Martina Smuclerova holds Ph.D. in Public International Law (2010) and M.A. in International Law and International Organizations from the Sorbonne Law School in Paris, France (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). Senior Lecturer at Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences PO) in France since 2011 and at the Ambis University in Prague, Czech Republic, since 2020, she gives Public International Law courses and leads law research projects. In 2012-2019, Dr. Smuclerova served in parallel as an international legal adviser and diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and a Representative at the United Nations, European Union and other international fora.
Year: 2021
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Marlene Wind
Marlene Wind is a Danish political scientist. She is a professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen, where she has been also Director of the Center for European Policy. She specializes in the law, policies, and politics of the European Union.
Wind studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg, and in 1990 she graduated with a Master’s Degree from the University of Massachusetts. In 1993 she obtained a Master’s Degree in political science from Aarhus University. She then attended the European University Institute near Florence, where she earned her PhD in 1998.
In 1996 Wind became a research assistant at the Danish Institute of Foreign Policy (da). In 1998, she visited Harvard Law School to study with Joseph H. H. Weiler. In 1998 she became a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. That year she was also employed as a commentator at the Danish weekly newspaper Weekendavisen. In 2008, she became the Director of the Centre for European Politics at the University of Copenhagen. Wind has also held professorships at the iCourts Center at the University of Copenhagen and in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Wind specializes in the interplay between law and politics in the EU, particularly as it pertains to EU border politices. In 2009, Wind won the European Women’s Award for her work communicating about European politics. In 2012, Wind was the recipient of the inaugural Tøger Seidenfaden Prize, awarded to a European Union researcher who tirelessly disseminates knowledge about the European Union.
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LaTosha Brown
LaTosha Brown is an award-winning visionary thought leader, institution builder, Cultural Activist and Artist, and Connector. She is a nationally recognized, “go-to” expert in Black Voting Rights and Voter Suppression, Black Women’s Empowerment, and Philanthropy.
Her voice is the nexus between the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, and Black Lives Matter.
“There is power in my voice! It is a divine gift that I use to connect different worlds. I bridge the philanthropy world to the grassroots community, traditional politics to grassroots politics, and practitioners to the scholarship of movement building.”
LaTosha is the Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Black Voters Matter Fund and Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute. These initiatives are designed to boost Black voter registration and turnout, as well as increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities.
LaTosha is also the Visionary, Founder and Co-Anchor of a regional network called the Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium. This is $100 million, 10-year initiative to invest in organizations that serve Black women and girls. The goal of the consortium is to create a new approach to philanthropy by allowing every component of the program, inception to execution, to be created by Black girls and women in the South.
Ms. Brown is also the 2020 Hauser Leader at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, the 2020 Leader in Practice at Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program, and a 2020-2021 American Democracy fellow at the Charles Warren Center at Harvard.
What’s Next?
LaTosha has worked in 23 different countries to include Kenya, Guyana, and Brazil. Her next mission involves resourcing and empowering women across the Diaspora. “I don’t want women to be seen as victims; they are the problem solvers for the world. I am convinced that Black Women are going to liberate the world!”
In the Media
Ms. Brown has received numerous awards and accolades for her work. She has been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN, Democracy Now, and PBS. Her Op-Eds have been showcased in the New York Times, Politico and Essence. Her work has also been highlighted in several docuseries: What’s Eating America?, American Swamp, and Finding Justice. To learn more about LaTosha, please visit www.ms.latoshabrown.com
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László Bruszt
László Bruszt is Director of the CEU Democracy Institute, and Professor of Sociology at the Central European University. During the regime change in 1989 he served as National Secretary of the newly formed independent trade unions and has represented them in the Roundtable Negotiations. He started to teach at CEU in 1992 and has served as its Acting Rector and President in 1996/97. Between 2004 and 2016 he was teaching at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His publications focus on issues of regime change and economic transformation. His more recent studies deal with the politics of economic integration of the Eastern and Southern peripheries of Europe.
