Lech Walesa

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician and trade union activist, leading oppositionist in the communist period, a co-founder and the first chairman of NSZZ “Solidarność”. In 1983, he became a laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the president of the Republic of Poland in the years 1990-1995.

In August 1980, he was one of the main initiators of the protest at the Gdańsk Shipyard. His activities led to the creation of NSZZ “Solidarność”. The reaction of the totalitarian state to the then events was the introduction of the martial law on December 13, 1981. Lech Walesa was one of the first internees.

In 1983, he became a laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize.

At the end of the 1980s, he participated in the negotiations with the communist authorities at the Round Table, which resulted in the elections on June 4, 1989, and the formation of a non-communist government.

On December 22, 1990, Lech Walesa became the first democratically elected president of the Republic of Poland in the general election.

Since then, he was working to introduce Poland to the North Atlantic Pact and to the European Union. In 1995, he founded the Lech Wałęsa Institute, whose mission is to popularize the achievements of Solidarność, educate the youth, support democracy, and contribute to the development of civil society in Poland and in the world.

Lech Walesa has received numerous awards for his peaceful struggle and his role of the ambassador of international solidarity. He is a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle and the Order of the Rebirth of Poland. In 1989, he was awarded the highest American recognition awarded to a foreigner – the Medal of Freedom. He holds a Honoris Causa doctorate from over 45 universities and is a honorary citizen of more than 30 cities in the world.

Photo: Jakub Orzechowski / Agencja Gazeta

Krystian Lupa

Freedom Games 2019

One of the most outstanding Polish theater directors; scenographer, graphic designer, playwright, translator and professor of theatrical art. He studied graphic arts at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, directing at the Lodz State Film and Television School and directing drama at the State Higher School of Theater in Kraków.

He directed such outstanding performances as “Nadobnisie i koczkodany” (1978), “Maciej Korbowa i Bellatrix” (1986) in Jelenia Góra and “Miasto snu” (1985), “Marzyciele” (1988), “Brothers Karamazow” (1990), “Malte” (1991), “Kalkwerk” (1992). In TR Warszawa, the director worked on the premiere of “Stosunki Klary” (2003) and “Miasto snu” (2012).

Krystian Lupa is the laureate of the most important Polish theater awards, including the Konrad Swinarski – awarded by the editors of the monthly “Teatr” – (1988) for directing the play “Marzyciele” by Robert Musil at the Stary Teatr im. Helena Modrzejewska in Krakow, Awards Leon Schiller (1992) and numerous awards at national and international festivals, among others Grand Prix for “Lunatycy” for the best foreign performance in France in the season 1998/99.

In 2000, he was awarded the Austrian First Class Cross of Honor of Science and Art for cultural activities, in the same year he also received the PO Thematic Section of the Theater PO ITI Award – Polish Center of the International Theater Institute for popularizing Polish theater in the world. In 2005 he was awarded the Gold Medal “Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis” by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. In 2009 he received the prestigious European Theater Award. He was nominated twice for the Nike Literary Award: in 2002 for the “Labirynt” and in 2004 for “Podglądanie”.

In 2014, he received the prestigious Austrian award Nestroy Preis in the best director category – for the spectacle “Holzfaellen” at the Schauspielhaus Graz. In 2016, he received the Lithuanian Golden Cross Scene Award for exhibiting Thomas Bernhard’s “Heldenplatz” at the Lithuanian National Dramatic Theater in Vilnius. In 2017 he received the awards of the French Association of Theater, Music and Dance Critics for the best foreign performance and the best book about the theater.

Photo: Piotr Skiba

Agnieszka Holland

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film and television director and scriptwriter.

In the West she made several movies, among others Europa Europa (1990), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay.

Having graduated from FAMU, the Prague film school in 1971, Agnieszka Holland returned to Poland.

She began her film career working with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor.

Her TV film debut was An Evening at Abdon’s (1975) and her first feature film was Provincial Actors (1978), one of the flagship pictures of the “cinema of moral disquiet” and the winner of the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. In 1981, after Marshall Law in Poland, Holland emigrated to France.

Holland had also received an Academy Award nominations in 1985 and 2012 (Best Foreign Language Film for Angry Harvest and In Darkness).

She collaborated with her friend, Krzysztof Kieslowski, on the screenplay of his trylogy, Three Colors (1993).

Holland’s later films include To Kill a Priest, Angry Harvest, Europa Europa, Olivier Olivier (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), Total Eclipse (1995), Washington Square (1997), Third Miracle (1999) the HBO production Shot in the Heart (2001), Julia Walking Home (2001), Copying Beethoven (2006) and In Darkness (2011).

She formated and directed several episodes of some of the important TV series in the US, such as The Wire, Treme, The Killing, House of Cards.

She directed mini-series Burning Bush, a three part drama series for HBO Europe, inspired by the actions of Jan Palach, a 21-year-old student who set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague in 1969 as a protest against the communist regime and the occupation of Prague by Soviet bloc armies, and Rosemary’s Baby, a TV miniseries that premiered on NBC in May 2014.

Her latest feature film is Spoor, based on Olga Tokarczuk’s novel Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead.

Spoor premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (2017) where it was awarded Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for “opening new perspectives on cinematic art”.

Her last projects- TV series 1983 premiered on Netflix in the end of 2018 and feature film Gareth Jones is to be released in Autumn 2019 .

Agnieszka Holland has also written or co-written screenplays for films made by other directors and directed plays for the Polish Television.

(photo: Jacek Poremba)

Jerzy Stuhr

Freedom Games 2019

An actor and theater and film director, screenwriter, juror at international film festivals, author of 8 books, he has been charitable for over 20 years.

A member of the European Film Academy (since 1988) and the Polish Film Academy, awarded many times as an actor and director and screenwriter at national and international festivals, he received many prestigious awards for lifetime achievement.

Born in Krakow, he graduated from Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University (1970) and the Acting Department at the State Higher School of Theater. L. Solski in Krakow (1972) – now after the name change: Akademia Teatralnych St. Wyspiański in Krakow.

For many years a teacher and professor (since 1994) and rector of the Krakow PWST / currently Krakowska AST / in 1990-1997 and 2002-2008; he also lectured at the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice (1999-2013), who received the title of doctor honoris causa in 2007; from 1980 he also lectured in Italy at Italian universities, where he directed and played in Italian theaters (in plays by Witkacy and Mrożek); starred in films directed by Nanni Moretti (‘Il Caimano’, 2006 and ‘Habemus papam’, 2010), Luca Manfredi (‘Ultimo Papa Re’, 2012); and most recently in the film ‘Forgive us our debts’ (2018) directed by Antonio Morabito for Netflix, shown in the autumn at the 34th Festival in Warsaw.

In Poland he worked with Krzysztof Kieślowski, Feliks Falk, Andrzej Kotkowski, Agnieszka Holland, Juliusz Machulski, Krzysztof Zanussi and many others.

An actor of the cinema of “moral anxiety” – he gained enormous popularity in the films “Wodzirej”, “Amator”, “Obywatel Piszczyk” or “Seksmisja” and many others.

He created many wonderful roles in Krakow theaters since 1972: at the H. Modrzejewska;s Stary Teatr in plays directed by Konrad Swinarski, Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Jarocki; he directed many at the Teatr Ludowy in Nowa Huta (Gombrowicz, Molier and Shakespeare); he played and directed for many years at the Television Theater; unsurpassed in dubbing (“Shrek”, most recently in “Your Vincent”, 2017, “The Lion King”, 2019).

Currently, he has been playing and directing for many years at the Polonia Theater in Warsaw and the Och-Teatr, recently also directed at the Nowy Theater in Łódź and twice at the Krakow Opera; currently also plays in Krakow at the Łaźnia Nowa Theater. For over thirty years, he has been constantly captivating Patrick Sueskind’s excellent monodrama “Double Bassist”.

Creator of seven films awarded many times in Poland and abroad, well received by film critics and viewers: “List of lovers” (1994), “Love stories” (1997) “Tydzień z życia mężczyzny” (1999), “The Big Animal” (2000) , “Pogoda na jutro” (2003), “Korowód” (2007) and the last “Citizen” (2013).

Maciej Stuhr

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film and theatre actor.

He has played the leading roles in movies that made history with their unprecedented box office results.

Graduated from a Musical High School – class of piano, Jagiellonian University, Cracow – Psychology, Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Cracow.

Stuhr made his film debut as a teenager in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s „Decalogue 10” and later became known for his comedic roles in „Fuks” („Luck”), „Chłopaki nie płaczą” („Boys don’t cry”) and „Testosteron” („Testosterone”).

Theatre is an important part of his professional life. He is a part of the Nowy Teatr led by Krzysztof Warlikowski, himself the creator of a new theatrical language.

He has been awarded the Gloria Artis Silver Medal for Merit to Culture and the Golden Cross of Merit for his contribution to Polish culture.

He is a member of the Polish Film Academy and the European Film Academy.

Magda Molek

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist and TV presenter with 25 years of experience.

A graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw and the Polish School of Reportage.

For 12 years he has been conducting his own conversations in the program “In the main role” on TVN Style.

Associated with the station since 2004, winner of the television Wiktor.

In her professional career, she gained experience at most levels of journalistic work, being a documentary filmmaker, reporter, host and publisher. She worked on the radio, in women’s monthly magazines, and on television in front of and behind the camera.

She looks for ideas for conversations in meetings with people, in literature and in the cinema.

Involved in the social campaign “Rodzić po ludzku”, aimed at improving the standards of perinatal care in Poland.

She is working on the first book that will be a collection of conversations with inspirational women.

Joanna Bator

Freedom Games 2019

Polish writer and essayist. Academically, a philosopher and Cultural Studies specialist.

She devoted herself to literature after having previously worked at the universities in London, New York and Tokio. She was a freelance contributor to Gazeta Wyborcza daily. She is the author of several novels: Piaskowa Góra (2009), Chmurdalia (2011), Ciemno, prawie noc (2013), Rok Królika (2016), and Purezento (2017), as well as numerous essays and reports. Her works have been translated into German, French, Hibrew, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, and Hungarian.

She was awarded numerous prizes for her work, eg. Nike Literary Prize or Swiss Spycher Literaturepreis. In 2014, she was a Visiting Professor in the field of world literature at the University in Brno. In the years 2015-2016, she lived in Berlin as an  Artist-in-Residence of the German DAAD foundation.

Her bestselling novel Ciemno, prawie noc was made into a film directed by Borys Lankosz, in which the author debuted as an actress.

Sylwia Chutnik

Freedom Games 2019

Born in 1979 in Warsaw. Phd. A graduate of Cultural Studies and Gender Studies at the Warsaw University. A writer, publicist, social activist and promoter of reading.

A member of the Union of Polish Writers and the Union of Writers Association. Curator of festivals and literary initiatives (Apostrophe -International Literary Festival, OFF Literary Café, discussions and meetings with authors).

She was a lecturer at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw and at the Writing Machine – the school of Writing. Columnist of ,, Polityka “,” Pani “,” Wysokie Obcasy “,” Gazeta Stołeczna “and many web sites. She co-hosted the literary programs “Cappuccino with a book” and “Forget- recovered” in TVP Kultura.

She is currently co-organizing the “Barłóg literacki” on You Tube channel. Her texts appeared in collective books and in many catalogs for exhibitions of contemporary art and theater programs (including the Grand Theater – National Opera, Gallery Bunkier Sztuki, Nobel Museum in Stockholm).

She publishes guest appearances in the Polish and foreign press. Her scientific texts have been included in more than 20 studies and collective books. Scholarship holder Homines Urbani 2008, Institute Books from Lithuania 2009, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage 2010, City of Warsaw 2010, Goethe Institute 2010.

Winner of literary and social awards.

Elzbieta Bienkowska

Freedom Games 2019

European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the European Commission, President Jean-Claude Juncker.

In 2007–2013, the Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland and from 2013 to 2014 also the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Development in the Government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

As the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Regional Development and Minister of Infrastructure and Development, she was responsible for development policy, transport policy, including supervision and management of transport infrastructure (roads, railways, aviation, maritime transport), housing, construction and the use and investment of structural funds with EU budgets for 2004–2006 and 2007–2013, as well as for the development of a system for the implementation of EU funds from the budget for 2013–2020.

In the years 1999–2007 she worked in the Provincial Office and the Marshal’s Office of the Śląskie Voivodeship.

A graduate of the Jagiellonian University and the National School of Public Administration.

Janina Ochojska

Freedom Games 2019

Humanitarian worker.

President of the Polish Humanitarian Action, member of the European Parliament.

Member of the European Parliament.

A graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

Employee of the astronomical laboratory of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Co-founder of “Solidarity” in Toruń.

 

Marta Zdanowska

Freedom Games 2018, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Literary scholar, editor.

She co-creates Lodzki Szlak Kobiet foundation and Szechiny Collective group.

Ahe works at the Lodz Literature House.

Cezary Michalski

Freedom Games 2019

Cezary Michalski, writer and journalist, born in 1963 in Toruń.

Graduated in Polish Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and in Slavic Languages at the Parisian Sorbonne.

A member of many editorial boards: „brulion”, „Debata”, and „Dziennik”; a collaborator with „Tygodnik Literacki”, „Arcana”, „Życie”, and „Krytyka Polityczna”; presently writing for „Newsweek”.

He published two collections of essays: The Return of a Man Without Qualities and Exercises in Non-Partisanship; two novels: The Force of Repulsion and The Lake of Radicals; ans the book-length interviews with Jadwiga Staniszkis, Janusz Palikot, and Grzegorz Schetyna.

Agata Dambska

Freedom Games 2019

She has been co-running the independent think tank Od-nowa Forum since 2011, designing and implementing systemic changes in the public sector – mainly in local governments, but also central administration and public finances.

She publishes in nationwide and local government media and actively participates in conferences.

She has been operating in the third sector since 1994; she co-founded and led several NGOs.

Zuzanna Radzik

Freedom Games 2019

Catholic theologian, journalist and Executive Board Member at the Forum for Dialogue, Polish not-profit working forPolish-Jewish dialogue.

A graduate of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw as well as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, she specializes in Jewish-Christian relations and Catholic feminism.

An author of books „Kościół kobiet” and „Emacypantki”, she also regularly contributes to „Tygodnik Powszechny” weekly.

Michał Sapota

Freedom Games 2019

President of HRE Investments.

Filip Katner

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer.

Social activist.

Entrepreneur.

A member of the Uchodźcy.info.  team.

Co-owner of the Wozownia bar in Warsaw.

 

Beata Nowacka

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist.

She graduated in Iranian studies at the Jagiellonian University.

Over the past 20 years, she has conducted hundreds of interviews with exceptional Poles from the world of art and show business and politics.

Dariusz Szwed

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the Programme Board of Lech Wałęsa Institute.

Progressive Cities Network Co-ordinator.

Senior Expert of EU Horizon 2020 SCORE Project (Supporting Consumer Ownership in Renewable Energies).

Economist, expert on sustainable development (SD).

Head of Green Institute’s Programme Council and co-ordinator of Energy Democracy project.

Former adviser to the Minister of the Environment, Greens in the European Parliament, Greenpeace, WWF, IUCN, World Bank.

2004-11 co-chair of Poland’s Green Party.

2015-18 Słupsk Mayor’s Adviser for Foreign Affairs and Member of Mayor of Słupsk’s Sustainable Development Council. Author of publications on green politics and SD.

Paweł Jarosiewicz

Igrzyska Wolności 2018

He is the secretary of the Polish Committee for the International Hydrological Program of UNESCO.

Since 2018, he has been working as an assistant editor in the scientific journal Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology.

 

Franek Sterczewski

Freedom Games 2019

Architect, urban activist, community organizer.

Iniciator of the Chain of Light Poznań – protest in defence of the polish juditiory independence.

Graduate of the Architecture and Urban Design faculty in Poznań Arts University. Curator of events connected with architecture and permanent contributor of culture festivals: MIASTOmovie, Short Waves Festival nad Malta Festival.

Creator of such happenings as: Picnic on the Fredom Square, Pstryk, Winter Funeral, or Parking Day, that beyond recreation play a role of a commantry to the social-urbanistic tissue of the city.

Councilor of the Św. Łazarz district in Poznań.

In 2018 – 2019 Coordinator of the Development Strategy of International Poznań Fair, responsible for opening the fair
towards the city.

Independent candidate to the polish parliament.

Janusz Nagiecki

Igrzyska Wolności 2018

He was born in 1952 in Pabianice.

In 1967 he went to Szczecin, where he graduated from the Basic Shipbuilding School, and then the Technical School of Shipbuilding.

In 1974 he returned to Pabianice and became involved in the Łódź music community – first with the amateur movement, and then he professionally earned his living by practicing music.

In 1974 he started studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź and studied at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts.

During the student strike in 1981, he presided – on behalf of students – as a member of NZS, in negotiations with representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Arts at the PWSSP in Łódź.

He obtained his master’s degree in art in 1983 and took the profession of a graphic artist, designer and fashion designer.

He exhibited his own collections in Łódź, Kraków, Warsaw, Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, London, Birmingham, Prague and Bratislava.

He was also the author of scenography and drawing exhibition.

In 2013 he published his first novel “Krzywę Gęba”, and in 2015 another – “Master”.

Łukasz Dąbroś

Freedom Games 2019

PhD student at the College of Economic Analysis at the Warsaw School of Economics.

A graduate of economics and economic law analysis at the same university.

Interested in economic and social policy, institutional economics, economic analysis of law and economic history.

From the beginning of his studies, he has been associated with liberal circles – he cooperated with the Adam Smith Centre, Civic Development Forum and .Nowoczesna.

He also participated in summer schools and trainings organized by the American Institute on Political and Economic
Systems, the Institute for Economic Studies – Europe and ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe).

In his professional life he worked, among others as a consultant (obtaining European funds, international expansion of Polish enterprises) and a political and economic analyst.

Currently, he provides consultancy in the field of building online communities and using data in promotional campaigns.

Maciej Kowalczyk

Freedom Games 2019

Sociologist by profession.

He has an experience in working for local governments and local communities gained while preparing strategic and research documents.

He was the initiator and host of many public consultation processes.

Participant of international projects devoted to circular economy, sustainable development and smart city.

Co-creator of Regional Expert Forums.

Ideologically and editorially associated with the LIBERTE publishing house!

 

Maria Góralska

Freedom Games 2019

17-year-old climate activist, member of Młodzieżowy Strajk Klimatyczny (polish branch of Friday’s for Future movement).

Her main goal is to raise awareness of the climate crisis and to fight for changes on both individual and system level.

She also has an Instagram blog and YouTube channel where she talks about climate change, zero waste, ways to save the planet and just shares her thoughts on different topics.

Other than being an activist, she loves to travel, cook and create vegan recipes and is interested in Japanese culture and ethical fashion.

Her dream is to open a sustainable, eco, vegan restaurant, but her priority is to save her future.

Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the Institute of Political Sciences of the University of Warsaw (1986).

Doctor of humanities (1990).

Habilitated Doctor of Social Sciences, full professor (2018).

Political scientist.

Director of the Center for Local Government and Local Development Studies at the University of Warsaw (2016-2019).

Member of the Council of Scientific Excellence from June 2019.

Author of numerous scientific publications on the status of civil servants in Poland and Europe, civil service systems in the EU and in the world, the role and place of public administration in a democratic state and ethics in public service.

Paweł Cywiński

Freedom Games 2019

Orientalist, culture expert, geographer.

Co-founder of the Polish Hospitality Foundation, that deals with direct assistance to refugees as part of the Bread and Salt initiative and runs the largest Polish-language portal on refugees.

He runs the largest Polish-language portal on refugees – Uchodźcy.info.

Co-creator of the post-turysta.pl project.

Editor of the Contact Magazine.

He works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies of the University of Warsaw.

Wawrzyniec Smoczyński

Freedom Games 2019

Wawrzyniec has created Polityka Insight, the leading provider of political and economic intelligence on Poland.

Earlier he spent 13 years in journalism covering international affairs, EU politics and the global economy.

An expert in political and economic analysis, he now advises corporate clients on scenarios for Poland and trains executive teams in critical thinking and strategic analysis.

Open Society Fellow (2008), Marshall Memorial Fellow (2009), Munich Young Leader (2012), IMF Journalism Fellow (2011).

A graduate in Egyptology at the University of Warsaw, he also studied General Linguistics at the Georg August University, Göttingen.

Smoczynski serves as council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and is an alumnus of the Leadership Academy for Poland. In 2019 he published three essays on Poland’s transition, populism and communitarianism.

Katarzyna Niewczas

Freedom Games 2019

Educator at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, trainer, author of educational workshop scenarios.

In her work, she looks for methods that engage participants and allow them to acquire new perspective and knowledge.

A graduate of the Faculty of Psychology and the Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw.

Michał Kaminski

Freedom Games 2019

Member of Parliament, 1997-2004, 2015-2019.

Member of the European Parliament 2004 -2007, 2009 -2014.

Secretary of State in the Chancellery of President Lech Kaczyński 2007-2009.

Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister 2015.

Adviser to Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz.

Journalist.

Americanist by profession and education political scientist.

Marcin Olender

Freedom Games 2019

Public Policy and Government Relations Manager Central and Eastern Europe at Google.

Lawyer.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, the Center for British and European Law and the National School of Public Administration.

He worked in a number of law firms as well as in public administration.

He also worked Ministry of Administration and Digitisation, where he dealt with issues related to the Internet, from personal data protection and cybersecurity to audiovisual media services on demand.

Sławomir Witold Nitras

Freedom Games 2019

Polish politician, political scientist.

Member of Parliament for the 5th, 6th and 8th term.

In the years 2009–2014 a member of the European Parliament of the 7th term.

From 2014 to 2015, the main adviser to Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz.

Anna Wacławik-Orpik

Freedom Games 2019

Radio TOK FM journalist.

Author of broadcasts “In-depth interview” and “Andymateria” in collaboration with Anda Rottenberg and books  “Life – frontal collision” and “Of blood, bone and faith.”

Doube Grand Press award winner in the “Interview” category.

She cooperates with Vogue Polska.

 

Monika Mamulska

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of International Economic Relations at the University of Lodz and Management Studies at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III in France.

Entrepreneur and manager.

Co-owner of the ArcusLink Specialist Translation Office.

Member of the Confederation of Private Employers of the Łódź District Lewiatan and Łódź Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Joanna Mucha

Freedom Games 2019

In 2001 she graduated from the University of Warsaw in Management, in 2006 she also completed post-graduate studies in health economics at the University of Warsaw.

In 2007, she defended her doctoral thesis at the Catholic University of Lublin in the field of health care economics.

n the years 2002-2010 she worked as an assistant at the Institute of Economics of the Catholic University of Lublin.

Member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm).

She is a member of the Public Finance Committee.

She was the secretary of the Team for the Bioethical Convention.

Agnieszka Muras

Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Social activist, city expert, educator, project manager associated with the non-governmental sector in Poland and abroad.

At the beginnings of her 3rd sector engagement she was involved in activities related to the area of cultural, civic and urban education by co-creating the Political Critique Cultural Center ‘On the Border” in Cieszyn.

She was working as a promotion specialist at the Political Critique Publishing House and communication specialist in Health and Environment Alliance.

Currently, her diverse experience she turns into work with leaders of Polish (mainly) small and medium-sized cities in the School for Leaders Foundation by creating the School of City Leaders program.

Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the Council of the Congress of Women Association, president of the Board of the Strefa Zieleni Foundation, member of the Board of the European Green Foundation affiliated to the European Parliament.

Activist, politician, former diplomat, graduate in sociology at the University of Warsaw and the Sorbonne in Paris, as well as studies in local development and the environment at the University of Versailles-St Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.

In the years 2007-2011 the Consul of the Republic of Poland in Luxembourg.

After a long emigration, from 2011 lives in Poland, works to promote political ecology and to increase ecological awareness of Poles, in particular women.

Michał Hetmański

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder and analyst on energy and transport at Instrat Foundation, Warsaw-based think tank doing research on energy transition and digital economy.

Expert on decarbonisation, passionate about open source data access and transparency.

Scholarship holder at University of Mainz (Germany) and SEMP at University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), after finance at SGH Warsaw School of Economics and economics at University of Cologne.

Paula Sawicka

Freedom Games 2019

Psychologist, former academic teacher, English translator.

In the 70s and 80s associated with the democratic opposition, after the year ’89 she was involved in the reconstruction of civil society.

In the years 1991–1998 she ran the parliamentary and senatorial office of Warsaw parliamentarians of the Democratic Union and Freedom Union, among them Jacek Kuroń, Bronisław Geremek and Władysław Bartoszewski.

In 2004-2014, the president and 2014-2016 the vice president of the management board of the Association against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia Open Republic, and from 2016 the chairwoman of its Program Council (www.otwarta.org).

Together with Marek Edelman she wrote the book “And there was love in the ghetto”. She is the co-author (with Krzysztof Burnetko) of the selection of Marek Edelman’s texts „Prosto się mówi jak się wie”.

Maia Mazurkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder and a member of the management team responsible for Strategy and Fighting disinformation of Alliance4Europe.

