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Academic team & partners
Liza Mügge is the scientific coordinator of MEN4DEM. She is associate professor in political science at the University of Amsterdam where she leads the Politics of Diversity...
Brit Anlar will complete her doctorate in Political Science from Rutgers University in 2024. She has research interests in age and gender in political representation and has...
Dorota Lepianka supports MEN4DEM as a project manager. She a social scientist (PhD in sociology) and a member of Collaborative Research Support Team at the University of...
As a management assistant, Storm Brinkhuis supports Dorota Lepianka in the managing tasks related to the project. He is a student in the Social Science Research Master at the...
Elin Bjarnegård is Professor of Political Science at Uppsala University in Sweden. Her research interests are at the intersection of comparative politics and gender studies,...
Malin Holm is a researcher and teacher in political science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University in Sweden. Her research focuses on social media, gender and...
Alexia Katsanidou leads the GESIS Department Survey Data Curation. She is a comparative political scientist and Professor of Empirical Social Research at the University of...
Kerstin Beck is a data curator at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in the field of international surveys. With a background in anthropology, ethnology and...
Tomasz Besta, Associate Professor at the University of Gdańsk, focuses his research on intergroup relations, gender stereotypes, masculinity threat, collective actions,...
Magdalena Iwanowska, PhD, is a psychologist and educator specializing in media psychology, focusing on how media shapes the values, aspirations, and behaviors of young people....
Magdalena Nowacka, PhD in social sciences, MA in psychology, graduate of clinical sexology at SWPS University and research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Psychology...
Aleksandra Cupta is a graduate psychology student at the University of Gdańsk, actively engaged in research. Member of Protest Lab and The Experior science club, where she has...
Vera Lomazzi is associate professor of Sociology at the Department of Management at the University of Bergamo (Italy). She is President of the European Survey Research...
Alberta Giorgi is associate professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bergamo, where she is part of the research groups Cut&D (Digital and...
Fabrizio Arcuri is a PhD candidate in Sociology in the “Human sciences and Welfare innovation” program at the University of Bergamo. His research focuses on the circulation of...
Theoni Stathopoulou is a sociologist, Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), and a faculty member of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma at...
Vasiliki Georgiadou is professor of political science at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences of Athens. Since February 2023 she is the Director and...
Dr Maria Pontiki is Adjunct Lecturer of Digital Humanities & Social Sciences at the Department of Political Science and History of Panteion University, and Research Associate...
Manina Kakepaki is a Principal Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) - Institute of Political Research. She has studied Political Science and Political...
Sophia Kanaouti is a researcher and Adjunct Lecturer for the University of Athens. She is also a 2018 and 2022 Institute of Critical Social Inquiry Fellow and a 2021 and 2023...
Haris Papageorgiou is Research Director at the Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) of ATHENA Research Center ( www.athenarc.gr ). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer...
Lina Zirganou-Kazolea is a researcher and PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. As...
Dagmar Slagmolen is the Artistic Director at Via Berlin. She is a director/choreographer, actress, and writer, known for her innovative work at the intersection of art,...
Juliska Retra is Via Berlin’s Business Director. With years of experience in the cultural sector, Juliska has taken on many roles, from organizing festivals to leading...
Jeroen Janssen is a Digital Creator at Via Berlin. He is a seasoned usability expert, game designer, and developer with over 25 years of experience. He specializes in creating...
Jens van Tricht (1969) studied Women's Studies at the University of Amsterdam and specialized in the changing social roles and perceptions of men and masculinities. Van Tricht...
Bharath Ganesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Institute of Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam. Bharath’s research...
Ov Cristian NOROCEL (he/him) (DrSocSci in Political Science) is Associate Professor in Gender Studies at Lund University (Sweden) and holds the title of Docent in Political...
Jolanta Reingarde, PhD,works as a senior researcher/analyst at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), an EU agency based in Vilnius, Lithuania. There she leads a...
Katarzyna Wojnicka is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg's Department of Sociology and Work Science and Centre for European Research. She also...
Kseniya Kizilova is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. She has a background in Sociology and...
Tarik Abou-Chadi is Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College. His research investigates the transformation of...