Advisory Board & Leadership

Sociologist specializing in extremism, ethnic relations, and democratic resilience. Program Director of Bratislava Policy Institute and Slovakia's representative to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) at the Council of Europe since 2012. Member of the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalization since 2025. Former Chairman of the Editorial Board of Denník N (2017–2025), Slovakia's leading independent daily. Visiting professor at Georgetown University, Oxford, and the University of Michigan. Founder of the Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture (CVEK). Chaired the Slovak Fulbright Commission (2010–2017) and served as vice-chairman of the governmental committee VRAX for extremism (2017–2019).

He is a visiting professor at the European University Institute in Florence, focusing on AI’s impact on society, and a full professor in Slovakia.
He held senior leadership roles at the European Commission, heading its Joint Research Centre for eight years and leading a major organisational transformation. He helped establish the Slovak Research and Development Agency and was part of the team that negotiated Slovakia’s EU accession.
He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, held visiting academic positions internationally and spent a year as a UNESCO expert.
His current work focuses on technology, society and public policymaking. In 2025, he founded ResilientCore, a platform providing the latest insights into AI’s impact on individuals and society.

Health economist specializing in health technology assessment (HTA), pharmaceutical policy, and healthcare economics. Vice-Rector for Research, Development and International Relations at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava and Professor of Public Health.
As State Secretary at the Ministry of Health (2021–2023), he led the team responsible for a major drug policy reform aimed at improving access to innovative medicines for Slovak patients.
Author of over 180 publications with 682 academic citations. Graduate of University of Sheffield (MSc in HTA) and Open University Business School London (MBA). Fellow of the International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (FISAC) and co-chair of its pharmacoeconomics working group.
Currently focuses on the economic burden of chronic diseases and cost-effectiveness evaluation of oncology screenings for the National Cancer Institute.

Former Mayor of Hlohovec (2014–2022) and Member of the Slovak National Council (2020–2023), elected on the Za ľudí ticket. Media professional and public policy expert with experience as CEO and Chairman of SITA news agency and Chairman of the Council of Radio and Television of Slovakia. Former Executive Vice President of the Union of Slovak Cities (UMS), now Managing Lead of Komunálne centrum. Long-standing collaborator with the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO). Co-author of over 40 publications on media and public policy, held in more than 100 libraries worldwide including the Library of Congress and universities at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard.

Crisis manager and advisor specializing in investments, real estate development, and corporate restructuring across Central Europe with over 20 years of experience. Author of commentaries and analyses for .týždeň, and aktuality.sk. In 2023, he served as an external advisor to Slovakia's caretaker Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor, where he designed an institutional framework for Slovakia's participation in Ukraine's reconstruction. In partnership with the US-based Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), he conducted research presented at AmCham Slovakia's Festival of Future in September 2024. Graduate of the University of Economics in Bratislava and Semmelweis University in Budapest (MSc, Health Services Management). He coordinates FSF's Public Finance Reform working group. Based in Prague and Bratislava.