Coordinator of the European Front, a coalition of Polish NGOs, that main project is Keyboard Warriors – an online and offline community that fight with the fake news in Poland.

Maia has 15 years of experience in political management, foreign affairs, and communication.

She is an expert and a trainer in fighting disinformation, political communication, and project management. Barrister educated in both Poland and the United States.

Co-founder of “We are Europe”, pro-European organization build of the civic movements which organized March for Europe on the 60th anniversary of Rome Treaties in 14 European countries.

Previously she has worked in the Foreign Affairs Office in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. During her studies, she has been a Secretary-General of the European Democrat Students – biggest youth organizations in Europe.

In 2017 she was selected as one of the 25 young leaders from the European Union as a part of the EU-Austalia Emerging Leaders Forum. Responsible Leader of the BMW foundation.

Anna Desogus

Freedom Games 2019

Sustainability & zero waste consultant, trainer, speaker.

Anna works with the public and private sector as well as with NGOs.

Giving lectures and leading workshops, Anna educates people on matters such as waste reduction, zero waste principles, correct waste separation, recyling, the plastic pollution crisis.

She’s the founder of Ambasada Czystej Planety – an educational initiative which you can find on Facebook.

She also works as coordinator of Little Greenfinity Network – a recently founded network for zero waste professionals.

Marcin Meller

Freedom Games 2019

A historian by education, a graduate of the Historical Institute at the University of Warsaw.

In the years 1991-2003, he was a reporter for the Polityka weekly, often working as a war correspondent. In 2003-2012, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Polish edition of Playboy. Since 2000, he has been associated with the TVN station. Currently, he runs the “Drugie śniadanie mistrzów” (Second Breakfast of Champions) on TVN24 and “Dzień Dobry TVN” together with Magda Mołek.

In the years 2011-12, he was a columnist of the Wprost weekly. Since 2012, he has been a columnist of the Newsweek weekly.

Michal Rusinek

Freedom Games 2019

He was the secretary of Wislawa Szymborska, now he runs the Foundation.

He works at the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University, where he deals with rhetoric and conducts classes in literary theory, translation theory and creative writing.

He published, among others „Między retoryką a retorycznością” (2003), „Retoryka obrazu. Przyczynek do percepcyjnej teorii figury” (2012), „Jak się dogadać, czyli retoryka codzienna” (z Anetą Załazińską, 2018), „Pypcie na języku” (2017), „Niedorajda, czyli co nam radzą poradniki” (2019).

Together with Katarzyna Klosinska she prepares the “Słownik »dobrej zmiany«”.

Lukasz Orbitowski

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish writer. He penned seven novels so far, including Inna dusza, Exodus, and Tracę ciepło.

In 2016, he received the Polityka Passport. A two-time nominee of the Nike literary award, he was also nominated for the Gdynia City award. He is the host of the Dezerterzy talk show that airs on TVP Kultura.

He is always on the road, getting lost between cities. His friends call him “The Monster”.

Photo: Zuza Krajewska

Eliza Michalik

Freedom Games 2019

Polish journalist, blogger and columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza and the portal koduj24.

For 12 years, she ran three proprietary programs on the air of the Television Superstacja.

She has been commenting on social and political issues, especially in the defense of women’s rights and freedom of speech.

Radosław Sikorski

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician and journalist. He was Marshal of the Sejm from 2014 to 2015 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Donald Tusk’s cabinet between 2007 and 2014. He previously served as Deputy Minister of National Defense (1992) in Jan Olszewski’s cabinet, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2001) in Jerzy Buzek’s cabinet, and Minister of National Defense (2005–2007) in Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński’s cabinets.

From 2002 to 2005, Sikorski was a resident fellow of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and executive director of the New Atlantic Initiative. He was editor of the analytical publication European Outlook.

As Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was a strong supporter of closer ties with the EU’s Eastern Neighbors. He opted for the integration of those countries into European structures, advocated anchoring Ukraine within the European Union and called for economic changes in Belarus.

Sikorski was the main architect, along with his Swedish counterpart and friend Carl Bildt, of the eastern policy of the EU – which came to be called the Eastern Partnership.

On November 6, 2015, he was appointed a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. He is also a distinguished statesman with the Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy at CSIS.

On February 11, 2016, he was elected the Chairman of the Board of the Bydgoszcz Industrial-Technological Park.

Photo: Krzysztof Dubiel || CC 4.0

Bartosz Weglarczyk 

Freedom Games 2019

He started his career as the foreign editor and correspondent in Moscow, Brussels and Washington.

He was head of foreign department of Gazeta Wyborcza, where he continues to work until 2011. In 2013–2016, Bartosz Węglarczyk becomes the deputy editor-in-chief in the daily “Rzeczpospolita” (Republic).

In March 2016, he becomes the programming director of Onet.pl, and since December 2018, he takes over the duties of the editor-in-chief, also being responsible for the direction and program line of the portal.

 

Ewa Letowska

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish law professor. A real member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), corresponding member of the PAU.

First Polish Ombudsman (1988-1992), a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court (1999-2002) and the Constitutional Tribunal (2002-2011).

She is the author of numerous books, articles, essays, columns devoted to law (constitutional, civil, human rights) and radio and television programs dedicated to classical music.

Photo: Agnieszka Pietkiewicz-Kaleta

Jerzy Bralczyk

Polish philologist, linguist, specialist in the field of media and politics language.

Vice-chairman of the Polish Language Council.

Retired professor at the University of Warsaw.

His research interests include public language rhetoric as well as language culture.

Robert Maklowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, traveler, author of books and television programs on culinary, cultural and historical topics.

Over the period 1993–2004 he was a columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza.

He also collaborated with the weekly Wprost (2002–2005), Newsweek Polska (since 2005) and Przekrój.

In the years 1998–2008 on TVP he hosted the popular series Robert Makłowicz’s Culinary Travels. From March 2008 to March 2017, he hosted TV program Makłowicz on the go on TVP2.

Justyna Kopinska

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish reporter, sociologist. She deals with criminal matters related to criminal law, courts, and penal system.

A laureate of the Amnesty International’s Pen of Hope. She won the PAP’s Kapuściński Award, Grand Press award, Teresa Torańska Newsweek Award, and a honorable mention in the Andrzej Woyciechowski’s Radio ZET Award.

The author of several books, including Czy Bóg wybaczy siostrze Bernadetcie? (Will God Forgive Sister Bernadette?), Polska odwraca oczy, Z nienawiści do kobiet (Poland Averts Its Gaze, Out Of Hatred for Women).

She was the first journalist from Poland who received the so-called “European Pulitzer”, the European Press Prize in the “Distinguished Writing Award” category.

As a result of her reportages, criminals were sent to prisons, much needed changes in security measures employed in closed institutions for children were introduced..

Leszek Balcerowicz

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Economist, former president of the National Bank of Poland (NBP).

Deputy prime minister and minister of finance in the first non-communist government of Poland after the Second World War.

Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (WSE).

Doctor Honoris Causa of numerous Polish and foreign universities.

The recipient of prestigious awards and decorations in Poland and abroad, including Order of the White Eagle.

Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska

Freedom Games 2019

A humanitarian worker responding to armed conflicts in the Middle East.
She began by securing sinking refugee boats in the Mediterranean Sea and running a family shelter in the Moria camp.
Then she conducted research for the British Parliament in hidden camps in France.
As part of the UNO, she worked for UNDP in Turkey and for the UNDP-UNHCR Joint Secretariat on the war in Syria.
In Iraq, she supported running a camp for 70,000 people displaced by the war with ISIS.
Currently a representative of the Polish Humanitarian Action in Yemen.
Winner of the Forbes Polska “25 before 25” ranking in the Social Activity category.
Member of the Council of the Happy Kids Foundation.
A graduate of Politics and Philosophy at LSE and Masters of Public Policy (MPP) at Oxford University.
Former chairwoman of the Polish Business Society in London.
In high school, she was a scholarship holder of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for United World College of the Adriatic.

Areta Szpura

Freedom Games 2019

Impossible tasks expert.
A precursor of the Polish blogosphere and social media.
The clothes she designed were worn by Justin Bieber. Now she is a full-time planet savior.
After 10 years on the internet and in the fashion world,  she wants caring for our planet to become fashionable and viral.
She likes to think conceptually and dream, but she likes to act even more.

Grażyna Kopińska

Freedom Games 2019

A philologist and Slavist by profession.

She worked for ten years at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

In the first free local government elections, in 1990 she was elected a councilor of the Warsaw-Mokotów commune from the list of the “Solidarność” Citizens Committee.

Professionally associated with non-governmental organizations since 1992: at the Foundation for the Development of Local Democracy, she ran a program to support small and medium-sized enterprises, then she was a consultant of the Ford Foundation for Central European countries.

Since 2000, she has been working at the Stefan Batory Foundation.

Until December 2012, she ran the Anti-Corruption Program, and from 2013 she worked as an expert in the Responsible State Program.

She currently works at the Idea Forum, where he coordinates the work of the Citizens’ Legislation Forum.

In 2000–2002 a member of the Anti-Corruption Group operating at the World Bank (Warsaw Office).

Co-author of reports and elaborations realized by the Stefan Batory Foundation, among others: Wybory prezydenckie 2005. Monitoring finansów wyborczych (2006), Przejrzystość procesu stanowienia prawa (2008), Jak walczyć z korupcją? – Zasady tworzenia i wdrażania strategii antykorupcyjnej dla Polski (2010), Polityka antykorupcyjna. Ocena skuteczności polityki antykorupcyjnej polskich rządów prowadzonej w latach 2001–2011 (2011), „Tworzenie i konsultowanie rządowych projektów ustaw” (2014), „Stanowiska publiczne jako łup polityczny” (2018).

Agnieszka Graff

Freedom Games 2019

Assistant professor at the American Studies Center of the University of Warsaw, author of essays and books on women’s and gender rights in Polish public discourse: Świat bez kobiet (W.A.B., 2001), Rykoszetem (W.A.B., 2008), Magma (Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, 2011) i Matka Feministka (KP, 2014)and numerous scientific and journalistic articles devoted to feminist thought, gender in popular culture and the women’s movement in the United States and Poland.

She is a columnist for “Wysokie Obcasy”.

„A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf in her translation was published in 1997 by Sic! Publishing Houseand also in 2019 by Osnova Publishing House.

Currently, together with Elżbieta Korolczuk, she is writing a book about international mobilization against “gender ideology” and its connections with the wave of right-wing populism.

She is also interested in the transformation of masculinity, and in particular contemporary misogynistic internet subcultures, its language and its place in the wider alter-right formation.

Joanna Kos-Krauze

Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Director, screenwriter and producer.

She has received over two hundreds international and Polish awards for films which she co-directed: My
Nikifor, Saviour Square, Papusza, Birds Are Singing in Kigali.

Former chairwoman of the of Polish Guild of Film Directors, current vice-president.

In the years 2006-2013 she was the chairwoman of the Polish Screenwriters Section, a member of the Munk-SFP Studio Artistic Council as well as the European and Polish Film Academy.

Her subsequent films – Saviour Square, Papusza, and Birds Are Singing in Kigali have been well
received by critics, audience and film festivals.

An expert at the Polish Film Institute, Silesia Film Fund, Gdynia Film Fund and Euroimages.

er latest film, ‘Birds Sing in Kigali’, was awarded at several dozen national and international festivals, among others in Karlowe Wary, Chicago, Locarno, Luksemburg, Calcutta, Istanbul and Gdynia.

Iza Bartosz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, Polish philologist, editor-in-chief of the OsnoVa publishing house.

She started her journalistic career in the ‘Życie’ daily.

Pracowała też w dziale zagranicznym „Vivy“, była redaktor naczelną „Gali“. However, she gave her heart to books. She even wrote a few of them.

Her last book „Świat bez Głowy“ – biography of Janusz Głowacki, was well received by critics and readers.

An admirer of Virginia Woolf’s work and the originator of publishing the legendary essay “A Room of One’s Own” under the OsnoVa logo, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year .

OsnoVa Publishing is a newly created publishing house that specializes in non-fiction publications.

It invites the best writers, journalists and personalities from the world of culture, art and social life to cooperate.

Interviews, biographies, reportages and diaries are fundamental to the publisher’s offer.

In addition, OsnoVa, by combining art with fashion and style, publishes albums and books under the auspices of the Vogue Polska magazine.

Sebastian Fabijanski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film, TV and theatre actor.

In 2015 he graduated from Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.

In 2014 he won an award for the Professional Acting Debut at the 39th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia for his roles in films „Jeziorak” („Waterline”) and „Miasto 44” („Warsaw 44”).

In 2015 he won an Andrzej Konic Award for Acting Debut at the 29th Tarnów Film Awards for his roles in films „Jeziorak” („Waterline”) and „Miasto 44” („Warsaw 44”).

Well known for his roles in “Pitbull. Niebezpieczne kobiety”(„Pitbull. Tough Women”), „Belfer” and „Kamerdyner”.

(photo: Łukasz Glowala)

Pawel Rabiej

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of Polish philology, journalism studies and leadership psychology.

Co-founder of the Nowoczesna political party and member of its board (2015-2017) and spokesperson.

Member of the Verification Commission for Reprivatisation (2017-2018).

In 2008-2015 he led the Thinktank dialogue and analysis center (development expertise and social dialogue), he was a member of the Center for International Relations.

He conducted numerous projects of management restructuring of companies and public institutions (1997-2015), advised local governments in marketing, branding and smart cities, managed a consortium implementing a promotional campaign for Poland before joining the European Union (1999-2001), commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He was a journalist and publisher (Radio Trójka, Gazeta Bankowa, Businessman, Harvard Business Review, Thinktank Magazine).

Marta Makuch

Freedom Games 2019

Deputy Mayor of the City of Słupsk.

A veteran of non-govermental activity for many years, especially focused in sphere of activation of local communities. She has a vast experience in spheres of organizing, directing and strengthening NGOs focused on helping to empower disadvantaged. Very important for her is her involvement in movement promoting equality, especially for women.

During her career she was instrumental in creating and maintaining many partnerships on local (city-wide), regional (region-wide) and national level. She was also involved on international scale , both in cooperating on NGO level and in relation with various international funds.

In recognition for her achievements she was rewarded with the Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi (Silver Cross of Merit) by Bronisław Komorowski, President of Poland.

Paweł Łysak

Freedom Games 2019

Director of the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw

A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Warsaw and of the Department of Drama Directing at the Warsaw State Higher School of Theatre.

He has directed over 30 productions on the stages of theatres of Warsaw, Poznań, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Łódź and Toruń, as well as seventy radio plays.

Winner of prestigious awards and distinctions, including the Golden Cross “for merits for Polish culture” (2015), the annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the category of Theatre (2012), Polityka weekly’s “Passport” (2008), awards for directing at the 16th National Competition for the Staging of Polish Contemporary Drama (2010), Grand Prix of the Festival of the Polish Radio Theatre and Polish Television Theatre “Dwa Teatry – Sopot” (2011).

From 2000 to 2003 he co-directed,  together with Paweł Wodziński, the Polski Theatre in Poznań. From 2006 to 2014, he was the director of the Polski Theatre in Bydgoszcz.

Since September 2014, director of the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw.

From 2012 to 2016, Chairman of the Council for Artistic Institutions at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Since 2014, vice-president of the Association of Theatre Directors and, since 2017, deputy chairman of the Guild of Polish Theatre Directors.

Zuzanna Nowicka

Freedom Games 2019

Law student at the University of Warsaw.

In her free time, she works for civil society, she gained experience, among others, in the Bronisława Geremk’s Foundation, TVN station and sexedpl campaign.

At the University, she creates with friends space for discussing politically important topics within the scientific circle of Paulina Kuczalska-Reinschmit.

Krystyna Skarzynska

Freedom Games 2019

Professor of psychology, works in the University of Social Science and Humanities in Warsaw.

The author of numerous papers in scientific and books, including „People’s perception” (1981), „Psychosocial Aspects of Allocation Decisions (, 1986), „Conformity and Self-direction: Structure of Values and Functions (1992), „Man and Politics: An Outline of Political Psychology” (2005).

She has also edited (and co-edited) such collected volumes as: „Social Orientations as an Element of Mentality” (1990); Democracy in Poland – Experiencing the System’s Transformation” (1996), „Understanding Social Change. Political Psychology in Poland” (2006), „Between People…Expectations, Interests and Emotions” (2012).

Her current research focuses on the conditions of aggression’ acceptance in social and political life, and on the role of individual understanding of freedom and some social schemata in forming the political attitudes.

Wadim Tyszkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Continuously since 2002 he is the Mayor of the city of Nowa Sól.

He graduated from the Faculty of Precision Mechanics at the Warsaw University of Technology.

His professional career commenced at the “Mera-Lumel” Electrical Metrology Research and Development Centre.

In 1986 he started his own business, the “VADIM” Computer Centre [Centrum Komputerowe Vadim], which he run until 2002.

He is the co – founder of the “Moje Miasto” association and the “Nowa Sól Independent Forum” (Nowosolskie Forum Niezależnych).

Member of the board of the Modern (Nowoczesna) party.

Redbad Klynstra-Komarnicki

Freedom Games 2019

Polish actor and director.

In 1994 he graduated from acting at the PWST in Warsaw.

In the years 2001–2006 he was associated with the Rozmaitości Theater in Warsaw.

Since 2008, he has been performing at the New Theater in Warsaw.

Pole of Dutch origin.

Xawery Zulawski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film director and scriptwriter.

In 1995 he graduated National Film School in Łódź.

His film Chaos (2006) received the award for the best directing debut at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

His second feature Wojna polsko-ruska (2009) won First Prize in the New Polish Films competition at the 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław.

Lecturer at the AMA Film Academy in Krakow.

Jan Hartman

Freedom Games 2019

Polish publicist, politician and philosopher specializing in bioethics.

Professor at the Jagiellonian University, head of the Department of Philosophy and Bioethics at the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Author of several books.

In his philosophical work Hartman focuses on ethics and bioethics.

His scientific interests also include especially metaphilosophy and political philosophy.

In 2009 he was awarded with Grand Press for the best publicist.

Władysław Frasyniuk

Freedom Games 2019

Polish politician and businessman.

Former activist of Solidarity trade union.

One of the founders of the Temporary Coordinating Committee.

He was a member of the Solidarity Citizens Committee.

In 1989 he was one of the opposition delegates to the Polish Round Table Negotiations.

Former chairman of the Partia Demokratyczna – demokraci.pl political party.

Maciej Kisilowski

Freedom Games 2019

Associate Professor of Law and Public Management at Central European University where he co-leads the university’s flagship mid-career Executive MBA Program: the EMBA for the Open World.

His research focuses on the intersection of law and strategy.

His co-authored book on strategic management in public administration—Administrategy—was translated into 5 languages.

His academic articles appeared, among others, in Law and Social Inquiry and International Business Review.

Prof. Kisilowski is a co-founder of the Social Contract Incubator, which is developing innovative solutions to the challenges posed by the “illiberal democracy.”

His commentary on current affairs appeared (among others) in Project Syndicate, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Haaretz, Foreign Policy, EU Observer, and EURActive.

Prof. Kisilowski received his J.S.D. and LL.M. from Yale Law School, M.P.A. in economics and public policy from Princeton University, and M.B.A. with distinction from INSEAD.

Witold Drozdz

Freedom Games 2019

Currently holding a position of Board Member in charge of Strategy and Corporate Affairs in Orange Poland.

Member of the Board of Foundation Orange.

Graduated in Law and International Relations at the University of Warsaw.

Graduated from Stanford Executive Programme.

In 2007-2010 Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, responsible for development of information society and public registers and the chairman of the government committee Digital Poland.

Awarded with Info-Star (2009), INFOSTAT (2009) and Ambassador of the Electronic Economy (2008) granted by ICT organisations in Poland.

From 2010 to 2012 he was Vice President, and then acting President of the Management Board of PGE Energia Jadrowa (Nuclear Energy) SA.

Since 2012 in Orange Poland.

Tomasz Kasprowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Vice President of the Res Publica Foundation.

Partner at Gemini.

Editor at Liberte! and Res Publica Nowa.

Agnieszka Rozner

Freedom Games 2019

Political philosopher, commentator and publicist.

A member of the political team of the School for Leaders Foundation.

In 2014-2017, she was the editorial secretary and managing editor of the „Res Publica Nowa” magazine.

She also created the Ideas section of the „Pismo. Magazyn opinii”.

Since 2018, she has been a member of the „Eurozine” – a network of European cultural magazines based in Vienna.

She specializes in contemporary leadership theories, concepts of democracy and democratization, he prepares a PhD in political philosophy on the cultural conditions of democracy after the year ’89.

Scholarship holder of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

 

Marta Lempart

Freedom Games 2019

Founder of the Polish Women’s Strike movement, Poland

She is a women’s rights and democracy activist. She started and has been the leader of the national support committee of the Polish Women’s Strike, a coalition of women that on 3 October 2016 – known as Black Monday – organized and led the “black protests” in over 150 cities in Poland that stopped Polish parliament from introducing a
total ban on abortion, and did it again on Black Friday on March 23rd, 2018.

She took active part in summer 2017 and 2018 protests for judiciary independence in Poland, along with other PWS members (including incredible 15-hours long protest outside Polish Senate, started by women, when everybody else gave up), and is a participant of anti-fascist nonviolent street blockades.

Her main aim is mainstreaming women’s rights as unconditional, core value in modern, democratic society; not something to be “discussed later” – idea described as #PolandForEveryone initiative.

Charged in over 30 ongoing trials and investigations for protesting the far right government in Poland, adding to over 100 PWS members being persecuted.

Motto: People don’t need to be lead the way, they need to be supported when they walk their own. That’s how we will all get there.

Natalia Piorczynska

Freedom Games 2019

Literary scholar, PR specialist.

Lecturer in subjects related to communication and new media.

Promoter of reading culture.

Dominika Wielowieyska

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza.

A graduate of the Warsaw Józef Wybicki High School and AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków (Department of Theater Studies).

She also obtained the MBA title at the International School of Management at the Kozminski University. Scholarship holder of the American foundation The National Forum Foundation (today The Freedom House).

She lectured at the College of Social Psychology in Warsaw (issues related to journalism and PR).

She was a co-founder and president of the Journalists’ Charity Ball Foundation, created by journalists of many media and supporting institutions and centers dealing with children. Now she is a member of the foundation council.

She has been working for Gazeta Wyborcza since 1991.

On TVP Info until 2016 she hosted the program “Puenta”, then on TV “Metro” “Crashtest”.

At TOK FM she runs programs: Monday Morning at TOK and Saturday’s “Wybory w toku”.

Co-author of the book “Dekada 1985-1994”, from the series devoted to the history of Poland after World War II. In 2004, she was nominated for the “Grand Press” award in the “news” category for the text revealing the Orlen scandal in GW “Miller, Orlen and UOP”.

Paweł Oksanowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Radio and television journalist.

He has over 20 years of experience in the Polish mass media.

Highly experienced and successful in effective information management, creating and launching new TV programs, providing live television and radio interviews, managing relations with market leaders – FMCG, Financial, Energy and Automotive Industries.

Editor-in-chief of nienieodpowiedzialni.pl.

Maciej Okraszewski

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist specializing in Ibero-American and international crime.

He writes regularly for Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza and Onet, also comments on international events on Tok FM and
Polish Radio, as well as in front of TVN24 and Polsat News cameras.

In 2017 nominated for the Grand Press award in the category “Journalism Specialist”.

He runs the Foreign Department (dzialzagraniczny.pl) – website about world events that are heard in the Polish media little or not at all.

A podcast with the same title is the most popular news program in Polish iTunes.

Lukasz Grzesiczak

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist and political scientist specializing in Central Europe.

Permanently associated with the magazine “Holistic.News”, collaborator of the Slovak magazine “Kapitál”.

Publishes, among others, in “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Przegląd” and “Aspen Review”.

Michal Zablocki

Freedom Games 2019

A polish journalist, writer and environmental activist.

He has been working for various media in Europe for over 15 years.

For 13 years he was associated with the Polish Press Agency, for which in 2010-2012 he wrote over 1500 correspondences from Prague and Bratislava.

Author of reports, articles, features and interviews, among others with former Czech President Václav Klaus and former head of the Slovak government Iveta Radičová.

A graduate of Slavic Languages and Czech Studies at University of Wrocław, linguist by profession, fluent in several foreign languages.

Scholarship holder of the University of Turin and alumnus of the US Department of State study program. Fascinated by Central Europe, its inhabitants and changes taking place in the region.

In recent years he has been associated with the international environmental organization ClientEarth, where he deals with air quality issues.

Marek Miller

Freedom Games 2019

Teaching Fellow in Google News Lab, CEE.

Media observer and journalist with 16 years of experience. For a large part of this time he worked for the largest regional press publisher in Poland – Polska Press Group – where he had the opportunity to observe the process of digital transformation of journalism from the very beginning.

As an independent media consultant, he worked for many years with INMA (International News Media Association) – an international organization of global publishers and organizations such as GEN (Global Editors Network), WAN-IFRA (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers) and FIPP (international association of magazine publishers) .

