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Aleksandra Sekulić is a PhD candidate studying Theory of Arts and Media at the University of Arts in Belgrade. She originally graduated in General Literature and Theory of Literature at Belgrade University’s Faculty of Philology before taking up a Master‘s course in Management in Culture and Cultural Policy in the Balkans at Belgrade’s University of Arts, Belgrade and Lyon’s Université…

This is an unedited, full-length recording of the Krytyka Polityczna debate, The Balkans and Visegrád – migrants, nationalists and East-West confrontation. This debate was moderated by Michał Sutowski and featured Adam Balcer, Dessislava Gavrilova, Aleksandra Sekulić and Michal Vašečka. This debate occurred as part of Krytyka Polityczna‘s conference, The next reset? The West and Russia between the Crimea and ISIS. For more information about the conference, click here.

This is an unedited, full-length recording of the Krytyka Polityczna debate, Does Russia have a master plan? Putin’s PR and geopolitics. This debate was moderated by Sławomir Sierakowski and featured Ivan Krastev, Peter Pomerantsev and Ludwika Włodek.  This debate occurred as part of Krytyka Polityczna‘s conference, The next reset? The West and Russia between the Crimea and ISIS. For more information about the conference, click here.

Janusz Onyszkiewicz is a Polish mathematician, mountaineer and politician. Originally known primarily for his mathematical and mountaineering achievements, Janusz became known to a broader public when he was appointed the spokesperson of the Solidarność union in the 80s. Janusz’s position led to his arrest and internment upon the declaration of martial law in 1981. In the post-communist period, he was…

Dessislava Gavrilova is the initiator and coordinator of Time to Talk and a co-founder and chairwoman on the founders’ board of The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia. In 2005, Dessislava Gavrilova became the director of the Centre for Arts and Culture at the Central European University in Budapest. Previously, she had established and run the Open…

The live stream of the Red House debate Is degrowth a realistic alternative to today’s profit imperative?  has now finished, however, you can continue to enjoy the full recording of the evening here and an English-language highlights video will be produced and appear on this debate’s event page in due course. For more information about the evening, click here.

Nick Hunt is a writer, journalist and storyteller, whose work has investigated melting glaciers, language extinction and the impact which climate change is having on human cultures and beliefs. Nick also works as a co-editor of The Dark Mountain Project‘s books and is a full-time editor of their blog. Information valid as of early 2016.

Yuan Yang is a writer, translator, economist and campaigner, who currently writes for the Financial Times as their Beijing economics correspondent. She was born in China, but grew up in Yorkshire before moving to London and then to Hong Kong. At Oxford University she was the vice-president of the student union, where she worked to bring in sexual consent workshops…

Stewart Wallis was the executive director of the New Economics Foundation [NEF] from 2003-2016. Before his time at the NEF, Stewart working for the World Bank, in marketing and sales at Rio Tinto-Zinc, as an administrator of the Young Professionals Programme and as an international and then livelihoods director at Oxfam. His interests include global governance, the functioning of markets, links between…

Kate Raworth is is a senior visiting research associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Master’s programme. Her previous jobs have included working as a senior researcher at Oxfam co-authoring the UNDP’s Human Development Report and her career started in the Ministry of Trade, Industries and Marketing, as a fellow of the Overseas Development Institute,…

Johanna Nyman is the president of the European Youth Forum. She studied environmental change and politics at Helsinki University and now lives in London where she works for the Environmental Justice Foundation. Information valid as of early 2016.  

Victoria Waldersee is a co-project manager of Economy, a new Rethinking Economics project which aims to make discussing the economy more accessible, engaging and inclusive. A graduate of Chinese and economics at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, Victoria has had a leading role in organising conferences, school workshops and campaigns for Rethinking Economics since 2013. Information valid as…