Our team

The foundation of teamwork lies in establishing trust. Individually, our capabilities may be limited, but when we join forces, we can achieve remarkable things. At our institution, we have assembled a group of proficient policy analysts, each with a background in political science, sociology, psychology, media studies and economics. Our aim is to serve the public, and our team at the Bratislava Policy Institute brings together diverse expertise. With extensive experience in research and a proficiency in working with both quantitative and qualitative data, we have successfully conducted numerous studies. We have collaborated with esteemed social research organizations such as the Focus agency, AKO agency, GFK agency, and Markant agency.

LEADERSHIP

Michal is sociologist by background and focuses his interests on issues of ethnicity, race, antisemitism, and migration studies.

Michal Vašečka

President
Ingrid is a political scientist by background. She focuses on the topics of migration, integration, extremism, radicalism and terrorism.

Ingrid Borárosová

Project manager
Viera is a political scientist by background. She focuses her interests on issues of populism, extremism, civil society, political communication, intolerance, hate speech.

Viera Žúborová

Head of Research

PROJECT TEAM

Denisa specializes on media literacy and active participation, which she considers crucial for a functional democratic society.
Fellow

Denisa Karabova

Project coordinator
Emma is particularly interested in the impact of digitalization, policymaking, surveillance, and cybersecurity in her studies.
Fellow

Emma Prebreza

Project coordinator
Milan is a political scientist and an economist from background. His specialisation is political marketing, political online communication.
Fellow

Milan Žúbor

Senior Fellow, Accountant
Lee is psychologist by background, with wide range of experience in education and development.
Fellow

Lee Buchan

Trainer
Vladka is sociologist by background, with the focus on applied social science research, gender and equality questions.
Fellow

Vladislava Zavrska

Senior Fellow
Fellow

Filip Bajtoš

Intern

ADVISORY BOARD

Member

Šarunas LIEKIS

Professor of political sciences at Vytautas Magnus University Vilnius, Lithuania
Member

Jean-Michel DE WAELE

professeur de Science Politique à l'Université libre de Bruxelles en Faculté des Sciences sociales et politiques (FSP), Belgium
Member

Marco MARAFFI

professor of Sociology at the University of Milan, Italy
Member

Régis DANDOY

associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS
Member

Reetta TOIVANEN

Professor, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Member

David Pickus

associate Professor in the Global Engagement Program, School of International Studies at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China)
Member

Saša Božić

professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Zadar
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