For several years he worked for the Związek Kontroli Dystrybucji Prasy (ZKDP), Polskie Badania Czytelnictwa (PBC) and Izba Wydawców Prasy (IWP), where he organized conferences and workshops addressed to journalists and publishers. He was the editor-in-chief of the now-defunct media news and journalism site, Prasa.info.

He collaborated with Agora, the publisher of Gazeta Wyborcza in organizing many conferences and events on the subject of media and journalism (including the largest Polish conference on the subject so far: Digital Journalism Days).

He is a scholarship holder of the Coaching and Leadership program organized at the Poynter Institute in Florida.

He is an active journalist publishing in the Press magazine.

As this year’s Teaching Fellow in Google News Lab, its task is to visit the editorial office in the Central and Eastern Europe region and train journalists in the field of digital journalism and all related topics, such as information verification, data journalism, cyber security, search and collecting information and more.

Anna Augustynowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Augustynowicz graduated in Theatre Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and in directing from the National Theatre School in Cracow.

She debuted in 1989 with a staging of Marek Koterski’s Inner Life at the W. Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz.

Since 1992 Augustynowicz has been working as the artistic director of the Współczesny Theatre in Szczecin.

She has directed in theatres such as the Wybrzeże Theatre in Gdańsk, the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw, TR Warszawa, the Współczesny Theatre in Wrocław, the Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Łódź, Stary Teatr and the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Cracow; most recently in the Polski Theatre in Warsaw.

She has also directed four performances for the Polish Television Theatre.

Augustynowicz bases her repertoire largely on contemporary Polish and Western dramaturgy, often working with avant-garde texts innovatory in both language and thought and staging their world premieres.

The performances staged by Augustynowicz, although often controversial in their nature, are met with both critical and public acclaim – a fact which is emphasized by numerous awards the artist has received during various theatre festivals.

Augustynowicz is a laureate of the Paszport Polityki Award (1998) for “brave, wise performances which touch upon the most brutal domains of our age and for the artistic practice of the Współczesny Theatre in Szczecin”.

She has received the Laur Konrada Award – the first prize of the Nationwide Art of Directing Festival “Interpretacje” (Katowice, 1998) – for the staging of Werner Schwab’s People Annihilation or My Liver is Senseless at the Współczesny Theatre in Szczecin; the SDRP Theatre Critics’ Award (the Boy-Żeleński Award) (2007) for achievements in directing, namely for the staging of William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure at the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw.

In 2014 Augustynowicz received the Zygmunt Hübner ‘Person of Theatre’ Award – a prestigious prize for extraordinary artists of the theatre who create works in the spirit of civic thought, playing a part in its evolution.

In 2017, the Teatr monthly has honoured Augustynowicz with the Konrad Swinarski Award as Best Director in the 2016/17 Season for the staging of Witold Gombrowicz’s The Marriage.

Michał Kobosko

Freedom Games 2019

Polish journalist and media manager.

Senior Advisor, Country Representative at the Atlantic Council of the United States.

He gained his professional experience in the early 1990s at “Gazeta Wyborcza”.

Later acted as an editor of “Puls Biznesu” and Editor-in-Chief of “Forbes”.

For three years, since 2006, he was an Editor-in-Chief of “Newsweek Polska”.

In 2011 he was responsible for the launch of “Bloomberg Businessweek Polska”, from where he moved to become the Editor of WPROST newsweekly.

Since 2013 Kobosko has been managing the Polish edition of Project Syndicate.

Member of the Board of Junior Achievement Foundation, president of the Leopolis for Future Foundation.

Katarzyna Szymielewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer specialised in human rights and technology.

Co-founder and president of Panoptykon Foundation (Polish organisation defending human rights in the context of surveillance) and vice-president of European Digital Rights.

Graduate of the University of Warsaw (Law) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (Development Studies).

In the past – associate at international law firm Clifford Chance and member of civic advisory boards for the Minister of Digital Affairs in Poland.

Stipendist and member of Ashoka – international network of social entrepreneurs.

Mateusz Sabat

Freedom Games 2019

Economist, manager, management and communication expert.

He currently runs an advisory activity and an Internet marketing agency.

Co-author of the first Polish report on the use of big data in politics.

Formerly associated, among others with Nowoczesna (managing director of the nationwide campaign 2015, director of the analysis office and member of the board) and the FOR Foundation of Professor Leszek Balcerowicz.

A graduate of the ATLAS Think Tank MBA program from 2014.

He also completed international training on the use of data in election campaigns: “How to Win: Using Data For Political Strategy and Implementation” and “Training and Networking Seminar for ALDE Data Officers”.

Justyna Glusman

Freedom Games 2019

Currently Head Coordinator in the city of Warsaw Mayor’s office in charge of sustainable development and greenery.

In charge of climate policy and management of green areas.

Graduated from Warsaw School of Economics and London School of Economics, where she obtained a PhD in political economy.

Expert in public affairs, territorial self-government, regional policy design and implementation, including mechanisms of EU funds’ distribution.

Justyna has broad working experience in both, public and private sectors.

For number of years acting in local non-governmental organisation for improvement of public space.

In the local elections 2018 candidate of the coalition of Warsaw urban movements for the post of the president of Warsaw.

 

Miroslaw Proppé

Freedom Games 2019

President of WWF Polska.

He was a partner and head of the advisory team for public administration and infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe.

From 1994 he was associated with KPMG, one of the largest audit and consulting companies in Poland and in the world.

In his many years of managerial work, he carried out projects in the area of social policy (counteracting unemployment and improving the effectiveness of social policy) and environmental protection (natural hazards, including Flood Risk Management Plans).

He collaborated with representatives of public administration units, provincial governments, cities and major companies.

As a manager, he was responsible for the implementation of complex projects and managed numerous teams of experts.

Andrzej Kompa

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

University teacher, deputy dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Lodz for the quality of education.

Historian, byzantinist, antiquarian, street opposition activist in Łódź.

Secretary of the PTH Byzantine Commission (Polish National Committee AIEB), founding member of the Ceraneum Center and the Association of Antiquities Historians.

Editorial secretary of ‘Byzantina Lodziensia’, member of the editorial board of the magazine ‘Studia Ceranea’.

Associate of “Byzantinische Zeitschrift”.

Co-author of several study programs.

Scientifically interested primarily in the history of Byzantium between the 5th and 9th / 10th centuries, Byzantine historiography, education, social history (and gender) and Constantinople.

Center-left liberal, parliamentary monarchist, apologist of liberal democracy and culture of tolerance. Nonpartisan.

He works with the Łódź KOD, Polish citizens, LGBT organizations and the pro-democratic opposition, actively involved since political aggression at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Poland – over 70 political speeches since December 2015 in Łódź and the province, Warsaw, London, Dublin.

Lecturer since 2006. Research interests: Byzantine, antiquity, genealogy. Associate Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Lodz for quality arrangements in the 2016-2020 term, before that he works as Dean’s plenipotentiary for promotion since 2009 until 2016. Secretary of the Byzantnological Commission of the Polish Historical Association (AIEB), founding member of the Ceraneum Center and the Association of Historians of Antiquities.

Joanna Sadzik

Freedom Games 2019

Managing Director of the WIOSNA Association, organizing the Noble Gift, one of the largest nationwide social programs and the Academy of the Future – an innovative educational program for schoolchildren.

Since 2012, she has been associated with assistance programs for people at risk of exclusion.

She is a political scientist, manager and trainer with many years of experience in managing and building teams.

She conducts training and consultancy in the field of CSR, wise help, work with volunteers.

She creates system solutions where a particular person helps a particular person.

Benedykt Wegrzyn

Freedom Games 2019

Since 2002, the head of the Dobra commune in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Member of the Stakeholder Council of the Faculty of Economy and Public Administration of the Cracow University of Economics.

In 2018, Dobra Commune was 9th among rural communes in the ‘Rzeczpospolita’ National Ranking of Local Governments.

Winner of the “Krakow Ducat” in 2018 for activities for the development of entrepreneurship – an award granted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Krakow under the honorary patronage of the Voivode, Marshal and President of the City of Krakow.

Piotr Felinski

Freedom Games 2019

Mayor of the City of Świdwin.

Master of History at the University of Szczecin, graduate of post-graduate studies in administration and local government law as well as tax and accounting law, as well as the PAFF Leaders Program run by the School of Leaders and the Polish-American Freedom Foundation.

For over 10 years, he has been actively working for the benefit of the local community, cooperating with non-governmental organizations from around the country.

He was successfully involved in projects to revitalize the city park and to introduce a citizen budget in his hometown.

Supporter of increasing the participation of residents in the life of local government and raising civic awareness.

Dominik Kwiatkowski

Freedom Games 2019

President of the Socially Safe Foundation.

A specialist in the acquisition and settlement of domestic and foreign funds.

An employee of Towarzystwo Pomocy im. St. Brother Albert near Gdansk.

Co-author and coordinator of Nowy Port’s social regeneration projects.

Expert of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy in the Government Program for Social Activity of the Elderly (ASOS 2015) and the Operational Program of the Civic Initiatives Fund (2015-2018).

Coordinator of domestic and foreign projects in the field of social policy.

A graduate of political science at the University of Gdańsk.

Pawel Kaczmarczyk

Freedom Games 2019

Director of the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.

Member of the Committee on Migration Research of the Polish Academy of Science.

IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) fellow, and SOPEMI correspondent for Poland at OECD.

In 2008-2011 a member of the Board of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland (responsible for demography, migration and labour market related issues).

His main research areas include causes and consequences of labour migration, mobility of the high-skilled, migration and the welfare state, migration policy, methodology of migration research, labour economics, population economics and demography, and international economics.

Jacek Zakowski

Freedom Games 2015, Freedom Games 2019

Publicist of “Polityka”, commentator on “Gazeta Wyborcza” and Wirtualna Polska.

Head of the Department of Journalism at Collegium Civitas, host of Concilium Civitas and editor of its “Almanac”.

Currently also the author of Friday “Poranki TOK FM”, and until recently the programs “Rozmowa dnia” and “ReDakcja” in Superstacja.

He has published a dozen or so books – most recently “Oblężona demokracja” (SIC! 2019).

“Journalist of the Year 1997”, laureate of, among others Superwiktor, two Wiktors, PEN Club award, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski award, Neon of the Malta Festival award.

A member of the Towarzystwo Dziennikarskie and the Ethics Committee in Science of PAN (Polish Academy of Sciences).

Zbigniew Jakubas

Freedom Games 2019

President of the Multico group, a conglomerate of 16 companies, three of which are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

One of his most important investments is the Mint of Poland, which is one of the three most technologically advanced mints in the world.

Zbigniew Jakubas also has shares in the stock exchange company Newag, which manufactures and modernizes rolling stock.

It is this company, which together with a German company, Siemens, provided new carriages for the Warsaw metro.

Another company of Zbigniew Jakubas – CNT is implementing a housing estate in Kraków for over 1,600 apartments.

Anna Czerwinska

Freedom Games 2019

Curator of the temporary exhibition for children and adults “In King Matt’s Poland. The 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence” (November 8, 2018 – July 1, 2019, POLIN Museum), head of the School and Family Education Section at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

In the years 2004–2016 she worked at the Center for Citizenship Education Foundation dealing with the dissemination of knowledge and key skills for civil society.

She is the author of texts and educational materials, training programs and courses.

A graduate of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities of the University of Warsaw, art historian, trainer.

Bogdan Szymanik

Freedom Games 2019

Bookseller and publisher.

In 1989, he founded BOSZ, a bookselling company that was primarily involved in selling books and independent press.

In 1994, together with his wife Barbara, he created a BOSZ publishing house specializing in album book editions.

In his publishing efforts, he aims to publish books at the highest editorial level, contributing to the promotion of Polish art, culture and historical heritage.

He has lived in the Bieszczady Mountains since the martial law.

Renata Sokol Jurković

Freedom Games 2019

Coordinator of the largest branch of Pametno Party and a member of presidential board.

Currently working in Division for the Development of Climate Products and Applications at Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service on climate data analysis and meteorological impact studies.

Graduated from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

She has a Masters degree in meteorology.

She is a PhD candidate with climatology thesis “Statistical downscaling and bias correction
of climate models”.

Published few scientific and professional papers.

Mother of three. Everyday cyclist.

Wojciech Kostrzewa

Freedom Games 2019

CEO of the Polish-British fintech Billon Group.

President of the Board of the Polish Business Roundtable.

He sits on the supervisory board, including companies of the Ergo Hestia Group, the board of directors of the Swiss Stadler Rail group.

Earlier he served as, among others President of the ITI Group, President of the Supervisory Board of TVN SA, President of BRE Bank and Polski Bank Rozwoju.

He was an adviser to the Minister of Finance Leszek Balcerowicz.

Vice President of the Confederation Leviathan.

Mikolaj Mirowski

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Historian, journalist, employee of the Polish History Museum.

At the Warsaw Uprising Museum, he runs the project ‘Warsaw of two Uprisings’.

He researches the history of the USSR 1917–1941, as well as the subject of Polish-Jewish relations; while journalistic issues of historical memory, its contact with pop culture and above all film.

He published in ‘Rzeczpospolita’, ‘Polityka’, ‘Tygodnik Powszechny’, ‘Znak’ and ‘Fronda LUX’. A collaborator of the “Forum of Polish Jews” and the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź, where he runs the cycle “Plus or minus – historical confrontations”.

Author of the concept and script of the “Pojedynki stulecia” program dedicated to the most outstanding Polish writers of the 20th century, broadcast in September-December 2018 on TVP Kultura.

He published books: “Rewolucja permanentna Lwa Trockiego. Między teorią a praktyką”(2013) and volume of conversations “Piłsudski (nie)znany. Historia i popkultura”.

Karolina Sulej

Freedom Games 2019

Freelance journalist and then editor for 10 years now.

Her first articles and interviews were almost strictly about film and music – she wrote for A4 Magazine. Few years later she became a culture journalist with a focus on personal stories – not reviews and news.

Her line of work are in-depth interviews and reportages.

She went through many magazines and newspapers – as an author and editor – vice editor in “Exklusiv” Magazine ( lifestyle/culture), editor in “Pulp” Magazine ( music/film/lifestyle magazine), editor in “Podróże” ( travel/culture magazine), culture editor in NaTemat.pl ( web-newspaper similar to Huffington Post).

She also did curatorial work for Photomonth in Cracow. (editor in chief “Maj” Magazine) and did stylist work for “Wysokie Obcasy”.

She is primarly attached a an editor to “Wysokie Obcasy” – the weekly and monthly ( where I am the editor of lifestyle section) and as a reporter “Duży Format” and “Książki” (“Books”) Magazine – these are all part of “Gazeta Wyborcza”.

She is also doing a Ph. D in cultural studies on Warsaw University – about the role of fashion in II World War.

She is a part of fashion studies research group – Zespół Badań nad Modą, trying to introduce fashion studies to Poland. Karolina Sulej hosted a show about books and reading called “Cappuccino z książką” ( “Books and coffee”) for TVP Kultura.

But after political change in Poland that affected the media she chose to resign and now she has a youtube bookshow – “Barłóg Literacki” which is preparing and hosting with her writer-friend, Sylwia Chutnik.

In 2015 she published her first non-fition book – “Modni. Od Arkadiusa do Zienia” Swiat Ksiazki, a book of reportages o polish fashion scene form 1990s till now – the first anthropological take on fashion as a part of polish culture and identity.

In 2018 she published her second non-fiction book – “Wszyscy jesteśmy dziwni. Opowieści z Coney Island.” Dowody na Istnienie – “We are all freaks. Coney Island stories”.

This year, with Sylvia Chutnik, she published for Osnova Publishing, a book of interviews with various women-artists to celebrate and reflect upon the anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s publication of „The Room of One’s Own”.

She is also one of the writers in literature-game crossover project about travelling and philosophy behind it.

Currently she is working on a non-fiction book about the role of clothing, things and personal belongings in the concentration camps.

Jerzy Wojcik

Freedom Games 2019

CEO and former deputy editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, leading quality daily newspaper in Poland, which was founded in 1989 as the first independent media outlet in Eastern Europe.

Today with 190 000 subscribers, Gazeta Wyborcza has leading position in the digital subscription market – the 15. place in the world in Global Digital Subscription Report.

He oversees the literary and features sections of the newspaper and its magazines like “Ale Historia” (What A History), “Duzy Format” (Large Format), “Ksiazki” (Books) and “Wysokie Obcasy” (High Heels).

In the past years he led numerous investigative series and innovative campaigns like “Welcome to Poland” (on rapid social changes in a post-communist country), “Station Europe” (on Polish migrants flooding the EU), “Comeback of the Father” (on fatherhood in Polish families).

He is an experienced media executive with an unique insight into modern media management proven by many editorially and commercially successful new product launches like “Metro” newspaper (the free newspaper market leader, launched in 2002) and “Wysokie Obcasy Extra” magazine (2nd biggest premium female magazine, launched in 2010).

Agnieszka Sadowska-Konczal

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the biology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, a PhD in social sciences.

A specialist in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.

Co-founder of the Polish Zero Waste Association and initiator of the #zwłasnymkubkiem campaign.

Trainer and educator.

She promotes the sustainable lifestyle during workshops and trainings, and on her website http://ekologika.edu.pl

Rafal Gawin

Freedom Games 2019

Poet, master of ceremonies, editor, columnist and reanimator of culture.

He published 3.5 poetry books, his poem “Jem mięso” will be published soon. In “Liberte!” runs “Wiersz wolny”.

He works at the Dom Literatury in Łódź, where he is responsible for publishing and poetry.

Sławomir Kalinowski

Freedom Games 2019

Habilitated doctor of economic sciences, professor at the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences, in the years 2002-2018 associated with the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań, from 2018 an employee of IRWiR PAN in Warsaw, from 2019 head of the Department of Rural Economics.

Research interests include the standard of living of the rural population as well as issues related to job insecurity, smart villages, social economy, unemployment and the social aspect of game theory.

Author of the book “Poziom życia ludności wiejskiej o niepewnych dochodach” (2015, PWN), współautor książki „Ubóstwo ludności wiejskiej województwa wielkopolskiego” (2007, Wyd. AR w Poznaniu) oraz redaktor naukowy monografii “Bliżej ludzi – programem dla nauk społecznych?” (2018), “Marginalizacja a rozwój społeczny – między teraźniejszością i przeszłością” (2017), „Życie na skraju – marginesy społeczne wielkiego miasta” (2014).

Secretary of the Międzyśrodowiskowa Grupa Badawcza Margines Społeczny Poznania.

Katarzyna Mlynek

Freedom Games 2019

Program director of THINKTANK, author of texts, moderator of debates and scientific conferences.

She is a doctor of humanities in the field of philosophy (KUL) and a graduate of psychology (UMCS).

In her research work she combines knowledge from both completed fields of study.

She is interested in the philosophy of communication and social psychology.

Zbigniew Gajewski

Freedom Games 2019

Partner at the THINKTANK Center for Dialogue and Analysis. The originator and effective implementer of many innovative business and social ventures.

A political scientist by education, a graduate of the University of Warsaw. Former researcher, journalist, editor and publisher.

In the years 2006-2016 he worked in the Polish Confederation Lewiatan, where as deputy director general he was responsible for the image and development of the organization. In 2011, he initiated the European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot. As the EFNI director, he managed preparations for the first six editions of the Forum.

In 2017-19 he was the general director and president of the board of the Union of Associations Advertising Council.

Since 2007, he has been working as a juror of Złote Spinacze, the most important competition in the PR industry. He is a laureate of industry awards (with the team): Golden Clip, Golden EFFIE, Proton. He works with several universities as a lecturer in social communication.

At the Foundation for Social and Economic Initiatives, he is the vice-chairman of the Program Council and a juror in the competition for the best social enterprise of the year.

Jacek Kozlowski

Freedom Games 2019

Independent expert and public administration lecturer, Collegium Civitas. Graduated geography at Gdańsk University (1980) and Rutgers Advanced Management Programme (1997, USA).

1979-1989 active in democratic opposition, editor of „Przegląd Polityczny”.

At the beginning of democratic and free market transition general director in Council o Ministers responsible for Government Press Office (1990-93).

1994-96 general director of Foundation in Support of the Local Democracy.

1996-2006 worked for Bank Pekao SA and other national and international investment funds, responsible for corporate communication and investor relations.

2006-07 Deputy Marshall of the Masovia Region, then from 2007 to 2016 voivode (governor) of Masovia Region, member of the Joint Commission of the Government and Local Selfgovernments.

Joanna Zarnoch-Chudzinska

Freedom Games 2019

Editor-in-chief of “Wyborcza” in Łódź.

Since 1995, associated with “Gazeta Wyborcza”.

She worked as a journalist, reporter in editorials in Zielona Gora, Poznan, Lublin.

A Polish philologist by profession.

Dorota Glowacka

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer at the Panoptykon Foundation, specialising in human rights in the context of new technologies, in particular freedom of expression and right to privacy.

Previously, between 2009 and 2018, she worked for the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights as coordinator of the HFHR’s ‘Observatory of Media Freedom in Poland’ project.

She’s worked as a national expert in the FRANET research network within the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and a coordinator of the working group on data protection and privacy rights in the project “HELP in the 28” run by the Council of Europe.

She is also a PhD candidate at the Law Faculty of the University of Lodz, Poland.

Jan Krzysztof Bielecki

Freedom Games 2019

Chairman of the Partners Advisory Board at EY Poland.

Former Prime Minister of Poland, Minister for European Integration, co-founder of the Liberal-Democratic Congress and Freedom Union, and the Executive Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki has been active on the political and economic stage for over two decades.

He was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Pekao Bank S.A. from October 2003 until January 2010. From 2008 until 2013 he was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum. In 2013 Ministry of Culture and National Heritage extended his membership in the Board of Trustees until 2018.

In November 2009 he was appointed as the President of the Polish Institute of International Affairs Council (PISM) and served until December 2015.

It is a leading and independent think-tank that conducts original, policy-focused research. PISM provides advice to all branches of government and contributes to wider debates on international relations in Europe and beyond.

In March 2010 he was nominated by Prime Minister Donald Tusk as the Chairman of the Economic Council and served until December 2014. The primary task of it is to provide the Prime Minister with an independent and objective opinions both on the current and planned government activities. Another objective of the Council is to assess Poland’s socio-economic situation in comparison with other emerging as well as developed economies. In January 2015 Mr Bielecki joined EY Poland as Chairman of the Partners Advisory Board.

Witold Beres

Freedom Games 2019

Columnist, movie producer and screenplay writer with a huge work experience in different media types.

Before 1989 he worked for a number of underground publishing ventures. In the 1990s he worked for Tygodnik Powszechny weekly under the renown Polish intellectual and editor Jerzy Turowicz; and also collaborated with the Free Europe radio.

He was a commentator for RMF FM, the first private Polish radio station, and a columnist for what then was the largest daily in Poland Gazeta Wyborcza.

Bereś’s television production experience includes the acclaimed Conversations for the End of the Century and Good Books and the serial Philosophy in the Mountain Dialect as Told by Rev. Tischner.

Witold Bereś authored and coauthored over 40 books, including fiction (The 3rd Republic—Rocking the Boat; The Cunning Stories, About Wieliczka and The salt for Adults. His essay works include The Fourth Estate. The Most Important Events of the 3rd Republic. Bereś’s biographical work includes the best seller Tischner—A Life in Stories (which won the Phoenix Award from the Catholic Publishers Association, among others).

Among Bereś most acclaimed book-length interviews is Onyszkiewicz—From the Summits of NATO; the bestseller Gen. Kiszczak Says It Nearly All; and Kapuściński—The World is All Too Much.

Witold Bereś’s first books, which were very important for Bereś’s later development, were Not About Politics, Please—The Conversations of The Radiants was published in 1988 by the Literary Institute in Paris (run by acclaimed intellectual and emigre Jerzy Giedrojć), Spiritual Rebel—Converstations with Rev. Stanisław Musiał and a set of books about Marek Edelman which won several awards and were translated to a number of languages.

Witold Bereś is a cofounder of a TV production company which made a number of acclaimed feature movies shown through national cinema chains across Poland. Angel in Kraków (2002), Angel in Love (2005, distributed also in the US, Canada and Australia), and Mr Tischner and His Philosophy in the Mountain Dialect (premiered in 2007 in Los Angeles, California), All Matthew’s Women (2013).

Documentary movies from the Bereś the production company he co-founded, include
Goralenvolk—the Story of Betrayal (2005), Iran. The Daughters of Islam (2005), Commander Eldeman (2008, premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival, and awarded at the Asolo International Art Festival, Italy), Tischner—A Life in Stories (2008); and Bartoszewski. The Road (2012).

Witold Bereś is a co-founder of the World Makes Sense (Świat ma sens) foundation

Witold Bereś has won many acclaimed awards including the Award of the Polcul Foundation (1987), The Award of the Polish Journalist Association for the “high standards in journalism in substandard times” (1989), the Empik Ace Award for Kapuściński. The World Is All Too Much, the Klio Award of the History Book Publishers Guild for Marek Edelman. LIfe. Just Like That (2008).

Witold Bereś has received a number of state medals including The Medal of Merit for the Polish Culture (1999), The Gold Cross of Merit (2011), the Honorary Medal of the Jewish Culture Center—the Judaica Foundation (2013), the Bronze Medal Gloria Artis (2015), the Polonia Restituta Cross of Merit (2015).

Krzysztof Burnetko

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish journalist, columnist and screenplay writer.

He graduated from the law department at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Before 1989, under the Communist regime, he collaborated with the underground publications The Radiants (Promieniści). In 1988-2005 Burnetko worked for the weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, among others as the chief of the political desk.

He moved on to the Polityka weekly where his was in charge of the legal and investigative desk. At present Burnetko is a commentator for the Polityka.pl, a part of the Polityka media mix.

He is also editor-in-chief of Ski Magazine and the author of the popular ski blog In Snow and Over Snow.

Burnetko authored and coauthored (mostly with Witold Bereś) several books including Not About Politics, Please—The Conversations of The Radiants (Literary Institute, Paris, 1988); From the Summits of NATO—Conversations with Minister of Defense Janusz Onyszkiewicz (1999); Spiritual Rebel—Conversations with Rev. Stanisław Musiał (2006); Kapuściński—The World is All Too Much (2007); Kazik Ratajzer. A Hero in the Shadow (2012); Around Turowicz. The Weekly, the Times, the People 1945-1999 (2012); Andrzej Wajda. A Suspect (2014); Our History. The Tale About the Free Poland (2015); and a number of books about Marek Edelman including Marek Edelman. God is Asleep: the Last Conversations (2010).

Burnetko coauthored the screenplays of the documentaries directed by Artur Więcek Baron, Commander Edelman and Bartoszewski. The Road.

Burnetko wrote several policy and legal reports for the Batory Foundation including The Public Service in the Third Republic. Critical Points (2003), Anti-corruption Policy. The Evaluation of Efficiency of Anti-corruption Policies of The Polish Governments in 2001-2011.

Burnetko received many awards including the Polcul Foundation Award (1987), the Award of the Polish Journalist Association for “high standards in journalism in substandard times” (1989).

Burnetko was nominated to the Grand Press Award of the Press Monthly in 2003 in the Best Columnist category. He received the Ace of Empik for Kapuściński—The World is All Too Much (2007), the Klio Award from the Historic Book Publishers Association for Marek Edelman. Life. Just Like That (2008)

Burnetko received the Gold Cross of Merit (2011), the Honorary Medal of the Jewish Culture Center-the Judaica Foundation (2013), the Medal of Merit for the Polish Culture (2015), and the Polonia Restituta Cross of Merit (2015).

Artur Wiecek „Baron”

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish theater and movie director and chairman of the Poland Makes Sense (Polska ma sens) foundation.

His acclaimed debut movie, Angel in Kraków (Anioł w Krakowie, 2002) won several awards, including the Gdynia Movie Festival for the best director debut; and the Viewers’ Award at the Polish Movie Festival in Chicago, Illinois. The movie won four nominations to the Eagle Award, the most renown film industry award in Poland.

His other acclaimed movies include Angel in Love (Zakochany Anioł, 2005), Mr Tischner and His Philosophy the Mountain Dialect (2007), and All Mathew’s Women (2013).

Artur Więcek Baron’s theater work includes Philosophical Cabaret (premiered at the STU Theater in Kraków, 2009), with the script based on Józef Tischner texts. The play, in altered versions, was staged at the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw in 2011, and the National Theater in Szczecin in 2014.

His collaboration with the STU Theater also includes Of Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Other Psychos (based on Rodrigo Muñoz Avia), and Body Art by Réjane Desvignes.

Artur Więcek Baron’s documentary work includes feature films Goralenvolk and Tischner-A Life in Stories. His TV productions include Conversations for the End of the Century (one season); Philosophy in the Mountain Dialect as Told by Rev. Tischner (TV serial) and a cyclic show The Archive of Polish Cultural Evenets.

One of his most acclaimed movies is a documentary Commander Edelman (2008), presented on the Day of the Holocaust by the Bosnia Television Channel One, and at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, the Jewish Motives International Film Festival, the Asolo International Art Festival in Italy, the XVI Jerusalem Film Festival (2009).

The movie won the Viewers’ Award at the XV Nurt Festival in Kielce, Poland.

Artur Więcek Baron has been awarded with the bronze medal of Gloria Artis (2009), the honorary medal of the Jewish Culture Center—the Judaica Foundation (2009) and the Order of Merit for the Polish Culture (2015).

Tomasz Organek

Freedom Games 2019

Leader of the ØRGANEK band, author of texts, stories and music.

Winner of many prestigious awards, including Mateusz Trójka Award, Grzegorz Ciechowski Artistic Award of the City of Toruń , Award of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Tomasz Organek is also the Honorary Ambassador of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the owner of his own Katarzynka in Piernikowa Aleja Gwiazd.

Music director of two editions of the MGO (2016-2017).

Adam Ringer

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A child of post-war Warsaw, an emigrant of 1968.

In Sweden, he worked at the faculty of political science at Stockholm University. In the early nineties, he quit his academic career and switched to business.

He became a consultant and a member of the supervisory boards of many Swedish companies doing business with Poland. After a few years he returned permanently to Warsaw.

Among other things, he sold Gripen fighters, brought the Preem fuel concern and the clothing company KappAhl to Poland, was a ferry shipowner in cooperation with Stena Line.

Since 2000, he has been involved in the international recruitment and training of doctors (www.paragona.com).

In 2003, together with three friends, he opened the Green Coffee cafe in Warsaw. Today he is the president of the network of nearly seventy Green Caffè Nero cafes, and every year there are a dozen or so more.

Sebastian Rejak

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Joined AJC in 2017 and is the Acting Director of the AJC Central Europe Office.

He previously worked for 11 years for the Polish Foreign Ministry in the domain of Polish-Jewish relations; between 2013-2016 he served as Special Envoy of Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs for Relations with the Jewish Diaspora.

In 2016-17, before leaving the Foreign Ministry to join AJC Central Europe, Sebastian was part of NATO Summit Preparatory Team and subsequently the Department of the Americas.

In 2005 he received his Ph.D. in history / sociology from the Graduate School for Social Research (having conducted his research at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and New York City’s New School University).

Sebastian is a member of the Polish Society for Jewish Studies and sits on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Polish-Jewish Studies (affiliated to the University of Oxford).

He has taught courses on the history of Polish Jews at the Warsaw School of Economics and on contemporary American Jewish identities at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Sebastian published and edited several scholarly articles and books, i.a. “Thinking After the Holocaust: Voices from Poland”, “Jewish Identities in Poland and America: The Impact of the Shoah on Religion and Ethnicity” “Inferno of Choices: Poles and the Holocaust”.

He spoke to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences (including on the radio and TV) in Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest, London, Toulouse, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

Sebastian is fluent in English and French and speaks some German, Russian, Italian, and Hebrew.

Born in 1974, married, with three sons and a daughter.

Aleksandra Pucułek

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A graduate of journalism and social communication as well as Polish philology with a specialization in theater and editing at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.

Journalist of “Gazeta Wyborcza” first in Lublin, then in Łódź.

She collaborated with the “Polityka”. Winner of the 4th edition of the Scholarship of Leopold Unger.

In “Gazeta Wyborcza” she deals with educational and social issues.

Marcin Golaszewski

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Chairman of the City Council in Łódź, liberal.

An academic teacher and literary specialist specializing in opposition literature in the Third Reich.

Scholarship holder in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education program for outstanding young scientists, laureate of the Foundation for Polish Science, implementer of the FUGA program of the National Science Center, numerous scholarships from domestic and foreign foundations.

Awarded for the quality of education and contribution to the development of Polish-German relations with the Erwin Stein Foundation Award, former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

He lectured at universities in Germany, USA, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden and Hungary.

Paweł Rutkiewicz

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Journalist at the Lodz branch of Gazeta Wyborcza, occasionally a prose writer.

In 2016, he defended his PhD thesis in literature at the University of Lodz.

Author of the book titled “The Word and the World. Globalization in literature and literary studies”.

Julia Maciocha

An activist, feminist, lesbian working to fight violence and discrimination.

President of the Board of the Fundacja Wolontariat Równości, which coordinates activities related to the organization of the Parada Równości.

In many fields, she supports women and social minorities.

Wiktor Schmidt

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The Executive Chairman of Netguru, the consultancy, product design, and software development company he co-founded in 2008.

Netguru offers consulting, tools, and resources to companies of all shapes and sizes, to make beautifully designed digital products in a way that is fast and fits their needs.

As the executive Chairman, Wiktor is responsible for the company’s external presence, co-running key initiatives such as supporting diversity in the company, developing Netguru’s social footprint and implementing sustainable growth strategies.

Under his leadership as a former CEO, Netguru has become one of the fastest growing companies in EU, recognized by the Financial Times, Deloitte, and Forbes.

Netguru has grown at a rate of nearly 120 percent in 2018, reaching almost 19M EUR in revenue.

The company has completed more than 600 projects, and has nearly 600 employees on board working from all over the world.

Wiktor is a technology enthusiast, investor, and connector.

He acts as a keen mentor in the technology development community through organisations such as YPO, Hive61, and Startup Weekend.

Wiktor is also an active angel investor in several technology startups and a supervisory board member of Ten Square Games, a free-to-play game studio.

Krystian Jazdzewski

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Professor of medicine, geneticist, endocrinologist, co-founder of Warsaw Genomics.

Discovered the gene predisposing to thyroid cancer.

Together with a team of Warsaw Genomics he developed the proprietary method of genetic analysis, which decreased 20-fold the price of the multigene test.

Due to this innovation he was able to start the National Cancer Risk Screening Program, which attracted over 20 000 people in the first year.

The aim of the Program is to identify all the people predisposed to inherited cancers in entire Polish population, and introduce each person at risk into personalized prophylactic plan.

He was honored by the National Award for Vision and Innovation by the Polish Business Roundtable (2017),  Man of the Year in Science and Innovation Award by Readers of “Gazeta Wyborcza” Daily, and One of the Most Influential People in Polish Medicine Award by “Puls Medycyny” Weekly.

Dominika Maison

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Professor, dean of the Faculty of Psychology University of Warsaw.

Her main scientific research is connected to unconscious consumer motives and needs, financial behaviour, and effectiveness of social and CSR campaigns.

In addition to her academic work, from the early 90’s she is involved in several activities related to business, successfully combining science with practice. In 2005 she founded a market research company Maison&Partners.

She is cooperating with several universities (e.g. USA, Belgium, Italy, Indonesia), is the author of numerous publications and gave more than 100 conference presentations.

She is regularly invited to radio and television as an expert in financial behaviours, consumer psychology, and marketing research.

Her last two books were internationally published: The Psychology of Consumer Financial Behavior (Springer, 2019) and Qualitative marketing research. Understanding consumer behaviour (Routledge, 2019).

Paulina Hennig-Kloska

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Member of the parliament of the Republic of Poland, chosen from the representatives of Nowoczesna Ryszarda Petru party. Currently known under the name of Civil Platform Parliamentary Club – Civil Coalition.

Vice-chariman of the Public Finances Parliment Comitee.

Economist and political scientist with the years of experience in business management in such positions as Director of the Bank’s Business Center and General Director in commercial company

Edyta Kocyk

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Co-founder and President of the Management Board of SiDLY, a technology company, the creator of an innovative telecare system based on SiDLY Care’s proprietary telemedicine band, which has been recognized by several thousand users across Europe and has received many international awards.

Author of several publications on innovation, IoT, management.

For her achievements to date in the area of telecare technology development aimed at implementing, among others senior policy Edyta Kocyk received approximately 30 awards at the national and international level.

As a doctoral student at SGH, and the founder of the SiDLY startup, she combines the world of wearable telemedicine innovation with passion and science.

In 2018, she was elected the European CEO of the Year with the title of European Leadreship Award, and was awarded the medal of prof. Abramowski for outstanding achievements in implementing innovation in the area of social policy implementation.

Dariusz Standerski

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A Polish economist and lawyer, a lecturer at the University of Warsaw.

Program Director of Wiosna and Lewica.

Vice-President of Kalecki Foundation.

MP candidate.

Konrad Szolajski

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Author of screenplays, radio plays and novels.

Director of feature films (“The Man from …” 1993, “You must live” 1997, “Operation GOAT” 1999, “Dig deeper” 2011) and documentaries (“And God Created Sex” 2011, “The Battle with Satan” 2015, “The Good Change “2018), books: ” Man of Blood and Bones “1992,” You must live ” 1998, “Wisłocka” 2017,” “Assignment: Fight with Satan” 2019.

He specializes   in creative documentaries and feature films with a strong social hook and intellectually provocative sense of humour.

He runs the ZK Studio film production company. ZK Studio films are distributed in many European countries

Leszek Koczanowicz

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Culture expert, political scientist, philosopher.

He works at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Branch in Wroclaw.

He deals with cultural policy contexts, democracy concepts and policy ethics.

He is interested in philosophy of culture, contemporary culture and art.

He has conducted research and lectures at many foreign universities, including Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Buffalo and Oxford University and the Helsinki College of Advanced Studies (HCAS).

Author of many books, incl. “Wspólnota i emancypacje. Spór o społeczeństwo postkonwencjonalne” (2005), “Politics of Time. Dynamics of Identity in Post-Communist Poland” (2008), “Lęk nowoczesny. Eseje o demokracji i jej adwersarzach” (2011) i “Politics of Dialogue: Non-Consensual Democracy and Critical Community” (2015), “Democracy, dialogue, memory: expression and affect beyond consensus” (2019 z Idit Alphandary).

Jaroslaw Makowski

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Philosopher, theologist, publicist, urban activist, city councillor of Katowice.

In the years 2010-2015 the head of the think tank “Instytut Obywatelski” in Warsaw.

He publishes his texts in “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Rzeczpospolita”, “Polityka”, “Tygodnik Powszechny”, “Znak”, and “Liberte!”.

The author of several books and numerous essays including: “Kobiety uczą Kościół”, “Wariacje Tischnerowskie”.

His most recent book is ‘Pobudka, Kościele’ (2018).

Ralf Fröhlich

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The president of LGBTI Liberals of Europe, a network of national LGBTI organisations in close cooperation with liberal political parties in their country.

The aim of the network is to develop and promote liberal LGBTI policies and facilitate the dialogue between liberal parties and the LGBTI community.

Ralf has been active in liberal parties in both Sweden and Germany and his work life brought him both to the Council of Europe, the United Nations and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce.

He is today the CEO of a communication agency and is the project leader for the establishment of a new international academy of the Esperanto movement.

Frédéric Martel

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He was the attaché of the cultural embassy of France in the United States and Romania.

He lectured at ESSEC Business School, at the Institute of Political Sciences Sciences-Po in Paris, and guest at Harvard University.

His books have been translated into several languages ​​and published in twenty countries.

As a researcher, Martel holds the position of “Senior Research Fellow” at the ZHdK University in Zurich and at the CERI Scientific Research Center as part of the Institute of Political Sciences Sciences-Po Paris, where he conducts research on soft power, influence diplomacy, creative industries, media and the Internet.

He is also an expert at the European Commission as part of the culture team initiated by the President of the European Commission under the name “New Narrative for Europe”.

Martel runs the Soft Power radio show on France Culture. He is also the main reporter of the online magazine Slate.fr.

Sodoma — In the Closet of the Vatican appeared in several languages ​​(including French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Dutch). Translations into another five languages ​​are in progress (into German, Slovenian, Croatian, Brazilian Portuguese and Bulgarian). The book hit first place in the bestseller lists in England, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, the English-speaking part of Canada and the Netherlands, and was also on the New York Times bestseller list in the United States.

Christal Morehouse

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Within Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE) she is Senior Program Officer, responsible for fostering high-level dialogues in EU member states.

She joined the Open Society Foundations in November 2015.

From 2006 to 2015 she worked for the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany, Brussels and Washington DC.

She was Senior Project Manager working in several programmatic areas, such as building think tank networks & fostering high level dialogues in Europe, and migration.

During her over eight years at the organization she conducted policy analysis and published on international higher education, talent, entrepreneurship, migration and integration.

Her past publications include: “An end to Manels” (OSF 2018); “How to keep a competitive edge in the talent game” (Rowman & Littlefield 2014); “Europe’s not got Talent” (Project Syndicate 2014); “Europe needs a talent offensive” (Policy Network, 2014).

In 2006 she was the Head of Office for Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth, the former President of the German Bundestag.

In 2003-4 she was Research Analyst for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

Dr. Morehouse completed her PhD in political science at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 2008.

She holds a master’s degree in political science from the Free University in Berlin and a BA from Wittenberg University in Ohio.

She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and was a Fulbright Scholar. She is a descendant of Henry L Morehouse, namesake of Morehouse College.

Grzegorz Mackiewicz

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President of Pabianice.

The local government knows from scratch – he was the chairman of several committees, the chairman of the City Council, in 2011-2014 the vice president and from 2014 the president of the city.

In 2018, he was re-elected president, receiving 72 percent in the first round. votes.

He also worked in the Poviat Starosty in Pabianice as the head of the Poviat Council Office and head of the Department of Social Infrastructure and Civil Affairs.

He was the head of the marketing department at the Pabianicka Fabryka Narzędzi.

A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz.

Ewa Wojciak

Freedom Games 2019

After earning a degree in Polish philology from the Adam Mickiewicz University, she joined the Theatre of the Eighth Day in the early 1970s.

Characterized by its strong social and political message, the Theatre of the Eighth Day emerged as a student playhouse before turning into an alternative professional theatre during the 1980s.

Its staunch activism and uncompromising attitude made its members the target of political repressions sanctioned by the communist regime.

The troupe experienced arrests, inspections, show trials and, eventually, following the disbanding of the theatre, exile.

Ewa Wójciak left Poland in 1987 with one-way ticket. In this period, the theatre resided in Italy, making ends meet by performing across Europe.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the first non-communist Polish prime minister, asked the Theatre of the Eighth Day to relocate back to Poland.

Upon returning, Ewa Wójciak acted as artistic director and, later, director of the theatre. She’s the author and co-author of its most important manifestos and performances.

Together with the theatre, she visited countless festivals all around Europe, Latin America and Asia, as well as the United States and Russia.

Ewa Wojciak has always been engaged in politics—she participated in the pre-1989 democratic opposition in Poland and co-operated with the Workers’ Defense Committee.

She also co-founded the Poznań Student Committee of the Solidarność movement; an effort for which she was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Together with her colleagues from the theatre, she later returned the order to the then president of Poland Lech Kaczyński, in protest of the omission of Adam Michnik from the celebrations of the anniversary of March 1968.

In 2014, after 14 years as a director, she was fired from the position for political reasons, while the Theatre of the Eighth Day became the target of persecution from the authorities once again.

In spite of that, Ewa Wójciak remains an actress and co-creator of the theatre, while continuing her social and political activity.

She is involved and supports numerous democratic initiatives and human rights organizations.

What’s more, she ran for the European parliament twice (as a candidate of Palikot movement and Wiosna Roberta Biedronia).

However, rather than party politics, she prefers to express her opinions on the most pressing issues through art.

Robert Sobiech

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Director of the Center of Public Policy at Collegium Civitas.

His research interests focus on evaluation research, policy analysis, communication and studies of public opinion.

He worked at the National School of Public Administration and at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences University of Warsaw.

Author of numerous publications and reports prepared for government and self-government administration, non-governmental organizations and international organizations (OECD, UNDP, UNDCP, European Social Dialogue Committee in Central Government Administrations).

 

Photo: copyright Collegium Civitas

Anita Sowinska

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Member of the board of the “Wiosna Roberta Biedronia”, leader of the Lodz region. Economist, MBA post-graduate graduate; specialist in change management (Certified Professional in Accelarating Transitions; Climate-KIC).

Works socially in the area of sustainable development and a democratic state of law.

She is interested in issues on the border of ecology and economics, i.e. the circular economy and energy.

Anna Ciarkowska

Freedom Games 2019

Writer, poet. Literary scholar and philologist by profession, passionate collector of microhistory, dream collector.

She made her debut with a poetry volume _Chłopcy, których kocham._

In March 2019, her second book, _Pestki_, appeared – intimate notes about necessities, duties and girlish entanglement in words.

Jacek Bozek

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Founder and president of Klub Gaja, a social innovator by profession.

An expert in the field of social activities in the area of environmental and animal protection.

Decorated with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for building civil society (2011).

Involved in Club Gaja programs on a national and international scale, among others in the National Campaign “Teraz Wisła” (since 1994); ecological education programs “Zaadoptuj rzekę” (from 2005) and “Święto Drzewa” (from 2003).

Creator of the “Droga Wojownika Gai” social education program.

He lectures and workshops.

At work, he uses various forms of artistic activities.

Directs happenings, performances, including “Żyjący świat”; co-author of the books “Antologii praw zwierząt” (1995), “Jak uratować rzekę” (1997), “Save the River” (1997), “Człowiek i pies” (2003), “Ekologia wyzwaniem XXI wieku” (2011), “O zmienianiu świata Droga Wojowników Gai” (2013).

Dorota Nieznalska

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A graduate of the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

She took part in over two hundred collective and individual exhibitions in the country and abroad.

Her works are in the collections of National Museum in Gdańsk, NOMUS New Museum, MOCAK in Cracow, Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Polish Sculpture Center in Oronsko, Galeria Arsenał in Bialystok, European Solidarity Center in Gdańsk, Norrtelje Konsthalle in Sweden, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie in Regensburg.

In 2012, she received a scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding artistic achievements.

In 2013, she obtained a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Sculpture, major in Intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

In the years 2010-2017 a lecturer at the Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia.

Performs works in the field of sculpture, installation, photography and video.

In her early works she used, among others, religious symbols.

She connected the problem of the strong Catholic tradition prevailing in Poland with male domination in society. She also discussed the issues of identity, sexuality and stereotypical roles of men and women.

Currently, she is interested in issues of social and political relations in the context of violence. She carries out research projects on memorial sites, traces of memory / oblivion and history.

Beata Moskal-Slaniewska

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A graduate of full-time MA studies in journalism and postgraduate studies in European integration at the University of Warsaw.

For over 20 years, she was associated with local, regional and national media, including editorial secretary and editor-in-chief of “Wiadomości Świdnickie”.

She also managed other local magazines. She collaborated with the weekly ‘Niedziela’, Polish Radio Wrocław and the newspaper ‘Słowo Polskie’.

She has been involved in local social affairs for years. She is the initiator of the “Good Christmas” campaign.

She works with many non-governmental organizations, including with the Association of Friends of Sick Children “Serce”.

She was a co-founder of the Women’s Association in Świdnica.

Anna Szybist

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The graduate of Polish Philology at the University of Silesia and of post-graduate studies in Human Resources Management at the University of Management and Banking (WSZiB) in Krakow.

Culture manager, organiser of charity concerts and social campaigns in Krakow.

In years 2014-2018 a councillor of the City of Krakow. She worked, among others in the Committee on Culture and Protection of Monuments and Ecology and Air Protection.

She is a laureate of over 20 Polish nationwide literary song festivals. She sang in Piwnica pod Baranami.

Currently she deals with content marketing and social media.

Aleksandra Jarosz

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Indie games creator.

She is mixing psychology, art, and design to create meaningful experiences.

Her newest title is “Fantastic Fetus” (www.fantasticfetus.com), which is a pregnancy Tamagotchi protest game, where you are taking care of a pregnant woman and create fetus with superpowers.

The previous game she was working on with Pigmentum Game Studio was “Indygo”, a narrative adventure game about depression.

She is also a psychologist, graphics and game designer.

Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.

Hanna Cichy

Freedom Games 2019

She is interested in public finance, labour market and social policy.

A PhD candidate at the Warsaw School of Economics, which she previously graduated with MA in Economics and Law & Economics.

Previously, she worked for the Parliamentary Committee for Economics and Development, where she was responsible for evaluation of economic draft laws.

Earlier, she was tasked with preparation of draft laws on economic and social policy.

She gained experience in the Civil Development Forum Foundation as well.

Kaja Kallas

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An Estonian politician. She is currently Chairwoman of the Estonian Reform Party.

She was previously a Member of the European Parliament where her primary focus was on the Digital Single Market strategy, energy and consumer policies

Before moving to Brussels, she was a Member of the Parliament of Estonia, where she chaired the Economic Affairs Committee.

Before that she worked as an attorney-at-law, specialised in European and Estonian competition law.

In the European Parliament Kaja Kallas served on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).

She was a rapporteur for the jointly drafted strategic report “Towards a Digital Single Market Act” that calls for ambitious action to remove barriers in the digital world as well as to avoid hindering the technological revolution by overregulating the sector.

Paulina Kieszkowska-Knapik

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Advocate, for 20 years advises entrepreneurs and professional organizations in the field of health protection law, in particular pharmaceutical law, reimbursement act and act on curative activities, first working in international law offices, and from 2014 running together with partners own KRK office.

For many years recommended by the Polish (“Rzeczpospolita” and “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”) and international (“Chambers Europe”, “Who’s Who”, “PLC Which Lawyer”) rankings as the best specialist in pharmaceutical law in Poland.

She advises patients’ organizations.

She is a laureate of the 2016 Lawyer of the Year Award in the category of precedent cases of the “Rzeczpospolita” ranking granted to her for conducting pro bono cases for patients in disputes over therapy financing, as well as the Crystal Star Award of the National Forum of Rare Diseases. She also has the title of Advocate Woman 2017.

Co-founder of the Lege Pharmaciae Foundation, a non-governmental organization created to analyze and debate public legal regulations in the health care sector.

She also works in the Civic Legislation Forum at the Stefan Batory Foundation.

She is a co-founder of the # Wolnesądy initiative.

Piotr Pacewicz

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Journalist, activist, doctor of psychology.

In the 1980s he was an editor of the underground “Tygodnik Mazowsze”.

At the Round Table, secretary Bronisław Geremek in the Solidarity team for political reforms.

One of the founders of “Gazeta Wyborcza”, in 1995-2010 her vice-leader.

Author of several thousand interviews, analyzes, reports and comments, author of the TV program and the book “Pociąg osobowy”.

Creator of social campaigns “Rodzić po ludzku”, “Szkoła z klasą”, “Narkopolacy”, “Media bez kobiet”, “Polska biega”.

Feminist, winner of the Diversity Award of the Congress of Women (2014). He defends the rights of LGBTQ.

Co-author (with Marta Konarzewska) of the book “Zakazane miłości. Seksualność i inne tabu”.

Decorated with the Rainbow Laurel (2000), the Hyacynt prize in the media category (2008), the European award “Tolerance” (2007).

Member of the Council of the Polish Drug Policy Network.

From June 2016, he is the editor-in-chief of the OKO.press, investigative and analytical portal.

Miroslaw Sopek

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Graduated from the Faculty of Technical Physics, Information Technology and Applied Mathematics of the Lodz University of Technology.

He obtained his doctoral degree at the Faculty of Chemistry in the field of Theoretical Chemistry.

He worked as assistant professor and lecturer at Lodz University of Technology (molecular modeling), the University of Humanities and Economics (e-commerce/cryptography) and the National Film School in Lodz (computer graphics).

In 1989, he founded Mako Typesetting, which he transformed into MakoLab in 1993.

Between 1996 and 2000 he worked abroad: first as a scientist and programmer at HyperCube, Inc. in Waterloo, Canada, then as manager of IT projects and systems designer at HyperCube USA, Inc. in Gainesville, Florida, USA.

In 2007, he transformed MakoLab SA into a joint stock company, which debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in December of that year.

In March 2008 he assumed the position of Vice-President of the Board and CTO of MakoLab SA

Under his guidance, MakoLab was transformed into a Digital Solutions Agency.

The company currently specializes in digital services for the automotive and financial industries. MakoLab has departments around the world: in Warsaw, Paris, London and Gainesville, USA.

Between 2013 and 2016 he was the president of Chemical Semantics, Inc. – an American company specialized in the application of semantic technologies to chemistry.

Since 2017 he led MakoLab USA, Inc. which is a US branch for MakoLab and since 2018 – LEI.INFO – a startup in the digital identification market for companies.

Furthermore, Mirek Sopek supervised the creation of the Research and Development team at MakoLab SA that deals with semantic technologies, among other things. As part of these activities, he organized three international conferences (MakoLab Semantic Day in Paris and Warsaw) and initiated MakoLab’s cooperation with the schema.org team (a consortium of Google, Bing & Yahoo) and the EDMC consortium (which involves companies from the financial sector). As a result of this cooperation, extensions of schema.org were created for the automotive industry and the banking sector.

Mirek Sopek is the founder and co-administrator of two communities within the W3C–GAO (automotive ontologies) and FIBO (a financial ontology). Today he develops innovative Blockchain projects (GraphChain and Quantum Blockchain).

He also participates in activities outside of his professional life: he is a member of the Board of the Monumentum Iudaicum Lodzense foundation in Łódź and founder of the World Without End Publishing House, which popularizes unusual translations of the Bible to the Polish language.

Ewa Szmitka

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A graduate of sociology at the University of Lodz, co-founder of the Fiero Pizza Network, currently a consultant of social enterprises at the Opus Center.

Co-founder of the Kontra Sports Club – the only sports club in Poland in Lodz and probably in Poland that brings together footballers, volleyball players and amateur basketball players.

Initiator of the “Kobiety na boiska!” project. A creator of many sports initiatives: Fiero Family Sport Picnic! Cup, amateur football, beach volleyball and women’s street basketball tournament – Fiero! Women’s Cup.

Currently, she plays football in the third-league Zawisza Fiero Rzgów, elected to the club’s board (club for 70 years only had a men’s football section), in the Football Association of Łódź she works in the committee on futsal and beach soccera, promotes women’s football.

Her next project will be called “Sportsmenki do Zarządów!”

Anna Kurowska

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Doctor habilitated in social sciences, economist and political scientist, assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies at the University of Warsaw.

Author of research and publications in the field of family policy, in particular the instruments for reconciling work and family life.

Head of nationwide and international research projects in this area (grants of the Foundation for Polish Science and the National Science Center).

He specializes in quantitative research and analysis of social policy in a perspective oriented to the real possibilities (capability approach).

Her scientific profile can be found here.

Andrzej Leder

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Studied philosophy in the Warsaw University and prepared his PhD in philosophy in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

He works on the political philosophy and philosophy of culture, applying phenomenological and psychoanalytical tools, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis.

Has published books in Polish, English The Changing Guise of Myths (2013) and in German Polen im Wachtraum. Die Revolution 1939–1956 und ihre Folgen (2019).

His main work in political philosophy Sleepwalking the Revolution. Exercise in Historical Logics (2014) was vastly discussed in Poland and nominated to literary and scientific awards.

He has also published articles in English and French philosophical reviews.

Alicja Pacewicz

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Co-founder of the Center for Citizenship Education and the School with Class Foundation.

Initiator and co-author of numerous educational programs: Kształcenie Obywatelskie w Szkole Samorządowej (KOSS), Szkoła z Klasą 2.0, Nauczycielka I Klasa, Ślady Przeszłości, Młodzi Głosują, Solidarna Szkoła, Noc Bibliotek, Włącz się. Młodzi i Media, Filmoteka Szkolna. Akcja! and others

Author of textbooks and methodical publications for knowledge about society and entrepreneurship.

Co-organizer of international educational projects, including Networking European Citizenship Education (NECE).

A member of the Historical and Program Collegium of the European Solidarity Center and the Education Council of the EFC Foundation.

Marta Poslad

Freedom Games 2019

Joined Google in 2012.

Before becoming the Head of Public Policy & Government Relations in Central and Eastern Europe Marta was responsible for privacy & security policy in EMEA, as well as analyzing impact of new technologies on societies and democracies on the academic front.

She is a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow, Aspen Institute Young Leader and an alumni of Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights’ Programme.

A graduate of sociology at the University of Cambridge and political science at the University of Warsaw.

Tomasz Trela

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the Faculty of Organization and Management at the Lodz University of Technology, he also completed a postgraduate study in finance and company strategy at the University of Lodz.

From 2010, he was a councilor of the City Council, and from 2013 he was also the chairman of the Council of the Alliance of the Democratic Left Alliance.

As the First Vice President, he is responsible for tasks related to education, entrepreneurship and the labor market, municipal economy as well as sport and recreation.

Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz

Freedom Games 2019

The director of the forumIdei of the Stefan Batory Foundation, former Polish ambassador in Moscow and deputy minister of Foreign Affairs.

For years associated with the Warsaw Centre for Eastern Studies.

Doctor of social sciences, specializes in foreign policy.

Nina Gabrys

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder of the Association “One Hundred Years of Women’s Voice”, organizer of the Celebrations of the Centennial of Electoral Rights of Polish Women in Krakow and author of the campaign “Indepndent Culture of Women”.

Councilor of the City of Krakow and chairwoman of the Krakow Council for Equal Treatment.

Coordinator of the “IVF for Cracovians” campaign.

A feminist and commentator, the author of the blog “Female politician”.

Graduate of History at the Jagiellonski University and a “Humanity in Action” fellow.

She works as a content designer and interactive exhibition designer for cultural institutions, museums and science centers.

Piotr Voelkel

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder VOX Capital Group, which includes companies operating in related industries, such as manufacturing of construction materials, interior design, and furniture design.

He is a co-founder of Concordia Design, a design center in Poznań, and VOX-ARTIS Foundation for the promotion of Polish contemporary art.

He is also the President of Wielkopolskie Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych [The Greater Poland Society of Zachęta National Gallery of Art], whose collection is included in the permanent exhibit at the National Museum in Poznań.

Additionally, he co-founded Collegium Da Vinci, a higher education institution offering degree programs in Arts and Engineering (IT), in Poznań, as well as Da Vinci Education Group that includes primary, middle and secondary schools.

Piotr Voelkel, a businessman, art connoisseur, promoter of Polish design, sponsor of multiple cultural and educational projects, and a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restitute for outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of Polish business and for contributions to the community.

Krystyna Szumilas

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the Science and Youth Education Committee in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. A former Minister of National Education in the second government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

In the years 1975-1991, she worked at the elementary school in Knurow as a teacher of mathematics. In the years 1991-2001, she was active in local governments (in the City Hall in Knurow and the Starosty of the Gliwice District). She participated in the process of taking over schools by the local government and managed the work of schools, kindergartens, and other educational institutions.

She has held a parliamentary mandate since 2001. Since November 2007, she was the secretary of state in the Ministry of National Education, responsible for the quality of education, including the core curriculum, textbooks, organizing school work, pedagogical supervision, and teacher training.

On November 18, 2011, President Bronislaw Komorowski appointed her to the office of the Minister of National Education in the second government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. She held the office for two years.

In the Sejm of the 8th term, she is the Vice-President of the Science and Youth Education Committee.

Marek Tatala

Freedom Games 2019

Vice President and Economist at the Civil Development Forum (FOR Foundation) in Warsaw, Poland – a think tank founded by Professor Leszek Balcerowicz.

He obtained his BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol in England and MA in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics in Poland.

He completed the CPPR-ACE Winter School in Public Policy Research Methods in India and the “Think Tank MBA” program organized by the Atlas Network. He is the graduate of the “Atlas Leadership Academy” and alumni of the “Advancing Democracy” program organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and American Jewish Committee. 

He frequently speaks at various conferences and comments on economic and political topics on television, radio and other traditional and social media.

Marcin Urbaniak

Freedom Games 2019

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Pedagogical University of Cracow, where he deals mainly with environmental ethics, neuroethics, and morality in the animal world.

He is the organizer of regular scientific conferences devoted to issues of animal welfare and rights as well as nature protection.

An author of specialist publications in the field of ethics, ecology, and philosophy of evolution.

Additionally, he is a social activist, cooperating with non-governmental organizations, focusing on ecological education as well as coordination of activities and projects for the protection of animals and nature.

Karolina Kuszlewicz

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer, an expert in the field of legal protection of animals and nature. A feminist and commentator, the author of the blog “W imieniu zwierząt i przyrody – głosem adwokata” (On Behalf of Animals and Nature – The Lawyer’s Voice).

A defender of animal rights in lawsuits, known among others for winning a 2016 case in the Supreme Court for protection of carp from inhumane treatment. In 2018, she was appointed by the Polish Ethical Society a spokesperson for animal protection.

A plenipotentiary of the people in the case of the “free cows” from Deszczno.

A member of the Legislative Commission at the Supreme Bar Council inPoland.

She is a regular contributor to the prawo.pl.pl webportal and Krytyka Polityczna.

In November 2017, she was awarded the first place in the “Rising Stars – Leaders of Tomorrow” in the law category.

Karolina Lewicka

Freedom Games 2019

Political journalist of Radio Tok FM, leading the program “Wywiad polityczny”.

Previously associated with TVP for over a dozen years. She was a Sejm reporter and columnist and reported all electoral campaigns in 2005-2015.

Winner of the “Wolność słowa” award of the Unio de Periodistes Valencias Association.

Political scientist, graduate of the University of Adam Mickiewicz. She lectures at Collegium Civitas.

She is interested in history, political marketing and theater.

Martin Svárovský

Freedom Games 2019

The Head of the Security Strategies Program and Senior Fellow at the European Values Think-Tank (since 2019).

Before he served 19 years at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs including as the Deputy Director of the Central European Department and the Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Czech Embassies to Budapest and to Warsaw.

He is author of the concept of the Czech-Polish Forum and of the mechanisms of commissioning analyses for the MFA (“operative analyses scheme“).

Mr. Svárovský regularly publishes articles on Security policy, Trans-Atlantic relations and the Czech Foreign Policy (www.russkiivopros.com, www.onwar.eu, www.aktualne.cz).

Jarema Piekutowski

Freedom Games 2019

Chief social expert of the “Nowa Konfederacja”, sociologist and journalist, permanent collaborator of the Social Challenges Unit of the University of Warsaw and Fundacja Pole Dialogu, co-owner of the non-profit enterprise Centrum Rozwoju Społeczno-Gospodarczego sp. z o.o. Member of the Laboratorium Więzi.

His most important research and journalistic interests are related to culture, the labor market and civil society.

He published his articles, among others in “Rzeczpospolita” (“Plus Minus”), “Tygodnik Powszechny” and “Więzi”.

He is the author and co-author of many publications, such as “Kultura i rozwój. Analizy, rekomendacje, studia przypadków” edited by Jerzy Hausner, Izabela Jasińska, Mikołaj Lewicki and Igor Stokfiszewski (2017) and”Pomysłowość miejska. Studium trajektorii realizacji oddolnych inicjatyw mieszkańców Warszawy” (2017).

He also published a biographical novel “G.K.Chesterton” (eSPe Publisher). He comes from Szczecin, lives in Warsaw.

Andrzej Zybala

Freedom Games 2019

A professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he is scientifically involved in the issues of labor relations, public policy, public governance, and social dialogue.

Editor-in-chief of the quarterly Studia z Polityki Publicznej / Public Policy Studies, published at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Author of many academic articles and books.

Recently, he published a book entitled “Polski umysł na rozdrożu. Wokół kultury umysłowej w Polsce” (2016).

Author of many journalistic texts, including in the Rzeczpospolita daily.

Agnieszka Zakrzewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist and writer specializing in church and Vatican issues, a native of Łódź living in Rome, from where as a correspondent of the Polish media she talks about the backstage of the Church and the Vatican.

In particular, those matters that most affect the problem of women in the functioning of this institution, pedophilia, homosexuality, the secularization of modern society, and the transformations of the Catholic Church in the post John Paul II era.

Author of four books.

The publishing house of Czarna Owca published two volumes of her critical talks about the contemporary Catholic Church, “Voices from outside the choir” and “Vatican Labyrinth.”

The latter was also translated into Italian and published by Newton Compton Editori. Member of the Association of Foreign Journalists in Italy since 2000.

Repeatedly hosted on Italian television commenting on events in Poland.

As a speaker, she performed at the Internazionale Festival in Ferrara, at the University of La Sapienza in Rome, and at the Flash Back Festival in Turin.

Bálint Magyar

Freedom Games 2019

Having obtained his University Doctoral degree in Political Economy and MA in History and Sociology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest – started his career as a researcher (1977-1990) at different research institutes.

Between 1979 and 1990 he was a human right activist of the anti-communist opposition movement. Since its foundation in 1988 until 2009 he was one of the leaders of the Hungarian Liberal Party (Alliance of Free Democrats). Between 1988 and 1990 he took part in architecting the new democracy and negotiating about the peaceful transition.

He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.

He was Vice President of the National Development Council (2006-2008) and Secretary of State for Development Policy related to EU funds (2007-2008).

Dr. Magyar was a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (2008-2012).

Since 2010 he is a senior researcher of the Financial Research Institute at Budapest.

Since 2010 he has been engaged by Unicef, Open Society Foundation and European Roma Right Center in different missions as a consultant to enhance education reforms in some countries of East Europe (Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Czech Republic). In the years of 2011-2014 he took part in different missions as an NDI (US) expert in supporting democratic transition and election observer in Libya and Tunisia.

From September 2015 until October 2016 he was an Open Society Fellow for carrying out comparative studies in post-communist regimes. In 2017 he gave a seminar as a Hans Speier Professor at The New School for Social Research in New York.

Since 2013 he has edited and published – renewing the descriptive language – several books on post-communist regimes. His book on the Hungarian Mafia State was published – beyond Hungarian – in English, Russian, Bulgarian and Polish as well. The book: Stubborn Structures – Reconceptualizing Post-Communist Regimes edited and partly written by him came out in February 2019 at the CEU Press.

Between October 2018 and June 2019 he was a senior research fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, CEU, Budapest.

Olle Schmidt

Freedom Games 2019

Vice President of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the Liberal foundation and the think tank of the Alde-Party.

He is also a Senior Consultant of Hume Brophy, specialised in financial services.

Member of European Parliament 1999-2004, 2006-2014.

Delegation leader in the EP for the Swedish Liberal Party, Liberalerna.

In the European Parliament, Olle Schmidt was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a substitute member of the Committee on Consumer Protection and the Internal Market, the Committee on Budgetary Control, a member of the Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering, a member of the special committee on the financial, economic and social crises and a member of the European Parliament Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

From 2013 until 2015, he was Vice-President for the Alde Party. He has been a directly elected member of the three political levels in Sweden: the National Parliament, the Regional Parliament of Skåne and the City Council of Malmö.

He was also a member of the leadership in the Liberal Party 2007-2014.

photo: Ghislain Bruyere

Agata Czachorska

Freedom Games 2019

Passionate about sustainable development, associated with CSR for years.

At IKEA since 2009; she dealt with, among others implementation of eco-standards, CRM campaigns and social activities, cooperation with non-governmental organizations and the process of participation and dialogue with residents in commercial investments.

Currently, she is managing the Circular IKEA Poland project, focusing on innovations and developing the offer of circular services and activities, including the possibilities of extending the life of home furnishings and the furniture subscription model.

Danuta Hübner

Freedom Games 2019

The first Polish commissioner of the European Union in 2004-2009.

Member of the European Parliament from 2009. Chairwoman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (2014-2019) and the Committee on Regional Policy of the EP (2009-2014).

From July 2019: member of the Committee on International Trade, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Coordinator of the Group of the European People’s Party in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

Former Minister of European Affairs, former head of the Office of the Committee for European Integration.

From 2011, the Prime Minister of the Shadow Cabinet of the Women’ Congress.

Andrea Virág

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

A Hungarian researcher and analyst at Republikon Institute, where she is also responsible for international projects.

In 2015, she obtained a BA in Political Science from the Faculty of Law and a BA in History from the Faculty of Humanities at the Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE). She studied survey statics at ELTE TÁTK (Faculty of Social Sciences), where she taught statistics for BA students.

Previously, she contributed to various research projects at ELTE and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, gaining valuable experience in quantitative research methods.

Her main research interest include voting behavior and the political system of Hungary.

Joanna Ellmann

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Graduate of History of Art at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, Public Relations at the University of Warsaw and the Gdańsk Academy of Debate.

President of the Aureus Link Foundation dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship.

Councilor of the Osiedle Św. Lazarus in Poznan.

She was a member and the head of many electoral staffs.

Her great passion is quantum mechanics, Amarna art and culture, works of Witkacy, Oscar Wilde, David Lynch, current political and social events.

Andrzej Dragan

Freedom Games 2019

He combines the general theory of relativity with quantum theory at the University of Warsaw.

Visiting professor at the University of Singapore, laureate of the “Polityka” award, the Minister of National Education award, the Foundation for Polish Science award, the European Science Foundation award and the Polish Physical Society award.

Photographer of the Year of the British magazine “Digital Camera”, nominated for the Golden Lion at the Cannes advertising festival, winner of the Best in Show British magazine “Creative Review” and the Golden Sword KTR for his debut film (Time dilation), nominated for the Yach Award for his debut music video (Behemoth ).

Jolanta Kurska

Freedom Games 2019

Politic scientist, president of the Foundation Prof. Bronisław Geremek Centre.

Book translator.

Author of ‘Rozmowy w Avignionie’ (also published in French).

She regularly collaborates with French scientific journals such as “La vie des idées” (Collège de France), “Hermès” (CNRS, French PAS), quarterly “Commentaire” and with the French daily press.

She also publishes in Gazeta Wyborcza.

Jowita Michalska

Freedom Games 2019

President of Digital University, a foundation dedicated to the development of strategic digital competences, which cooperates with MIT, Harvard Business School, Stanford University, NYU Stern and many lecturers from around the world.

The Foundation deals with the education of managers in the area of new technologies by organizing programs for the management staff, study trips, workshops, trainings and conferences.

Ambassador of Singularity University – an American think-tank from Silicon Valley, which educates and inspires leaders to apply technologies that face the great challenges of humanity.

Detmar Doering

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

The designated representative of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit for Central Europe and the Baltic States in Prague. Until 2015 he was the director of the Liberales Institut (Liberty Institute), the think tank of the Foundation in Berlin.

He has studied philosophy and history at Cologne University (Ph.D. in Political Philosophy in 1990) and University College London.

He authored several books: Kleines Lesebuch über den Liberalismus (ed., translated into 22 languages/English translation: Readings in Liberalism, published by the Adam Smith Institute) (1992), The Political Economy of Secession (ed., with Jürgen Backhaus) (2004), Kleines Lesebuch über den Föderalismus (2005), Globalisation: Can the free market work in Africa?(2007), Traktat über Freiheit (2009), Freedom, The Rule of Law, and Market Economy (2011), Freedom – Frontier – Ford. Der amerikanische Western in der politischen Bildung (ed., with. Klaus Füßmann) (2012).

He also published numerous articles in German and international academic journals and daily newspapers on economic, political and historical subjects. Member of the Mont Pelerin Society since 1996.

Tomasz Mazur

Freedom Games 2019

A modern practicing stoic, doctor of philosophy, a graduate of the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw, where for twelve years he lectured on philosophy and conducted seminars devoted to theories of values ​​and stoic philosophy.

In 2009, he founded the informal Stoic Practice Center and began organizing public meetings, lectures, workshops and seminars aimed at popularizing Stoicism as an art of living.

Since 2017, he has been involved in the Stoic Way project, under which a stoic online course was launched.

He published a number of books popularizing philosophy as such, as well as stoical philosophy, including: O stawaniu się stoikiem (2014) and Wielki spokój. Trzydzieści antycznych lekcji dobrego życia według Muzoniusza Rufusa (2018).

He conducts meetings, workshops and individual philosophical-stoic consultations.

Professionally, he is also currently the coordinator of the International Baccalaureate Program (IBDP) in the Paweł Jasienica Social Secondary School “Dwójka”, in everyday work, using stoic strategies and values.

His latest book, published by Wydawnictwo Znak, Zakazana historia filozofów, a multilevel and multi-layered fictional incentive to philosophy, combining elements of burlesque, romance and the history of philosophy.

Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus

Freedom Games 2019

Parliamentarian of the 8th term of the Polish parliament, sociologist.

A graduate of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the School for Leaders of Civil Society.

Culture manager.

Renata Mienkowska-Norkiene

Freedom Games 2019

Polish professor of political science, sociologist, mediator, living in Warsaw and Vilnius (in Luxembourg soon); associate professor at the University of Warsaw and a professor at the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius.

Prof. Mieńkowska-Norkiene’s main scientific fields of interests are: European integration and conflict management, however, she deal scientifically also with most crucial topics of political science (e. g. democracy, political systems).

She spent some time at the University of Vilnius, Liechtenstein-Institut, EURAC European Academy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles and SciencePo in Paris.

She worked in the European Commission.

Prof. Mieńkowska-Norkiene was a producer of a TV show: “In the middle of Europe” in Lithuanian national TV.

She cooperates with numerous scientific journals (as a reviewer), NGOs (as a member of Program Councils and an expert) and TV programs (as a commenting expert).

Piotr Beniuszys

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

A Polish political scientist and sociologist.

A member of the editorial team and author of numerous publications at Liberté!.

He specializes in the evolution of liberal thought and in the history of Western European liberal parties.

Marcin Gerwin

Freedom Games 2019

A political scientist and specialist for sustainable development and deliberative democracy.

Coordinator of citizen panels.

Co-founder of the Sopocka Inicjatywa Rozwojowa, which led to the organization of the first civic budget in Poland at the city level.

Author of the books ‘Żywność i demokracja’, ‘Żywność przyjazna dla klimatu’ and a guide to citizen panels.

Michal Wawrykiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer. He has been practicing in Warsaw since 2003.

From the beginning of the constitutional crisis in 2015, he was involved in the defense of the rule of law.

Expert of parliamentary groups on the Constitutional Order and the Rule of Law and on the Reform of Justice, author of numerous opinions for BAS on judicial decisions.

In 2017, he co-founded the initiative #WolneSądy, which constantly deals with activities for the independence of the judiciary, prepares films, infographics and live coverage (a total of over 450 materials), organizes protests, demonstrations, debates and conferences.

