The International Academic Committee is constituted of academics specialised in TheMuseumsLab-related topics, including experts and partners from previous programme years. Established in 2024, the committee is entrusted with the responsibility of providing professional guidance to TheMuseumsLab programme.
The International Academic Committee holds several responsibilities within TheMuseumsLab. Members serve on TheMuseumsLab Steering Board and provide curatorial advice, support, and facilitation throughout the programme modules. In 2026, the Committee comprises the following members:
Director & Co-founder IRIBA Center for Multimedia Heritage
Assumpta Mugiraneza is a Franco-Rwandan academic with degrees in Education Studies, Social Psychology, and Political Science from the Université de Paris. Since 1994 her research has focused on genocide and extreme violence, particularly through discourse analysis, comparing the genocidal discourse of Hutu power to Nazi discourse. Since 2010 she has cofounded and directed the IRIBA Center for Multimedia Heritage, a center for Rwandan audio-visual archives spanning more than a century, freely accessible to all, at the intersection of academic research and practice.
Honorary Professor of Colonialism and Heritage / Freelance author and curator
Corinne Fowler is a freelance author and public historian. She is Honorary Professor of Colonialism and Heritage in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Between 2018 and 2022, Fowler directed a child-led history and writing project called 'Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted'. She also co-authored the 2020 National Trust report on its country houses' historical links to the British Empire, which became a major international news story. Her most recent books are Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain (Penguin UK) and Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England's Colonial Connections (Peepal Tree Press).
Honorary Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Facil Tesfaye is an Honorary Assistant Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). A historian of Africa by profession, he was the head of the African Studies Programme of HKU from 2014-2021. He is currently involved in the international scholarly movement that looks into questions of the repatriation of art works and objects acquired by European museums from the African continent during the colonial period. He serves on a number of scientific and academic boards in European museums (MfN) and academic institutions (DAAD, Humboldt University). He is also engaged in museum related projects in Africa (Ethiopia).
Doctoral Researcher at KU Leuven
Injonge Karangwa is a Rwandan researcher, cultural practitioner, and global health expert with over a decade of experience across Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently a PhD researcher in cultural history, her work examines links between access to cultural heritage and well-being, with a focus on African museum collections and colonial-era objects. She works across research, writing, and artistic practice, engaging questions of memory, care, and cultural justice.
Director of the Berlin-Brandenburg Office for Everyday Culture at the Institute for European Ethnology / Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jonas Tinius is director of the Berlin-Brandenburg Office for Everyday Culture in the Institute for European Ethnology of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he is also an associated member of the Centre for Cultural Techniques (ZfK). He studied and received his PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge. Since 2025, he has been secretary of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA).