Scientific Board
Under the leadership of Thierry Rayer, the Scientific Board serves as the expert body of the Eiffel Committee. It analyzes, validates, and guides the actions and content related to the nomination of the Eiffel Tower for UNESCO World Heritage status.
Thierry Rayer
Art and Cultural History Researcher
President of Cercle d’Études Scientifiques Pierre Rayer
Dr Jouili Lazhar
Doctor of Law, History, Archaeology, and Heritage
Professor of Law at the University
Expert in International Heritage Law and Human Rights Law
Pr. Ibrahim Albalawi
Former Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to UNESCO. Former Cultural Advisor to the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Paris
Dr Ahmed Youssef
Member of the Institut of Egypt, founded by Napoleon
Pr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Former President of the Republic of Mauritius
Titus Leber
Austrian filmmaker and researcher
Professor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim joins the Honorary Committee for the inscription of the Eiffel Tower on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, former President of the Republic of Mauritius and eminent scientist, is lending her support to our international initiative.
Her remarkable career in biology and botanical research, as well as her ongoing commitment to using science as a lever for peace and development, echo our approach: to reveal the structures of knowledge hidden in great works of heritage.
Thanks to Universæ Analysis, we have highlighted, with geometric and symbolic rigor, internal structures within the Eiffel Tower that refer to the architectural principles of ancient Egypt. These discoveries reveal the existence of a universal language of forms, based on scientific and symbolic laws common to all great civilizations.
The support of scientists of this caliber provides a new scope for our approach: to place the Eiffel Tower at the heart of the dialogue between science, heritage, and humanity.
Dr. Lazhar Jouili joins the Honorary Committee for the inscription of the Eiffel Tower on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Dr. Lazhar Jouili, a doctor of history, archaeology, and heritage, professor of law, and president of the Court of Appeal, is a recognized figure in international heritage law and UNESCO conventions. With a dual career in academia and the judiciary, he has conducted extensive research on cultural heritage governance in Arab countries and has collaborated as an expert with UNESCO, ALECSO, the UN, and the League of Arab States. His work, which focuses in particular on the preservation of tangible and intangible heritage, is internationally recognized. His scientific and institutional commitment to the protection and transmission of cultural heritage gives the Committee an essential dimension for the universal recognition of the Eiffel Tower.
Titus Leber joins the Honorary Committee for the inscription of the Eiffel Tower on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Austrian filmmaker and researcher Titus Leber has established himself as an international figure in digital humanities and cultural mediation through technological innovation. His expertise has led him to collaborate with UNESCO on programs to promote and preserve heritage, as well as with the Louvre Museum, where he has designed interactive multimedia devices that offer the public a renewed experience of encountering works of art.
As founder of the Africa Interactive initiative, he develops projects to transmit and promote African heritage through immersive technologies, thereby strengthening dialogue between cultures and generations. Through the universal dimension of his work, he fully embraces the mission of the Committee for the inscription of the Eiffel Tower on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an individual.