Along with #WolneSądy awarded for public activity with Newsweek Teresa Torańska’s award and TOK FM Anna Laszuk’s award for 2018.

In 2018 he was one of the initiators of the Committee for the Defense of Justice (KOS). As part of the KOS, he represents the repressed judges of common courts and judges of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court over 65 in proceedings aimed at blocking their removal from the active state under the Supreme Court Act of 2017.

Together with adv. Sylvia Gregorczyk-Abram, on behalf of the judges of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court, appears before the CJEU in proceedings brought about by judicial questions related to the independence of the judiciary, including the National Court Register and the Disciplinary Chamber.

He is the co-author of the book ‘Konstytucja. Praworządność. Władza sądownicza. Aktualne problemy trzeciej władzy w Polsce’ published in 2019., which describes the violation of the rule of law and defense activities undertaken by legal and civic circles.

Daniel Milo

Freedom Games 2019

Senior Research Fellow at the GLOBSEC Policy Institute.

Studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava and holds a Doctor of Law degree in criminal law.

His main field of expertise is extremism, cyberhate, international extremist networks and use of propaganda by foreign actors.

He published or co-authored several publications on these issues including analytical report mapping the connections between Kremlin and far-right political actors in Slovakia.

He previously worked as a Chairman at a national anti-racist NGO in Slovakia, Adviser at OSCE-Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw and the Coordinator of anti-extremist policies at the Office of the Minister of Interior.

Magdalena Galkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

An ecofeminist, vegan.

Social activist, politician.

Board member of the Łódź Dziewuchy Dziewuchom, co-organizer of the protest against the anti-abortion law in 2016 in Łódź.

Chairwoman of the Łódź Circle and Regional Coordinator of the province Lodz of the Polish Green Party, candidate from the KE to the European Parliament 2019.

Activist at the Vegetarians International Voice For Animals (Viva!) and in the Lodz Antisemovcy Movement, an activist of  Poland for Animals and Earth Strike Łódź.

A member of the Citizens’ Committees of the Legislative Initiative: Ratujmy Kobiety 2017 and the Świeckie Państwo Project.

Przemyslaw Staciwa

Freedom Games 2019

TV reporter, journalist.

He works with Liberté! and Krytyka “Polityczna”.

Laureate of the Kryształowy Ekran of the Polish Chamber of Electronic Communication.

Marta Florkiewcz-Borkowska

Freedom Games 2019

The teacher of German at Primary School Karola Miarki in Pielgrzymowice, educational trainer, educator in the field of modern solutions in education and personal development, trainer and expert in many nationwide programs related to digital and media education.

Author of articles on the use of modern technologies in education and the use of art therapy in education as well as many pedagogical innovations.

Speaker at educational conferences, cooperates with many educational institutions, co-organizer of the all-day online conference EduMocOnline, a certified art therapist, participant of improvement workshops and the Futur Classroom Lab program in Brussels, speaker at the TEDxRawaRiver conference in Katowice.

It belongs to the Superbelfrzy RP community. A science fan by design method, design thinking, reversed class, teaching through teaching and modern technologies.

Propagator of using board games, activating games and creative methods in education as well as connecting offline and online.

Teacher of the Year 2017.

Microsoft Innovation Educator Expert 2018-2019. Featured by Wysokie Obcasy in the group of 50 Bold Women 2017.

Nominated in Gazeta Wyborcza plebiscite “People of the Year 2018” in the category “Exemplary performance”.

Coordinator of the project “Devourers of Sorrows” and co-coordinator of the project of the social campaign of Words Krzywdzą.

Barbara Nowacka

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish  politician and feminist activist, the leader of Polish Initiative and Civic Coalition.

A left activist, formerly in Labor United, and later in Your Movement, in October 2015 she became leader of the United Left coalition for the Polish parliamentary election, 2015, bringing together Labor United, Your Movement, the Democratic Left Alliance, the Greens, and the Polish Socialist Party.

In 2014, she  joined Janusz Palikot’s Your Movement, becoming a joint leader, and helped to create the United Left, a broad coalition.

In 2016, Foreign Policy magazine included Nowacka, together with Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk of Razem, on its annual list of the 100 most influential global thinkers for their role in organizing protests against a total ban on abortion in Poland.

Photo: Adrian Grycuk || CC 3.0

Pawel Pieniazek

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish journalist cooperating with Tygodnik Powszechny.

He reported on the events in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine. His articles were published, among others on the Gazeta.pl portal, in Gazeta Wyborcza and Krytyka Polityczna.

He is an author of several books: Nowa wojna w Syrii (Wydawnictwo Czarne 2019), Wojna, która nas zmieniła (Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej 2017), and Pozdrowienia z Noworosji (Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej 2015). The English translation of the latter book appeared in the United States with the introduction written by Professor Timothy Snyder.

A two-time nominee for the MediaTory award, as well as for the Award of Beata Pawlak and the “Ambassador of New Europe” award.

A Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale University.

Anna Wojciuk

Freedom Games 2019

Polish political scientist at the University of Warsaw, deals with the issue of the strength of states in the international arena.

Conducted scientific research, including at Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University, European University Institute.

Author of the books: “Imperia Knowledge. Education and science as factors of the strength of states in the international arena” [ed. International Routledge 2018] and “Power Dilemma. Practical theory of international relations”.

President of Social Contract Incubator (Inkubator Umowy Społecznej or IUS)

Antoni Dudek

Freedom Games 2019

A Professor of humanities, Head of the Department of Institutions and Political Behaviors at the Institute of Political Science of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.

In the years 2011-16, he was a member of the Council of the Institute of National Remembrance. Since 2018, he has been the Vice-President of the Association of the Incubator of the Social Contract.

He is an author and co-author of over a dozen books on the history of Poland in the 20th century and the history of Polish political thought.

His most important works are devoted to the history of Poland under the communist rule (Państwo i Kościół w Polsce 1945-1970, Cracow 1995; PRL bez makijażu, Cracow 2008), system transformation (Reglamentowana rewolucja. Rozkład dyktatury komunistycznej w Polsce 1988-1990, Cracow 2004) and political system transformation in modern-day Poland (Historia polityczna Polski 1989-2015, Cracow 2016; Od Mazowieckiego do Suchockiej. Polskie rządy w latach 1989-1993, Cracow 2019).

Krzysztof Dudek

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer and cultural manager.

In the 1980s, he was an activist of the democratic opposition. Member of the national authorities of the Independent Students’ Association. Vice-President of the NZS University of Lodz. Participant of the Orange Alternative (Diocese of Lodz) detained several times by the SB. Councilor of the regional council of the Lodz region.

The chairman of the chapter of the Order “Zasłużony dla polszczyzny” awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland. Decorated with a silver cross of merit, the AK’s jubilee cross.

The creator of the project “Right to culture with human rights”.

Director of the National Center for Culture in the years 2007-2016. Chief Director of the Kazimierz Dejmek’s New Theatre in Lodz.

Piotr Siergiej

Freedom Games 2019

The Spokesman for Polish Smog Alert and an activist of Warszawa Bez Smogu (Warsaw Without Smog).

He worked as an editor of the Ecology Desk at the wyborcza.pl portal. He is also a leading editor of the ChronmyKlimat.pl portal and a spokesperson in the Polish Climate Coalition.

His articles have been published in Gazeta Wyborcza and Tygodnik Powszechny.

Michal Boni

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician and culture expert. A long-time lecturer at the Department of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw. Since 1980, he was involved in the Solidarity movement – in 1989, he became a Member of the Board of Solidarity, and, in 1990, the President of the Mazowsze Region Board.

In 1991, he assumed the position of the Minister of Labor and Social Policy. In the years 1992-93, he was the Secretary of State in this ministry, where he was responsible, among others, for the labor market.

Member of the Polish Parliament of the first term. Since 1995, he led the project on Social Policy Reform at the Stefan Batory Foundation. In the years 1996-97, he was the Director and a member of the Institute of Public Affairs. Between 1998 and 2001, a Chief Adviser to the Minister of Labor and Social Policy. Until 2007, he was a consultant at Enterprise Investors in the field of human resource management.

A key expert cooperating in shaping the National Development Plan and the National Action Plan for the years 2007-2013 in Poland.

Until 2007, he was an advisor at the Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan.

Since January 2008, Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. He was one of the authors of the “Solidarity of Generations 50+” program, which was aimed at helping people over 50 years old operate in the labor market.

Since 2008, he was the Head of Strategic Advisors of the Prime Minister. Under his leadership, the team carried out social evaluation projects.

On November 18, 2011, he was sworn in as Minister of Digitization and Administration.

Since April 25, 2014, he was a Member of the European Parliament. In the 2019 EP elections, he did not, however receive a mandate.

Milosz Hodun

Freedom Games 2019

Doctor of law and lawyer associated with the Faculty of Law of the University of Reykjavik.

Member of the board of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the think tank of the ALDE party.

Advisor in International Relations for Nowoczesna. Earlier, an expert at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.

Member of the Board of the association Projekt: Polska.

Co-founder and first chairman of the Projekt: Polska.is, the organization of young Poles in Iceland.

Editor of the publications “European Atlas of Democratic Deficit”, “The New Word”, “Liberal Agenda Against Online Hate Speech”

Katalin Cseh

Freedom Games 2019

A Hungarian politician and doctor. In the 2019EP election, she was elected a Member of the European Parliament.

She worked, among others, in hospitals in Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro, as well as an academic teacher.

She was a member of LiFE, an organization of young  liberals.

In 2015, she was one of the founding members of the Momentum movement, which later transformed into the Momentum Movement party. She became the spokesperson for international affairs and chairwoman of the working group on health. She was a member of the party’s collegiate committee, from which she left in 2018 after the election defeat of the party.

In 2019, she became a member of “Team Europe”, a seven-member group of leaders of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European elections, in which she also obtained the mandate.

Photo: Lcanohdp // CC 4.0

Marek Belka

Freedom Games 2019

Polish economist, MEP elected in May 2019. A Professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland.

From 2006 to 2008, he was Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe(ECE). On 27 December 2005, he was appointed by the Secretary-General as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

He is an Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. In October 2013 he was elected into the Polish Economy Hall of Fame.

Bernard Guetta

Freedom Games 2019

A French journalist and columnist, specialist in the field of geopolitics. In 2019, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament.

In the years 1978-1990, he was a member of the editorial team of Le Monde. Since 1979, he operated as a correspondent reporting on Central and Eastern Europe. He covered, among others events in Poland, including the strikes of August 1980, the First National Congress of Delegates of NSZZ “Solidarność”, and the introduction of martial law.

In 1981, he was awarded the prestigious Prix Albert-Londres prize in journalism.

Since 1983, he worked as a correspondent in Washington, and, since 1988, in Moscow.

After leaving Le Monde, he managed the editorial team of the L’Expansion magazine (1991-1993) and the Le Nouvel Observateur weekly (1996-1999). For 27 years, until 2018, he was also a commentator for the public radio station France Inter.

In the 2019 EP election, he was elected an MEP, running from the LaREM ballot.

Photo: David.Monniaux // CC 3.0

Ricardo Silvestre

Freedom Games 2019

International Officer for the Liberal Social Movement, a think tank in Portugal.

A finalist in a masters course in Diplomacy and International Relations, with an interest in protecting democracy in the digital era, social liberalism as an alternative for neoliberalism, and European and North American affairs.

He leads the Liberal Europe Podcast – a European Liberal Forum project, which aims to spread liberal values and ideas in Europe and the rest of the world. You can find the podcast here.

A Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, a Professor at a private Lisbon university and a Senior Officer in the Portuguese government, working in a Human Performance Lab.

Piotr Augustyniak

Freedom Games 2019

A professor of philosophy, translator, essayist, author of books, articles, and theater performances.

He is a Professor at the University of Economics in Krakow. In the years 2011-2012, he was a scholarship holder of the Austrian Republic at the University of Vienna. He published, among others Wyspianski. Burzenie polskiego kosciola and Homo polacus. Eseje o polskiej duszy.

A member of the editorial staff of Przegląd Polityczny and the editorial team of Liberte!. He has also published articles in Gazeta Wyborcza, Znak, Respublika and Tygodnik Powszechny.

At the Juliusz Slowacki Theatre in Krakow, together with Bartosz Szydlowski, he conducts a series of theatrical and philosophical meetings called “The Art of Thinking”.

Tom G. Palmer

Freedom Games 2019

The George M. Yeager Chair for Advancing Liberty and executive vice president for international programs at the Atlas Network, and is responsible for establishing operating programs in 14 languages and managing programs for a worldwide network of think tanks. He is also a senior fellow at Cato Institute and director of Cato University. Before joining Cato he was an H. B. Earhart Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford University, and a vice president of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.

He frequently lectures in North America, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Latin America, India, China and throughout Asia, and the Middle East on political science, public choice, civil society, and the moral, legal, and historical foundations of individual rights.

He has published reviews and articles on politics and morality in scholarly journals such as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Ethics, Critical Review, and Constitutional Political Economy, as well as in publications such as Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Die Welt, Caixing, Al Hayat, the Washington Post, and The Spectator of London.

He is the author of Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice (expanded edition 2014), and the editor of The Morality of Capitalism (2011), After the Welfare State (2012), Why Liberty (2013), Peace, Love & Liberty (2014) and Self-Control or State Control? You Decide (2106).

Jürgen Martens

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the German Bundestag and the President of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the political foundation of the ALDE Party.

After having been Vice-President for four years, he was elected President of the European Liberal Forum in 2016.

He is a former Minister of State for Justice and European Affairs of Saxony. He has also served as a member of the European Committee of Regions and was the Vice-President for the Committee of European Affairs of the German Bundesrat.

Daniel Kaddik

Freedom Games 2019

Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the political foundation of the European Liberal Party, the ALDE Party. Together with 40member organisations, it works all over Europe to bring new ideas into the political debate, to provide a platform for discussion, and to empower citizens to make their voices heard.

From 2012-2019, he has been the Director of the Southeast Europe office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, a non-profit organization that promotes liberal values, the rule of law, and economic freedom. Providing policy consultations and educational programs, the Foundation is active in more than 60 countries.

Having worked previously for the Foundation in Germany, India, and Russia, he is actively involved in promoting entrepreneurship and personal and political responsibility. His primary interest lay in the field of liberal policy solutions, economics and social sciences as well as entrepreneurship and citizen participation in governance.

He received degrees in Governmental Studies from the University of Erfurt, European Studies from the University of Hamburg, and International Studies from the University of Birmingham.

Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka

Freedom Games 2019

An attorney at law, social activist, feminist, member of the Team for Women at the Polish Bar Council, vice-president of the Robert Biedroń’s Spring party for legal and legislative matters.

A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University. She has been involved in legal activities for 26 years – currently, as the owner of the Law Office of Medical Law. For years, she has been specializing in legal issues related to company law, real estate law, and medical law.

She has many years of experience in providing legal services to State Treasury companies. In the years 1994-2006, she participated in the restructuring processes of heavy industry, including hard coal mining. In 2009-10, she was a member of the Supervisory Board of Południowy Koncern Energetyczny SA of the 4th term.

She cooperates with various non-governmental organizations, helping them pro bono in solving legal problems and providing legal assistance.

She has also been an active participant of the Constitutional Week, organized by the Professor Zbigniew Hołda Association, as well as of the Silesian light chain, and an organizer of the Black Friday in Katowice on March 23, 2018.

Masha Gessen

Freedom Games 2019

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist and the author of ten books of nonfiction, most recently The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, which won the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Gessen is also the author of the national bestseller The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (2012).

A staff writer at The New Yorker, Gessen has also written extensively on LGBT rights and Trumpism.

A national fellow with New America Foundation and a recipient of Guggenheim and Carnegie fellowships, Gessen teaches at Amherst College and lives in New York City.

Photo: Tanya Sazansky

Hanna Zdanowska

Freedom Games 2019

Before Hanna Zdanowska became the Mayor of the City of Lodz, she served six years as the Director of the Office of Lodz Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2006, Hanna Zdanowska became the Councilor of the Lodz City Council, and later the Vice-Mayor of Lodz in charge of education, sport and EU funds. In autumn 2007, she was elected a Member of the Polish Parliament from the Civic Platform list. She served as the Deputy Chairman of the Special Commission “Friendly State” for matters related to the reduction of bureaucracy. On December 13, 2010 Hanna Zdanowska, after the victory in the elections for the local government was sworn for the position of the Mayor of the City of Lodz. She was elected for a second term by the Lodz inhabitants already in the first round of the elections in 2014.

Sofia Nerbrand

Freedom Games 2019

Swedish opinion maker and journalist.

She began her career as a screenwriter at Dagens Nyheter, VLT and VK in 1998. In 2002-2005 she was the editor and secretary of the editorial office of the “Axess” magazine.

Then she founded the liberal social magazine “Neo”, in which she was the editor-in-chief and general director.

She was also an independent columnist in “Svenska Dagbladet” for seven years, and for a time a columnist in “Allehand Ystad.”

Currently she is the chairman of the liberal think tank Bertil Ohlin Institute and a member of the liberal and green think tank Fores Board.

Nils Erik Forsgård

Freedom Games 2019

Finnish-Swedish historian of ideas and author.

He is an associate professor of the history of ideas at the University of Helsinki since 2004 and a visiting professor in the field of culture at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Forsgård is a member of the European Parliament of Culture. He sat in the editorial office of the New Argus magazine in the years 1998-2011. Since 2008, he is the leader of the Finnish-Swedish think tank Magma.

Tomasz Kamiński

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Ph.D. in humanities, an assistant professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz.

His research activities focus mainly on various aspects of the EU-China relations, the Sovereign Wealth Funds, and regional/local authorities developing paradiplomatical relations with foreign partners.

He is also an active blogger and a regular contributor to the Liberté! magazine, a leading Polish political quarterly. His publications can be found at academia.edu or researchgate.net.

Adam Bodnar

Freedom Games 2019

Polish lawyer, social activist, Human Rights Defender.

In 2004–20015 he was working with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights – first, as a co-founder, hen as the coordinator of Litigation Program, finally as the head of the legal department and President of the board. Expert in the Agency for Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In 2013-2014 Bodnar was a member of the board of directors of the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture.

In 2001-2004 he worked as a lawyer in Weil, Gotshal & Mangers law firm. Since 2006 he has been giving lectures at the law and administration department of the University of Warsaw. Until the time of assuming the post of Ombudsman, Adam Bodnar, PhD cooperated with various non-governmental organizations, including Panaptykon Fund (chairman of the Foundation Council), ClientEarth Polska (member of the Programme Council), Prof. Zbigniew Hołda Association (co-founder and the member of the Management Board). He was also a member of the Civic Legislation Forum operating at Batory Foundation and of the editorial team of kulturaliberalna.pl. In 2011 he was awarded with the Tolerance Prize by the Polish LGBT organizations.

In 2013 he received a scholarship within the scope of German Marshall Memorial Fellowship programme. He became the Commissioner for Human Rights in September 2015.

Wojciech Sadurski

Freedom Games 2019

Challis Professor in Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney Law School and Professor at the University of Warsaw, Centre for Europe.

His interests include jurisprudence, legal theory, philosophy of law, political philosophy, constitutional theory, and comparative constitutionalism.

His most recent books include Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown (OUP 2019), Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (OUP 2012), Equality and Legitimacy (OUP 2008), and Rights before Courts (Springer 2005 and 2014).

He has previously taught at Yale Law School, the New York University School of Law, Cardozo Law School, Fordham Law School, Cornell Law School, National University of Singapore and the University of Trento.

Chairman of the Academic Advisory Board of the Community of Democracies, he is member of a number of boards of think tanks and NGOs, including the Institute of Public Affairs and Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights.

Paweł Potoroczyn

Freedom Games 2019

Polish culture manager, journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and diplomat.

From 2008 to 2016, director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. In 2017, he became the general director of the SWPS of the Humanities and Social Sciences University, he held this position until 2018.

He published in Polish and foreign magazines. In 2014, he was nominated for the Nike Literary Award and the Gdynia Literary Award for his debut novel Człowiekka rzecz (Publisher W.A.B., Warsaw 2013).

Marek Safjan

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer, judge, specialist in the field of civil law, professor of law, academic teacher at the University of Warsaw. In the years 1998-2006, president of the Constitutional Tribunal. Since 2009, he has been the judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Since 2000, he has been the Great Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In 2010, he was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2004, he received the Prize of Father Idzi Radziszewski’s Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin.

In 2006, he was awarded the Kisiel Prize and in 2007, the Pro Merito Medal in Strasbourg for his activities as the President of the Constitutional Tribunal and his involvement in the work to further European research and develop academic institutions.

Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bak

Freedom Games 2019

Social activist, politician and educational researcher.

Co-worker of the Center for Social Thought Ferdynand Lassalle in Wrocław, a member of the international movement for the democratization of Europe DiEM25. One of the organizers of the Black Protest against the anti-abortion law in 2016, for her involvement – along with Barbara Nowacka – by the American magazine “Foreign Policy” on the list of the 100 most important intellectuals in the world. For over 3 years, until February 2019, she was a member of the Board of the National Party Together. Currently not a party.

In 2018 she defended her doctoral thesis at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Wroclaw Reproduction – resistance – empowerment. Radical criticism of education in contemporary Western social thought.

Marek Migalski

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Polish political scientist, professor of humanities, academic teacher, political journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament in the 7th term.

He works at the Institute of Political Sciences and Journalism at the University of Silesia in Katowice as an adjunct in the Department of Political Systems in Poland and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. He is also a lecturer at the Institute of European Studies of the Humanitas High School in Sosnowiec. In his scientific and didactic work he deals with issues of contemporary political and party systems.

He published articles on the Polish political scene in the press, including in Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita and Wprost.

Author of the books entitled: “Naród Urojony” (2017, Biblioteka Liberté!), “Budowanie narodu. Przypadek Polski w latach 2015-2017” (2018, Biblioteka Liberté!) and “Mgła, emocje, paradoksy. Szkice o (polskiej) polityce” (2019, Biblioteka Liberté!)

Jaroslaw Gugala

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, TV presenter.

In the 90s, director of the 1st Program of TVP and the Television Information Agency.

Reporter and presenter of News and current affairs programs.

A journalist from TV Polsat since 2003.

Hosting news programs, commentator and publicist POLSAT NEWS.

He was the head of the Events and the Information and Information Division of TV POLSAT.

He works as a journalist with many press titles and radio stations.

Journalism lecturer: University of Warsaw, University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Collegium Civitas.

In the years 1999–2003 a diplomat – Polish ambassador in Uruguay.

A graduate of iberistics at the University of Warsaw and doctoral studies in economics at the Economic and Social College of the Warsaw School of Economics.

Hobbies: literary song. Musician and author of texts and translations.

Co-founder of the Representative Team performing sung poetry and literary songs.

Adam Szłapka

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician, member of the Sejm of the 8th term.  The Secretary General of the Nowoczesna party.

A former director of the Project: Poland Foundation and an expert at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland during the presidency of Bronisław Komorowski.

A member of the Special Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Csaba Toth

Freedom Games 2019

Political strategist, director of the Hungarian liberal think tank Republikon Institute and member of the board of the European Liberal Forum.

Anna Dziewit-Meller

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Polish journalist with Jewish and Russian roots.
Also known as the anchorwoman of programs about literature in radio Chilli Zet and TVN station.
She’s co-authored a collection of interviews like “Głośniej! Rozmowy z pisarkami” (Louder! Conversations with writers), the novel “Disko” and „Gaumardżos. Opowieści z Gruzji” (Gaumardżos. Tales from Georgia), which she wrote with her husband.
In 2016, Dziewit-Meller started an online website devoted to books bukbuk.pl. She also writes for “Tygodnik Powszechny”.

Magda Melnyk

Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

A columnist, analyst and reporter.

Member of the “Liberté!”.

A graduate of the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the University of Lodz.

She specializes in the area of Spanish speaking countries, political transformation, social movements and women’s rights.

She published, among others in “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Plus Minus”, “Wysokie Obcasy”, the portals of “Polityka” and “Newsweek”.

In 2019 LIBERTÉ! published her book about nationalisms in Spain “Dlaczego Hiszpania trzeszczy?” (Why is Spain crackling?).

Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer, she specializes in litigation, civil and criminal law. Co-creator of the civic initiative “Free Courts” and a Member of the Board of the Zbigniew Holda Association.

Since April 2016, she has been the coordinator for NGO relations of Direct Bar Association in Warsaw.

For many years, she has been working with non-governmental organizations and initiatives that attempt to implement systemic changes and organize financial support for them. She also works pro bono in supporting the development of civil society in Poland. In 2016, she was awarded the title of Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year.

As part of her duties at the Committee for the Defence of Justice (KOS), she represents the judges of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) who are over 65 years of age in proceedings aimed at blocking their removal from the active status under the Supreme Court Act of 2017.

She also appears before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in proceedings brought about by the questions asked by the Supreme Court regarding the independence of the judiciary in Poland.

