Prof. Genti Kruja is a lecturer in Sociology of Religion, Intercultural and Interfaith Communication, and Interreligious Dialogue at Bedër University College. He is a member of the Trustee Board of the University and the Secretary General of the Inter-Religious Council of Albania (Religions for Peace Albania). Prof. Kruja has participated in and contributed to many international conferences on Education, Freedom of Religion, and Interfaith Dialogue. He is the author of numerous research papers and book chapters published by leading publishing houses, as well as the author of the books “Albanians Facing the Challenges of Interfaith Understanding” and “History of Interfaith Dialogue.”

In 2021, he was elected as a member of the European Union External Action Service (GERIS). In 2022, he participated in the Exchange Program at Seattle University, Washington, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. He was elected as an expert on Religious Freedom at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and became an International Fellow of KAICIID. On February 15, 2024, he was elected President of the European National Interreligious Bodies (ENIB) in Religions for Peace, Europe, and on January 7, he was elected President of Religions for Peace Europe.