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Linda Bouws has been the director of Felix Meritis since 2002. She graduated in theatre sciences and Dutch language and literature and since the 80’s she has been actively involved in international cultural life, focusing mainly on the arts, media, cultural policy and international cooperation. She initiated the Dutch Arts Channel and has now been its director for over ten…

Lajos Bokros is a member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian party, Magyar Demokrata Fórum. Within the parliament he is a member of both the ENVI [Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety] and DSEE [Delegation for Relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo] committees. Information valid as of 17.07.13

Jeremy Rifkin is an American economist, writer, public speaker, political advisor and activist. He is the founder and president of the Foundation On Economic Trends. Rifkin’s work explores the potential impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. Back in 2004, Jeremy Rifkin published his book The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of…

Magdalena Błędowska is a writer and a member of the editorial team at the Polish organisation, Political Critique. Information valid as of 17.07.2013

Tariq Ramadan studied philosophy, French literature and social sciences at the University of Geneva, before taking up a highly demanding course in classic Arabic studies at the Al Azhar University in Cairo. After his studies, he wrote a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche and presently lectures on contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford. He is the author of…

Clive Bloom, Emeritus Professor of English and American studies at Middlesex University and the author of Riot City: Protest and Rebellion in the Capital has been described by the Times Higher Education magazine as a “card carrying public intellectual”, and by The Times as a “polymath”. Clive’s books include: Terror Within: The Dream of a British Republic; Violent London: 2000…

Oleksiy Radynski is a journalist, activist and filmmaker based in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a member of the Visual Culture Research Centre and an editor of the Ukrainian edition of Krytyka Polityczna. Information valid as of winter 2013.

Elias Bierdel is an award winning journalist and author who works at the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Schlaining and for the human rights organisation, Borderline Europe Information valid as of 17.07.2013

Rajeev Bhargava obtained his BA degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and M.Phil and D.Phil from Oxford University. He is currently a senior fellow and the director of the Centre for the study of Developing Societies, He has previously been a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and between 2001-2005 he held the chair in political theory and…

Professor Iveta Radičová is an academic and ex-politician, currently working as a Richard von Weizsäcker research fellow at Berlin’s Robert Bosch Academy.  In 2005-2006, she served as Slovakia’s minister for Work, Social Affairs and Families. From 2006–2009, she was a deputy of the Slovak National Parliament and from 2010–2012, she was the prime minister of Slovakia, also temporarily overseeing the work…

Thais Portilho-Shrimpton is a journalist and a commentator. She has published articles in the UK and Brazil, contributing to a range of publications, including The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday. She has also featured on CNN International and worked as a Hacked Off campaign co-ordinator and web editor at the Media Standards Trust. Before joining the Media Standards Trust,…

Peter Pomerantsev is an Anglo-Russian journalist and television director. He grew up and lives in London, but was born in the Soviet Union and has lived in Munich, Edinburgh, Berlin, New York, Prague and Moscow. He is a regular contributor to openDemocracy, The London Review of Books and Newsweek. Information valid as of winter 2012.