Błażej Lenkowski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish political scientist, journalist, entrepreneur. The founder and President of the Board of Fundacja Liberté!, the publisher of the Liberte! magazine.

Leszek Jażdżewski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish columnist and commentator, Editor-in-Chief of “Liberté!”. Expert on international relations, co-founder of a community centre 6. Dzielnica in Lodz, Poland. Columnist of such publications as Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita, Polityka, Wprost; commentator for TOK FM radio station and TVP television channel. Marshall Memorial Fellow. He was chosen as a leader in a project carried out by Teraz Polska magazine nominating 25 leaders for the next 25 years. He is the co-author of two books Liberal reflections on life chances and social mobility in Europe and Democracy in Europe Of the People, by the People, for the People?.

Katarzyna Lubnauer

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Chairwoman of the Nowoczesna party, one of the leaders of the Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska), vice-chairman of the PO-KO Club.

PhD in mathematics, academic teacher, politician, MP of the 8th term of the Sejm, candidate from 2nd place in the Sejm elections from Warsaw.

One of the leaders of the secular school legislative initiative.

Liberal. Sometimes a feminist.

Sławomir Sierakowski

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish sociologist and political commentator. He is the founder and leader of Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique), an Eastern European movement of liberal intellectuals, artists and activists. He is also the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw and the president of the Stanislaw Brzozowski Association, overseeing its publishing house and online opinion site as well as the cultural centers in Warsaw, Gdansk, Cieszyn and Kiev.

He holds a degree from the University of Warsaw. hHe has been awarded fellowships from Yale, Princeton, Harvard and twice from the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Richard von Waizsäcker Fellow at Robet Bosch Academy in Berlin.

He is a contributing opinion writer for The International New York Times, a columnist for Project Syndicate, and regularly publishes articles in the Financial Times and Die Zeit.

Adam Wajrak

Freedom Games 2017, Freedom Games 2019

A journalist cooperating with the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, a naturalist, and a traveller.

A nature protection activist. The author of books about nature, eg. Wilki (Wolves), Umarły las (Dead Forest), and To zwierzę mnie bierze (I’m Taken with this Animal).

He is a honorary citizen of Rzeczpospolita Ptasia, an initiative for bird-lovers.

He was awarded with the medal of Nature Protection League (LOP).

Magdalena M. Baran

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish doctor of philosophy, historian of ideas, publicist; Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Pedagogical University of Krakow.

She scientifically deals with war issues, political philosophy and practical ethics.

She defended her doctoral thesis at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a scholarship holder of the Politische Akademie der ÖVP, the University of Vienna and the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, she gave guest lectures at the University of Siegen, Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburu and the University of Murcia.

She cooperates with universities and NGOs in the country and abroad.

Author of books “Znaczenie wojny. Pytając o wojnę sprawiedliwą” (Liberté! 2018) and “Oblicza wojny” (Arbitror 2018).

She is working on another book entitled “The Tools of War” and on a series of interviews “Opowiedz mi Polskę…”.

Deputy editor-in-chief of the monthly “Liberté”!

Speakers

Lech Walesa

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician and trade union activist, leading oppositionist in the communist period, a co-founder and the first chairman of NSZZ "Solidarność". In 1983, he became a laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the president of the Republic of Poland in the years 1990-1995...

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Krystian Lupa

Freedom Games 2019

One of the most outstanding Polish theater directors; scenographer, graphic designer, playwright, translator and professor of theatrical art. He studied graphic arts at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, directing at the Lodz State Film and Television School and directing drama at the State Higher School of Theater in Kraków.

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Agnieszka Holland

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film and television director and scriptwriter. In the West she made several movies, among others Europa Europa (1990), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay...

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Jerzy Stuhr

Freedom Games 2019

n actor and theater and film director, screenwriter, juror at international film festivals, author of 8 books, he has been charitable for over 20 years. A member of the European Film Academy (since 1988) and the Polish Film Academy, awarded many times as an actor and director and screenwriter...

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Maciej Stuhr

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film and theatre actor. He has played the leading roles in movies that made history with their unprecedented box office results...

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Magda Molek

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist and TV presenter with 25 years of experience. A graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw and the Polish School of Reportage. For 12 years he has been conducting his own conversations in the program "In the main role" on TVN Style...

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Joanna Bator

Freedom Games 2019

Polish writer. Academically, a philosopher and Cultural Studies specialist. She devoted herself to literature after having previously worked at the universities in London, New York and Tokio. She was a freelance contributor to Gazeta Wyborcza daily...

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Sylwia Chutnik

Freedom Games 2019

Born in 1979 in Warsaw. Phd. A graduate of Cultural Studies and Gender Studies at the Warsaw University. A writer, publicist, social activist and promoter of reading. A member of the Union of Polish Writers and the Union of Writers Association. Winner of literary and social awards...

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Elzbieta Bienkowska

Freedom Games 2019

European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the European Commission, President Jean-Claude Juncker. In 2007–2013, the Minister of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland and from 2013 to 2014 also the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Infrastructure and Development...

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Janina Ochojska

Freedom Games 2019

Humanitarian worker. President of the Polish Humanitarian Action, member of the European Parliament. Member of the European Parliament...

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Marta Zdanowska

Freedom Games 2018, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Literary scholar, editor. She co-creates Lodzki Szlak Kobiet foundation and Szechiny Collective group...

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Cezary Michalski

Freedom Games 2019

Cezary Michalski, writer and journalist, born in 1963 in Toruń. Graduated in Polish Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and in Slavic Languages at the Parisian Sorbonne...

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Agata Dambska

Freedom Games 2019

She has been co-running the independent think tank Od-nowa Forum since 2011, designing and implementing systemic changes in the public sector - mainly in local governments, but also central administration and public finances.

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Zuzanna Radzik

Freedom Games 2019

Catholic theologian, journalist and Executive Board Member at the Forum for Dialogue, Polish not-profit working forPolish-Jewish dialogue...

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Michał Sapota

Freedom Games 2019

President of HRE Investments.

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Filip Katner

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer. Social activist. Entrepreneur. A member of the Uchodźcy.info.  team.  Co-owner of the Wozownia bar in Warsaw...

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Beata Nowacka

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist. She graduated in Iranian studies at the Jagiellonian University...

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Dariusz Szwed

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the Programme Board of Lech Wałęsa Institute. Progressive Cities Network Co-ordinator. Senior Expert of EU Horizon 2020 SCORE Project...

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Paweł Jarosiewicz

Igrzyska Wolności 2018

He is the secretary of the Polish Committee for the International Hydrological Program of UNESCO. Since 2018, he has been working as an assistant editor in the scientific journal Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology...

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Franek Sterczewski

Freedom Games 2019

Architect, urban activist, community organizer. Iniciator of the Chain of Light Poznań - protest in defence of the polish juditiory independence.

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Janusz Nagiecki

Igrzyska Wolności 2018

He was born in 1952 in Pabianice. In 1967 he went to Szczecin, where he graduated from the Basic Shipbuilding School, and then the Technical School of Shipbuilding. In 1974 he returned to Pabianice and became involved in the Łódź music community - first with the amateur movement, and then he professionally earned his living by practicing music.

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Łukasz Dąbroś

Freedom Games 2019

PhD student at the College of Economic Analysis at the Warsaw School of Economics. A graduate of economics and economic law analysis at the same university. Interested in economic and social policy, institutional economics, economic analysis of law and economic history...

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Maciej Kowalczyk

Freedom Games 2019

Sociologist by profession. He has an experience in working for local governments and local communities gained while preparing strategic and research documents. He was the initiator and host of many public consultation processes...

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Maria Góralska

Freedom Games 2019

17-year-old climate activist, member of Młodzieżowy Strajk Klimatyczny (polish branch of Friday’s for Future movement). Her main goal is to raise awareness of the climate crisis and to fight for changes on both individual and system level...

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Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the Institute of Political Sciences of the University of Warsaw (1986). Doctor of humanities (1990). Habilitated Doctor of Social Sciences, full professor (2018).

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Paweł Cywiński

Freedom Games 2019

Orientalist, culture expert, geographer. Co-founder of the Polish Hospitality Foundation, that deals with direct assistance to refugees as part of the Bread and Salt initiative and runs the largest Polish-language portal on refugees...

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Wawrzyniec Smoczyński

Freedom Games 2019

Wawrzyniec has created Polityka Insight, the leading provider of political and economic intelligence on Poland. Earlier he spent 13 years in journalism covering international affairs, EU politics and the global economy...

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Katarzyna Niewczas

Freedom Games 2019

Educator at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, trainer, author of educational workshop scenarios. In her work, she looks for methods that engage participants and allow them to acquire new perspective and knowledge...

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Michał Kaminski

Freedom Games 2019

Member of Parliament. Journalist. Americanist by profession and education political scientist...

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Marcin Olender

Freedom Games 2019

Public Policy and Government Relations Manager Central and Eastern Europe at Google. Lawyer. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, the Center for British and European Law and the National School of Public Administration...

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Sławomir Witold Nitras

Freedom Games 2019

Polish politician, political scientist. Member of Parliament for the 5th, 6th and 8th term. In the years 2009–2014 a member of the European Parliament of the 7th term...

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Anna Wacławik-Orpik

Freedom Games 2019

Radio TOK FM journalist. Author of broadcasts "In-depth interview" and "Andymateria" in collaboration with Anda Rottenberg and books  "Life - frontal collision" and "Of blood, bone and faith"...

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Monika Mamulska

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of International Economic Relations at the University of Lodz and Management Studies at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III in France. Entrepreneur and manager...

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Joanna Mucha

Freedom Games 2019

In 2001 she graduated from the University of Warsaw in Management, in 2006 she also completed post-graduate studies in health economics at the University of Warsaw. In 2007, she defended her doctoral thesis at the Catholic University of Lublin in the field of health care economics...

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Agnieszka Muras

Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Social activist, city expert, educator, project manager associated with the non-governmental sector in Poland and abroad. At the beginnings of her 3rd sector engagement she was involved in activities related to the area of cultural, civic and urban education...

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Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the Council of the Congress of Women Association, president of the Board of the Strefa Zieleni Foundation, member of the Board of the European Green Foundation affiliated to the European Parliament...

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Michał Hetmański

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder and analyst on energy and transport at Instrat Foundation, Warsaw-based think tank doing research on energy transition and digital economy. Expert on decarbonisation, passionate about open source data access and transparency...

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Paula Sawicka

Freedom Games 2019

Psychologist, former academic teacher, English translator. In the 70s and 80s associated with the democratic opposition, after the year '89 she was involved in the reconstruction of civil society...

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Maia Mazurkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder and a member of the management team responsible for Strategy and Fighting disinformation of Alliance4Europe. Coordinator of the European Front, a coalition of Polish NGOs, that main project is Keyboard Warriors – an online and offline community that fight with the fake news in Poland...

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Anna Desogus

Freedom Games 2019

Sustainability & zero waste consultant, trainer, speaker. Anna works with the public and private sector as well as with NGOs...

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Marcin Meller

Freedom Games 2019

A historian by education, a graduate of the Historical Institute at the University of Warsaw. In the years 1991-2003, he was a reporter for the Polityka weekly, often working as a war correspondent...

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Michal Rusinek

Freedom Games 2019

He was the secretary of Wislawa Szymborska, now he runs the Foundation. He works at the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University, where he deals with rhetoric and conducts classes in literary theory, translation theory and creative writing...

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Lukasz Orbitowski

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish writer. He penned seven novels so far, including Inna dusza, Exodus, and Tracę ciepło. In 2016, he received the Polityka Passport. A two-time nominee of the Nike literary award, he was also nominated for the Gdynia City award...

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Eliza Michalik

Freedom Games 2019

For 12 years, she ran three proprietary programs on the air of the Television Superstacja. She has been commenting on social and political issues, especially in the defense of women's rights and freedom of speech...

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Radosław Sikorski

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician and journalist. He was Marshal of the Sejm from 2014 to 2015 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Donald Tusk's cabinet between 2007 and 2014. He previously served as Deputy Minister of National Defense in Jan Olszewski's cabinet, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Jerzy Buzek's cabinet, and Minister of National Defense in Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński's cabinets...

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Bartosz Weglarczyk 

Freedom Games 2019

He started his career as the foreign editor and correspondent in Moscow, Brussels and Washington. He was head of foreign department of Gazeta Wyborcza, where he continues to work until 2011. In 2013–2016, Bartosz Węglarczyk becomes the deputy editor-in-chief in the daily "Rzeczpospolita" (Republic)...

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Ewa Letowska

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish law professor. A real member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), corresponding member of the PAU. First Polish Ombudsman (1988-1992), a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court (1999-2002) and the Constitutional Tribunal (2002-2011)...

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Jerzy Bralczyk

Polish philologist, linguist, specialist in the field of media and politics language. Vice-chairman of the Polish Language Council...

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Robert Maklowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, traveler, author of books and television programs on culinary, cultural and historical topics. Over the period 1993–2004 he was a columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza...

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Justyna Kopinska

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish reporter, sociologist. She deals with criminal matters related to criminal law, courts, and penal system. A laureate of the Amnesty International's Pen of Hope. She won the PAP's Kapuściński Award,..

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Leszek Balcerowicz

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Economist, former president of the National Bank of Poland (NBP). Deputy prime minister and minister of finance in the first non-communist government of Poland after the Second World War. Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (WSE)...

Doctor Honoris Causa of numerous Polish and foreign universities.

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Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska

Freedom Games 2019

A humanitarian worker responding to armed conflicts in the Middle East. She began by securing sinking refugee boats in the Mediterranean Sea and running a family shelter in the Moria camp. Then she conducted research for the British Parliament in hidden camps in France...

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Areta Szpura

Freedom Games 2019

Impossible tasks expert. A precursor of the Polish blogosphere and social media.

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Grażyna Kopińska

Freedom Games 2019

A philologist and Slavist by profession. She worked for ten years at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences...

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Agnieszka Graff

Freedom Games 2019

Assistant professor at the American Studies Center of the University of Warsaw, author of essays and books on women's and gender rights in Polish public discourse...

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Joanna Kos-Krauze

Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Director and screenwriter, President of Directors’ Guild of Poland. She co-created part of the films with her husband Krzysztof Krauze...

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Iza Bartosz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, Polish philologist, editor-in-chief of the OsnoVa publishing house. She started her journalistic career in the 'Życie' daily...

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Sebastian Fabijanski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film, TV and theatre actor. In 2015 he graduated from Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw...

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Pawel Rabiej

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of Polish philology, journalism studies and leadership psychology. Co-founder of the Nowoczesna political party and member of its board (2015-2017) and spokesperson. Member of the Verification Commission for Reprivatisation (2017-2018).

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Marta Makuch

Freedom Games 2019

Deputy Mayor of the City of Słupsk. A veteran of non-govermental activity for many years, especially focused in sphere of activation of local communities...

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Paweł Łysak

Freedom Games 2019

Director of the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw. A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Warsaw and of the Department of Drama Directing at the Warsaw State Higher School of Theatre...

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Zuzanna Nowicka

Freedom Games 2019

Law student at the University of Warsaw. In her free time, she works for civil society, she gained experience, among others, in the Bronisława Geremk's Foundation, TVN station and sexedpl campaign...

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Krystyna Skarzynska

Freedom Games 2019

Professor of psychology, works in the University of Social Science and Humanities in Warsaw. The author of numerous papers in scientific and books...

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Wadim Tyszkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Continuously since 2002 he is the Mayor of the city of Nowa Sól. He graduated from the Faculty of Precision Mechanics at the Warsaw University of Technology...

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Redbad Klynstra-Komarnicki

Freedom Games 2019

Polish actor and director. In 1994 he graduated from acting at the PWST in Warsaw...

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Xawery Zulawski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish film director and scriptwriter. In 1995 he graduated National Film School in Łódź...

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Jan Hartman

Freedom Games 2019

Polish publicist, politician and philosopher specializing in bioethics. Professor at the Jagiellonian University, head of the Department of Philosophy and Bioethics at the Faculty of Health Sciences...

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Władysław Frasyniuk

Freedom Games 2019

Polish politician and businessman. Former activist of Solidarity trade union...

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Maciej Kisilowski

Freedom Games 2019

Associate Professor of Law and Public Management at Central European University where he co-leads the university’s flagship mid-career Executive MBA Program: the EMBA for the Open World. His research focuses on the intersection of law and strategy...

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Witold Drozdz

Freedom Games 2019

Currently holding a position of Board Member in charge of Strategy and Corporate Affairs in Orange Poland. Member of the Board of Foundation Orange...

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Tomasz Kasprowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Vice President of the Res Publica Foundation. Partner at Gemini. Editor at Liberte! and Res Publica Nowa...

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Agnieszka Rozner

Freedom Games 2019

Political philosopher, commentator and publicist. A member of the political team of the School for Leaders Foundation...

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Marta Lempart

Freedom Games 2019

The initiator and leader of Women’s Protest in Poland...

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Natalia Piorczynska

Freedom Games 2019

Literary scholar, PR specialist. Lecturer in subjects related to communication and new media. Promoter of reading culture...

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Dominika Wielowieyska

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza. A graduate of the Warsaw Józef Wybicki High School and AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków (Department of Theater Studies). She also obtained the MBA title at the International School of Management at the Kozminski University. Scholarship holder of the American foundation The National Forum Foundation (today The Freedom House)...

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Paweł Oksanowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Radio and television journalist with over 20 years of experience in the Polish mass media.

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Maciej Okraszewski

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist specializing in Ibero-American and international crime. He writes regularly for Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza and Onet, also comments on international events on Tok FM and Polish Radio...

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Lukasz Grzesiczak

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist and political scientist specializing in Central Europe. Permanently associated with the magazine "Holistic.News", collaborator of the Slovak magazine "Kapitál"...

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Michal Zablocki

Freedom Games 2019

A polish journalist, writer and environmental activist. He has been working for various media in Europe for over 15 years. For 13 years he was associated with the Polish Press Agency, for which in 2010-2012 he wrote over 1500 correspondences from Prague and Bratislava...

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Marek Miller

Freedom Games 2019

Teaching Fellow in Google News Lab, CEE. Media observer and journalist with 16 years of experience. For a large part of this time he worked for the largest regional press publisher in Poland - Polska Press Group - where he had the opportunity to observe the process of digital transformation of journalism from the very beginning...

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Anna Augustynowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Augustynowicz graduated in Theatre Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and in directing from the National Theatre School in Cracow. She debuted in 1989 with a staging of Marek Koterski’s Inner Life at the W. Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz...

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Michał Kobosko

Freedom Games 2019

Polish journalist. Senior Advisor, Country Representative at the Atlantic Council of the United States.

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Katarzyna Szymielewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer specialised in human rights and technology. Co-founder and president of Panoptykon Foundation...

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Mateusz Sabat

Freedom Games 2019

Economist, manager, management and communication expert. He currently runs an advisory activity and an Internet marketing agency...

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Justyna Glusman

Freedom Games 2019

Currently Head Coordinator in the city of Warsaw Mayor’s office in charge of sustainable development and greenery. In charge of climate policy and management of green areas. Graduated from Warsaw School of Economics and London School of Economics...

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Miroslaw Proppé

Freedom Games 2019

President of WWF Polska. He was a partner and head of the advisory team for public administration and infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Andrzej Kompa

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

University teacher, deputy dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Lodz for the quality of education. Historian, byzantinist, antiquarian, street opposition activist in Łódź...

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Joanna Sadzik

Freedom Games 2019

Managing Director of the WIOSNA Association, organizing the Noble Gift, one of the largest nationwide social programs and the Academy of the Future - an innovative educational program for schoolchildren.

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Benedykt Wegrzyn

Freedom Games 2019

Since 2002, the head of the Dobra commune in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Member of the Stakeholder Council of the Faculty of Economy and Public Administration of the Cracow University of Economics...

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Piotr Felinski

Freedom Games 2019

Mayor of the City of Świdwin. Master of History at the University of Szczecin, graduate of post-graduate studies in administration and local government law as well as tax and accounting law...

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Dominik Kwiatkowski

Freedom Games 2019

President of the Socially Safe Foundation. A specialist in the acquisition and settlement of domestic and foreign funds...

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Pawel Kaczmarczyk

Freedom Games 2019

Director of the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw...

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Jacek Zakowski

Freedom Games 2015, Freedom Games 2019

Publicist of "Polityka", commentator on "Gazeta Wyborcza" and Wirtualna Polska. Head of the Department of Journalism at Collegium Civitas, host of Concilium Civitas and editor of its "Almanac". Currently also the author of Friday "Poranki TOK FM", and until recently the programs "Rozmowa dnia" and "ReDakcja" in Superstacja...

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Zbigniew Jakubas

Freedom Games 2019

resident of the Multico group, a conglomerate of 16 companies, three of which are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. One of his most important investments is the Mint of Poland, which is one of the three most technologically advanced mints in the world...

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Anna Czerwinska

Freedom Games 2019

Curator of the temporary exhibition for children and adults "In King Matt’s Poland. The 100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence", head of the School and Family Education Section at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews...

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Bogdan Szymanik

Freedom Games 2019

Bookseller and publisher. In 1989, he founded BOSZ, a bookselling company that was primarily involved in selling books and independent press...

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Renata Sokol Jurković

Freedom Games 2019

Coordinator of the largest branch of Pametno Party and a member of presidential board. Currently working in Division for the Development of Climate Products and Applications at Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service on climate data analysis and meteorological impact studies...

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Wojciech Kostrzewa

Freedom Games 2019

CEO of the Polish-British fintech Billon Group. President of the Board of the Polish Business Roundtable. He sits on the supervisory board, including companies of the Ergo Hestia Group, the board of directors of the Swiss Stadler Rail group...

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Mikolaj Mirowski

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Historian, journalist, employee of the Polish History Museum. At the Warsaw Uprising Museum, he runs the project 'Warsaw of two Uprisings'. He researches the history of the USSR 1917–1941, as well as the subject of Polish-Jewish relations; while journalistic issues of historical memory, its contact with pop culture and above all film...

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Karolina Sulej

Freedom Games 2019

Freelance journalist and then editor for 10 years now. Her first articles and interviews were almost strictly about film and music – she wrote for A4 Magazine. Few years later she became a culture journalist with a focus on personal stories – not reviews and news....

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Jerzy Wojcik

Freedom Games 2019

CEO and former deputy editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, leading quality daily newspaper in Poland, which was founded in 1989 as the first independent media outlet in Eastern Europe. Today with 190 000 subscribers, Gazeta Wyborcza has leading position in the digital subscription market - the 15. place in the world in Global Digital Subscription Report...

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Agnieszka Sadowska-Konczal

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the biology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, a PhD in social sciences. A specialist in sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. Co-founder of the Polish Zero Waste Association and initiator of the #zwłasnymkubkiem campaign...

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Rafal Gawin

Freedom Games 2019

Poet, master of ceremonies, editor, columnist and reanimator of culture. He published 3.5 poetry books, his poem "Jem mięso" will be published soon. In "Liberte!" runs "Wiersz wolny"...

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Sławomir Kalinowski

Freedom Games 2019

Habilitated doctor of economic sciences, professor at the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences, in the years 2002-2018 associated with the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań...

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Katarzyna Mlynek

Freedom Games 2019

Program director of THINKTANK, author of texts, moderator of debates and scientific conferences. She is a doctor of humanities in the field of philosophy (KUL) and a graduate of psychology (UMCS). In her research work she combines knowledge from both completed fields of study...

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Zbigniew Gajewski

Freedom Games 2019

Partner at the THINKTANK Center for Dialogue and Analysis. The originator and effective implementer of many innovative business and social ventures. A political scientist by education, a graduate of the University of Warsaw. Former researcher, journalist, editor and publisher...

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Jacek Kozlowski

Freedom Games 2019

Independent expert and public administration lecturer, Collegium Civitas. Graduated geography at Gdańsk University (1980) and Rutgers Advanced Management Programme (1997, USA). 1979-1989 active in democratic opposition, editor of „Przegląd Polityczny”...

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Joanna Zarnoch-Chudzinska

Freedom Games 2019

Editor-in-chief of "Wyborcza" in Łódź. Since 1995, associated with "Gazeta Wyborcza". She worked as a journalist, reporter in editorials in Zielona Gora, Poznan, Lublin. A Polish philologist by profession...

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Dorota Glowacka

Freedom Games 2019

Lawyer at the Panoptykon Foundation, specialising in human rights in the context of new technologies, in particular freedom of expression and right to privacy...

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Jan Krzysztof Bielecki

Freedom Games 2019

Chairman of the Partners Advisory Board at EY Poland. Former Prime Minister of Poland, Minister for European Integration, co-founder of the Liberal-Democratic Congress and Freedom Union, and the Executive Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki has been active on the political and economic stage...

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Witold Beres

Freedom Games 2019

Columnist, movie producer and screenplay writer with a huge work experience in different media types. Before 1989 he worked for a number of underground publishing ventures. In the 1990s he worked for Tygodnik Powszechny weekly under the renown Polish intellectual and editor Jerzy Turowicz; and also collaborated with the Free Europe radio...

