dutch).
• (Guest Editor) Islam and Educational Policy in the Netherlands. European Education: Issues and Studies, Vol. 38 No. 2, SUMMER 2006.
• Intercultural Relations and Religious Authorities: Muslims in the European Union. Peeters, Leuven, 2002. pp.241.
• Religious Freedom and the Neutrality of the State: The Position of Islam in the European Union. Peeters, Leuven, 2002. pp.210.

For other publications see page ‘Publications’ and his personal website interculturele communicatie.