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Central European analyst at the Warsaw-based Center for Eastern Studies. Author of numerous analyses on foreign and domestic policy of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. His expertise covers political scene in both countries, energy security and regional cooperation in Central Europe. He is also a member of the Polish-Czech/Czech-Polish analytical platform. Graduated in Political Science and Central European Studies from University of Warsaw. Before joining Center for Eastern Studies he worked as a journalist at Polish Radio in Warsaw.

Professor of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Author of many publications, amongst them The Theory of Social Peculiarities. He specializes in sociology of finance including such particular areas as the social meaning of money, cash and cashless settlements, evolution of the world financial system in the 21th century, financial markets and financial crisis. In his research, he applies a sociological perspective in order to study the role of individuals in the world of finance. At the same time, he works for The National Bank of Poland as the Director of the NBP Regional Branch in Krakow.

Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to Poland. Graduated in economics (international economic relations) from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Since 1975 he has worked in the ministries responsible for foreign trade and economic cooperation. From 1988 to 1994 served as a commercial counsellor at the Hungarian Embassy in Warsaw. Between 1994-2000 Head of Departments in the Ministry of Industry and Trade (later Ministry of Economy) responsible for the economic cooperation with Central and East European countries. In 2000-2002 he continued his career performing the same duties as in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was awarded the “Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland” in 1996.

Representative of the Secretariat of the Nordic Council, Department of Documentation. Graduated in History, literature and Latin studies from the University of Oslo. Historian of medieval history from the University of Oslo 1998. Specialist on Icelandic Sagas and Norse religion and culture. Author of several articles on Norwegian and Icelandic medieval history. Radio journalist and theatre and literature critics 1996-2000. Archivist at The National Archives of Norway 1998-2000. Senior archivist and editor at the Nordic Council Secretariat from 2000.