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Krzysztof Burnetko

Freedom Games 2019

Polish journalist, columnist and screenplay writer. He graduated from the law department at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Before 1989, under the Communist regime, he collaborated with the underground publications The Radiants (Promieniści). In 1988-2005 Burnetko worked for the weekly Tygodnik Powszechny...

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Artur Wiecek „Baron”

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish theater and movie director and chairman of the Poland Makes Sense (Polska ma sens) foundation. His acclaimed debut movie, Angel in Kraków (Anioł w Krakowie, 2002) won several awards, including the Gdynia Movie Festival for the best director debut; and the Viewers’ Award at the Polish Movie Festival in Chicago, Illinois...

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Tomasz Organek

Freedom Games 2019

Leader of the ØRGANEK band, author of texts, stories and music. Winner of many prestigious awards, including Mateusz Trójka Award, Grzegorz Ciechowski Artistic Award of the City of Toruń , Award of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship...

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Adam Ringer

Freedom Games 2019

A child of post-war Warsaw, an emigrant of 1968. In Sweden, he worked at the faculty of political science at Stockholm University. In the early nineties, he quit his academic career and switched to business. He became a consultant and a member of the supervisory boards of many Swedish companies doing business with Poland. After a few years he returned permanently to Warsaw...

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Sebastian Rejak

Freedom Games 2019

Joined AJC in 2017 and is the Acting Director of the AJC Central Europe Office. He previously worked for 11 years for the Polish Foreign Ministry in the domain of Polish-Jewish relations; between 2013-2016 he served as Special Envoy of Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs for Relations with the Jewish Diaspora...

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Aleksandra Pucułek

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of journalism and social communication as well as Polish philology with a specialization in theater and editing at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Journalist of "Gazeta Wyborcza" first in Lublin, then in Łódź...

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Marcin Golaszewski

Freedom Games 2019

Chairman of the City Council in Łódź, liberal. An academic teacher and literary specialist specializing in opposition literature in the Third Reich. Scholarship holder in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education program for outstanding young scientists, laureate of the Foundation for Polish Science, implementer of the FUGA program of the National Science Center...

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Paweł Rutkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist at the Lodz branch of Gazeta Wyborcza, occasionally a prose writer. In 2016, he defended his PhD thesis in literature at the University of Lodz. Author of the book titled “The Word and the World. Globalization in literature and literary studies”...

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Julia Maciocha

An activist, feminist, lesbian working to fight violence and discrimination. President of the Board of the Fundacja Wolontariat Równości, which coordinates activities related to the organization of the Parada Równości...

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Wiktor Schmidt

Freedom Games 2019

The Executive Chairman of Netguru, the consultancy, product design, and software development company he co-founded in 2008. Netguru offers consulting, tools, and resources to companies of all shapes and sizes, to make beautifully designed digital products in a way that is fast and fits their needs...

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Krystian Jazdzewski

Freedom Games 2019

Professor of medicine, geneticist, endocrinologist, co-founder of Warsaw Genomics. Discovered the gene predisposing to thyroid cancer. Together with a team of Warsaw Genomics he developed the proprietary method of genetic analysis, which decreased 20-fold the price of the multigene test...

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Dominika Maison

Freedom Games 2019

Professor, dean of the Faculty of Psychology University of Warsaw. Her main scientific research is connected to unconscious consumer motives and needs, financial behaviour, and effectiveness of social and CSR campaigns...

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Paulina Hennig-Kloska

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the parliament of the Republic of Poland, chosen from the representatives of Nowoczesna Ryszarda Petru party. Currently known under the name of Civil Platform Parliamentary Club - Civil Coalition...

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Edyta Kocyk

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder and President of the Management Board of SiDLY, a technology company, the creator of an innovative telecare system based on SiDLY Care's proprietary telemedicine band, which has been recognized by several thousand users across Europe and has received many international awards...

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Dariusz Standerski

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish economist and lawyer, a lecturer at the University of Warsaw. Program Director of Wiosna and Lewica. Vice-President of Kalecki Foundation. MP candidate...

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Konrad Szolajski

Freedom Games 2019

Director of feature films ("The Man from ..." 1993, "You must live" 1997, "Operation GOAT" 1999, "Dig deeper" 2011) and documentaries ("And God Created Sex" 2011, "The Battle with Satan" 2015, "The Good Change "2018), books: " Man of Blood and Bones "1992," You must live " 1998, "Wisłocka" 2017," “Assignment: Fight with Satan" 2019...

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Leszek Koczanowicz

Freedom Games 2019

Culture expert, political scientist, philosopher. He works at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Branch in Wroclaw. He deals with cultural policy contexts, democracy concepts and policy ethics. He is interested in philosophy of culture, contemporary culture and art...

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Jaroslaw Makowski

Freedom Games 2019

Philosopher, theologist, publicist, urban activist, city councillor of Katowice. In the years 2010-2015 the head of the think tank "Instytut Obywatelski" in Warsaw. He publishes his texts in "Gazeta Wyborcza", "Rzeczpospolita", "Polityka", "Tygodnik Powszechny", "Znak", and "Liberte!"...

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Ralf Fröhlich

Freedom Games 2019

The president of LGBTI Liberals of Europe, a network of national LGBTI organisations in close cooperation with liberal political parties in their country. The aim of the network is to develop and promote liberal LGBTI policies and facilitate the dialogue between liberal parties and the LGBTI community...

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Frédéric Martel

Freedom Games 2019

He was the attaché of the cultural embassy of France in the United States and Romania. He lectured at ESSEC Business School, at the Institute of Political Sciences Sciences-Po in Paris, and guest at Harvard University. His books have been translated into several languages ​​and published in twenty countries...

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Christal Morehouse

Freedom Games 2019

Within Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE) she is Senior Program Officer, responsible for fostering high-level dialogues in EU member states. She joined the Open Society Foundations in November 2015. From 2006 to 2015 she worked for the Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany, Brussels and Washington DC...

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Grzegorz Mackiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

President of Pabianice. The local government knows from scratch - he was the chairman of several committees, the chairman of the City Council, in 2011-2014 the vice president and from 2014 the president of the city...

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Ewa Wojciak

Freedom Games 2019

After earning a degree in Polish philology from the Adam Mickiewicz University, she joined the Theatre of the Eighth Day in the early 1970s. Characterized by its strong social and political message, the Theatre of the Eighth Day emerged as a student playhouse before turning into an alternative professional theatre during the 1980s...

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Robert Sobiech

Freedom Games 2019

Director of the Center of Public Policy at Collegium Civitas. His research interests focus on evaluation research, policy analysis, communication and studies of public opinion. He worked at the National School of Public Administration and at the Institute of Applied Social Sciences University of Warsaw...

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Anita Sowinska

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the board of the "Wiosna Roberta Biedronia", leader of the Lodz region. Economist, MBA post-graduate graduate; specialist in change management (Certified Professional in Accelarating Transitions; Climate-KIC)...

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Anna Ciarkowska

Freedom Games 2019

Literary scholar and philologist by profession, passionate collector of microhistory, dream collector. She made her debut with a poetry volume _Chłopcy, których kocham._...

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Jacek Bozek

Freedom Games 2019

Founder and president of Klub Gaja, a social innovator by profession. An expert in the field of social activities in the area of environmental and animal protection. Decorated with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for building civil society (2011)...

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Dorota Nieznalska

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She took part in over two hundred collective and individual exhibitions in the country and abroad. Her works are in the collections of National Museum in Gdańsk, NOMUS New Museum, MOCAK in Cracow, Laznia Center for Contemporary Art, Polish Sculpture Center in Oronsko...

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Beata Moskal-Slaniewska

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of full-time MA studies in journalism and postgraduate studies in European integration at the University of Warsaw. For over 20 years, she was associated with local, regional and national media, including editorial secretary and editor-in-chief of "Wiadomości Świdnickie"...

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Anna Szybist

Freedom Games 2019

The graduate of Polish Philology at the University of Silesia and of post-graduate studies in Human Resources Management at the University of Management and Banking (WSZiB) in Krakow. Culture manager, organiser of charity concerts and social campaigns in Krakow...

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Aleksandra Jarosz

Freedom Games 2019

Indie games creator. She is mixing psychology, art, and design to create meaningful experiences. Her newest title is "Fantastic Fetus" (www.fantasticfetus.com), which is a pregnancy Tamagotchi protest game, where you are taking care of a pregnant woman and create fetus with superpowers...

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Hanna Cichy

Freedom Games 2019

She is interested in public finance, labour market and social policy. A PhD candidate at the Warsaw School of Economics, which she previously graduated with MA in Economics and Law & Economics. Previously, she worked for the Parliamentary Committee for Economics and Development, where she was responsible for evaluation of economic draft laws...

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Kaja Kallas

Freedom Games 2019

An Estonian politician. She is currently Chairwoman of the Estonian Reform Party. She was previously a Member of the European Parliament where her primary focus was on the Digital Single Market strategy, energy and consumer policies. Before moving to Brussels, she was a Member of the Parliament of Estonia, where she chaired the Economic Affairs Committee...

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Paulina Kieszkowska-Knapik

Freedom Games 2019

For 20 years advises entrepreneurs and professional organizations in the field of health protection law, in particular pharmaceutical law, reimbursement act and act on curative activities, first working in international law offices, and from 2014 running together with partners own KRK office...

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Piotr Pacewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, activist, doctor of psychology. In the 1980s he was an editor of the underground "Tygodnik Mazowsze". At the Round Table, secretary Bronisław Geremek in the Solidarity team for political reforms. One of the founders of "Gazeta Wyborcza", in 1995-2010 her vice-leader...

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Miroslaw Sopek

Freedom Games 2019

Graduated from the Faculty of Technical Physics, Information Technology and Applied Mathematics of the Lodz University of Technology. He obtained his doctoral degree at the Faculty of Chemistry in the field of Theoretical Chemistry...

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Ewa Szmitka

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of sociology at the University of Lodz, co-founder of the Fiero Pizza Network, currently a consultant of social enterprises at the Opus Center. Co-founder of the Kontra Sports Club - the only sports club in Poland in Lodz and probably in Poland that brings together footballers, volleyball players and amateur basketball players...

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Anna Kurowska

Freedom Games 2019

Doctor habilitated in social sciences, economist and political scientist, assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. Author of research and publications in the field of family policy, in particular the instruments for reconciling work and family life...

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Andrzej Leder

Freedom Games 2019

Studied philosophy in the Warsaw University and prepared his PhD in philosophy in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He works on the political philosophy and philosophy of culture, applying phenomenological and psychoanalytical tools, especially Lacanian psychoanalysis...

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Alicja Pacewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder of the Center for Citizenship Education and the School with Class Foundation. Initiator and co-author of numerous educational programs: Kształcenie Obywatelskie w Szkole Samorządowej (KOSS), Szkoła z Klasą 2.0, Nauczycielka I Klasa, Ślady Przeszłości, Młodzi Głosują, Solidarna Szkoła, Noc Bibliotek...

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Marta Poslad

Freedom Games 2019

Joined Google in 2012. Before becoming the Head of Public Policy & Government Relations in Central and Eastern Europe Marta was responsible for privacy & security policy in EMEA, as well as analyzing impact of new technologies on societies and democracies on the academic front...

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Tomasz Trela

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the Faculty of Organization and Management at the Lodz University of Technology, he also completed a postgraduate study in finance and company strategy at the University of Lodz. From 2010, he was a councilor of the City Council, and from 2013 he was also the chairman of the Council of the Alliance of the Democratic Left Alliance...

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Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz

Freedom Games 2019

The director of the forumIdei of the Stefan Batory Foundation, former Polish ambassador in Moscow and deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. For years associated with the Warsaw Centre for Eastern Studies...

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Nina Gabrys

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder of the Association "One Hundred Years of Women's Voice", organizer of the Celebrations of the Centennial of Electoral Rights of Polish Women in Krakow and author of the campaign "Indepndent Culture of Women". Councilor of the City of Krakow and chairwoman of the Krakow Council for Equal Treatment...

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Piotr Voelkel

Freedom Games 2019

Co-founder VOX Capital Group, which includes companies operating in related industries, such as manufacturing of construction materials, interior design, and furniture design. He is a co-founder of Concordia Design, a design center in Poznań, and VOX-ARTIS Foundation for the promotion of Polish contemporary art...

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Krystyna Szumilas

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the Science and Youth Education Committee in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. A former Minister of National Education in the second government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk...

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Marek Tatala

Freedom Games 2019

Vice President and Economist at the Civil Development Forum (FOR Foundation) in Warsaw, Poland – a think tank founded by Professor Leszek Balcerowicz. He obtained his BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol in England and MA in Economics...

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Marcin Urbaniak

Freedom Games 2019

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Pedagogical University of Cracow, where he deals mainly with environmental ethics, neuroethics, and morality in the animal world...

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Karolina Kuszlewicz

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer, an expert in the field of legal protection of animals and nature. A feminist and commentator, the author of the blog "W imieniu zwierząt i przyrody - głosem adwokata" (On Behalf of Animals and Nature - The Lawyer's Voice)...

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Karolina Lewicka

Freedom Games 2019

Polish political journalist of Radio Tok FM, leading the program "Wywiad polityczny". Previously associated with TVP for over a dozen years. She was a Sejm reporter and columnist and reported all electoral campaigns in 2005-2015...

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Martin Svárovský

Freedom Games 2019

Before he served 19 years at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs including as the Deputy Director of the Central European Department and the Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Czech Embassies to Budapest and to Warsaw...

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Jarema Piekutowski

Freedom Games 2019

Chief social expert of the "Nowa Konfederacja", sociologist and journalist, permanent collaborator of the Social Challenges Unit of the University of Warsaw and Fundacja Pole Dialogu, co-owner of the non-profit enterprise Centrum Rozwoju Społeczno-Gospodarczego sp. z o.o. Member of the Laboratorium Więzi...

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Andrzej Zybala

Freedom Games 2019

A professor at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he is scientifically involved in the issues of labor relations, public policy, public governance, and social dialogue. Editor-in-chief of the quarterly Studia z Polityki Publicznej / Public Policy Studies, published at the Warsaw School of Economics...

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Agnieszka Zakrzewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist and writer specializing in church and Vatican issues, a native of Łódź living in Rome, from where as a correspondent of the Polish media she talks about the backstage of the Church and the Vatican...

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Bálint Magyar

Freedom Games 2019

Having obtained his University Doctoral degree in Political Economy and MA in History and Sociology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest - started his career as a researcher (1977-1990) at different research institutes...

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Olle Schmidt

Freedom Games 2019

Vice President of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the Liberal foundation and the think tank of the Alde-Party. He is also a Senior Consultant of Hume Brophy, specialised in financial services. Member of European Parliament 1999-2004, 2006-2014...

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Agata Czachorska

Freedom Games 2019

Passionate about sustainable development, associated with CSR for years. At IKEA since 2009; she dealt with, among others implementation of eco-standards, CRM campaigns and social activities, cooperation with non-governmental organizations and the process of participation and dialogue with residents in commercial investments...

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Danuta Hübner

Freedom Games 2019

The first Polish commissioner of the European Union in 2004-2009. Member of the European Parliament from 2009. Chairwoman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (2014-2019) and the Committee on Regional Policy of the EP (2009-2014)...

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Andrea Virág

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

A Hungarian researcher and analyst at Republikon Institute, where she is also responsible for international projects. In 2015, she obtained a BA in Political Science from the Faculty of Law and a BA in History from the Faculty of Humanities at the Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE)...

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Joanna Ellmann

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Graduate of History of Art at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, Public Relations at the University of Warsaw and the Gdańsk Academy of Debate. President of the Aureus Link Foundation dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship...

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Andrzej Dragan

Freedom Games 2019

He combines the general theory of relativity with quantum theory at the University of Warsaw. Visiting professor at the University of Singapore, laureate of the "Polityka" award, the Minister of National Education award, the Foundation for Polish Science award, the European Science Foundation award and the Polish Physical Society award...

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Jolanta Kurska

Freedom Games 2019

Politic scientist, president of the Foundation Prof. Bronisław Geremek Centre. Book translator. Author of 'Rozmowy w Avignionie' (also published in French)...

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Jowita Michalska

Freedom Games 2019

President of Digital University, a foundation dedicated to the development of strategic digital competences, which cooperates with MIT, Harvard Business School, Stanford University, NYU Stern and many lecturers from around the world...

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Detmar Doering

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

The designated representative of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit for Central Europe and the Baltic States in Prague. Until 2015 he was the director of the Liberales Institut (Liberty Institute), the think tank of the Foundation in Berlin...

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Tomasz Mazur

Freedom Games 2019

A modern practicing stoic, doctor of philosophy, a graduate of the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw, where for twelve years he lectured on philosophy and conducted seminars devoted to theories of values ​​and stoic philosophy. In 2009, he founded the informal Stoic Practice Center...

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Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus

Freedom Games 2019

A graduate of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the School for Leaders of Civil Society. Culture manager...

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Renata Mienkowska-Norkiene

Freedom Games 2019

Professor of political science, sociologist, mediator, living in Warsaw and Vilnius (in Luxembourg soon); associate professor at the University of Warsaw and a professor at the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius...

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Piotr Beniuszys

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

A Polish political scientist and sociologist. A member of the editorial team and author of numerous publications at Liberté!. He specializes in the evolution of liberal thought and in the history of Western European liberal parties...

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Marcin Gerwin

Freedom Games 2019

Coordinator of citizen panels. Co-founder of the Sopocka Inicjatywa Rozwojowa, which led to the organization of the first civic budget in Poland at the city level...

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Michal Wawrykiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

In 2017, he co-founded the initiative #WolneSądy, which constantly deals with activities for the independence of the judiciary, prepares films, infographics and live coverage (a total of over 450 materials), organizes protests, demonstrations, debates and conferences...

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Daniel Milo

Freedom Games 2019

Studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava and holds a Doctor of Law degree in criminal law. His main field of expertise is extremism, cyberhate, international extremist networks and use of propaganda by foreign actors...

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Magdalena Galkiewicz

Freedom Games 2019

Board member of the Łódź Dziewuchy Dziewuchom, co-organizer of the protest against the anti-abortion law in 2016 in Łódź. Chairwoman of the Łódź Circle and Regional Coordinator of the province Lodz of the Polish Green Party, candidate from the KE to the European Parliament 2019...

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Przemyslaw Staciwa

Freedom Games 2019

He works with Liberté! and Krytyka "Polityczna". Laureate of the Kryształowy Ekran of the Polish Chamber of Electronic Communication...

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Marta Florkiewcz-Borkowska

Freedom Games 2019

The teacher of German at Primary School Karola Miarki in Pielgrzymowice, educational trainer, educator in the field of modern solutions in education and personal development, trainer and expert in many nationwide programs related to digital and media education.

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Barbara Nowacka

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish politician and feminist activist. A left activist, formerly in Labor United, and later in Your Movement, in October 2015 she became leader of the United Left coalition for the Polish parliamentary election, 2015, bringing...

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Pawel Pieniazek

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish journalist cooperating with Tygodnik Powszechny. He reported on the events in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine. His articles were published, among others on the Gazeta.pl portal, in Gazeta Wyborcza and Krytyka Polityczna.

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Anna Wojciuk

Freedom Games 2019

Political scientist at the University of Warsaw, deals with the issue of the strength of states in the international arena. Conducted scientific research, including at Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University, European University Institute...

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Antoni Dudek

Freedom Games 2019

A Professor of humanities, Head of the Department of Institutions and Political Behaviors at the Institute of Political Science of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. In the years 2011-16, he was a member of the Council of the Institute of National Remembrance...

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Krzysztof Dudek

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer and cultural manager. Director of the National Center for Culture in the years 2007-2016. Former Chief Director of the Kazimierz Dejmek's New Theatre in Lodz...

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Piotr Siergiej

Freedom Games 2019

The Spokesman for Polish Smog Alert and an activist of Warszawa Bez Smogu (Warsaw Without Smog). He worked as an editor of the Ecology Desk at the wyborcza.pl portal...

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Michal Boni

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the Polish Parliament of the first term. Since 1995, he led the project on Social Policy Reform at the Stefan Batory Foundation. In the years 1996-97, he was the Director and a member of the Institute of Public Affairs. Between 1998 and 2001, a Chief Adviser to the Minister of Labor and Social Policy...

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Milosz Hodun

Freedom Games 2019

Doctor of law and lawyer associated with the Faculty of Law of the University of Reykjavik. Member of the board of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the think tank of the ALDE party. Advisor in International Relations for Nowoczesna. Earlier, an expert at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland...

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Katalin Cseh

Freedom Games 2019

A Hungarian politician and doctor, an ALDE MEP. In 2019, she became a member of "Team Europe", a seven-member group of leaders of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European elections...

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Marek Belka

Freedom Games 2019

Polish economist, MEP elected in May 2019. A Professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and current Head of National Bank of Poland...

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Bernard Guetta

Freedom Games 2019

A French journalist and columnist, specialist in the field of geopolitics. In 2019, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. In the years 1978-1990, he was a member of the editorial team of Le Monde. Since 1979, he operated as a correspondent reporting on Central and Eastern Europe...

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Ricardo Silvestre

Freedom Games 2019

International Officer for the Liberal Social Movement, a think tank in Portugal. A finalist in a masters course in Diplomacy and International Relations, with an interest in protecting democracy in the digital era, social liberalism as an alternative for neoliberalism...

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Piotr Augustyniak

Freedom Games 2019

A professor of philosophy, translator, essayist, author of books, articles, and theater performances. He is a Professor at the University of Economics in Krakow. In the years 2011-2012, he was a scholarship holder of the Austrian Republic at the University of Vienna...

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Tom G. Palmer

Freedom Games 2019

The George M. Yeager Chair for Advancing Liberty and executive vice president for international programs at the Atlas Network, and is responsible for establishing operating programs in 14 languages and managing programs for a worldwide network of think tanks. He is also a senior fellow at Cato Institute and director of Cato University...

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Jürgen Martens

Freedom Games 2019

Member of the German Bundestag and the President of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the political foundation of the ALDE Party. After having been Vice-President for four years, he was elected President of the European Liberal Forum in 2016...

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Daniel Kaddik

Freedom Games 2019

Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum (ELF), the political foundation of the European Liberal Party, the ALDE Party. Together with 40member organisations, it works all over Europe to bring new ideas into the political debate, to provide a platform for discussion, and to empower citizens...

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Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka

Freedom Games 2019

An attorney at law, social activist, feminist, member of the Team for Women at the Polish Bar Council, vice-president of the Robert Biedroń's Spring party for legal and legislative matters...

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Masha Gessen

Freedom Games 2019

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist and the author of ten books of nonfiction, most recently The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, which won the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction...

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Hanna Zdanowska

Freedom Games 2019

Before Hanna Zdanowska became the Mayor of the City of Lodz, she served six years as the Director of the Office of Lodz Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2006, Hanna Zdanowska became the Councilor of the Lodz City Council...

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Sofia Nerbrand

Freedom Games 2019

Swedish opinion maker and journalist. Currently she is the chairman of the liberal think tank Bertil Ohlin Institute and a member of the liberal and green think tank Fores Board...

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Nils Erik Forsgård

Freedom Games 2019

Finnish-Swedish historian of ideas and author. He is an associate professor of the history of ideas at the University of Helsinki since 2004 and a visiting professor in the field of culture at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Forsgård is a member of the European Parliament of Culture...

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Tomasz Kamiński

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Ph.D. in humanities, an assistant professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. His research activities focus mainly on various aspects of the EU-China relations, the Sovereign Wealth Funds, and...

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Adam Bodnar

Freedom Games 2019

Polish lawyer, social activist, Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2004–20015 he was working with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights – first, as a co-founder, hen as the coordinator of Litigation Program, finally as the head of the legal department and President of the board...

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Wojciech Sadurski

Freedom Games 2019

Challis Professor in Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney Law School and Professor at the University of Warsaw, Centre for Europe. His interests include jurisprudence, legal theory, philosophy of law, political philosophy, constitutional theory, and comparative constitutionalism...

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Paweł Potoroczyn

Freedom Games 2019

Polish culture manager, journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and diplomat. From 2008 to 2016 director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. In 2017 he became the general director of the SWPS of the Humanities and Social Sciences University, he held this position until 2018...

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Marek Safjan

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer, judge, specialist in the field of civil law, professor of law, academic teacher at the University of Warsaw. In the years 1998-2006, president of the Constitutional Tribunal. Since 2009, he has been the judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union...

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Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bak

Freedom Games 2019

Social activist, politician and educational researcher. Co-worker of the Center for Social Thought Ferdynand Lassalle in Wrocław, a member of the international movement for the democratization of Europe DiEM25...

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Marek Migalski

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

Polish political scientist, habilitated doctor of humanities, academic teacher, political journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament in the 7th term. He works at the Institute of Political Sciences and Journalism at the University of Silesia in Katowice...

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Jaroslaw Gugala

Freedom Games 2019

Journalist, TV presenter. In the 90s, director of the 1st Program of TVP and the Television Information Agency. Reporter and presenter of News and current affairs programs. A journalist from TV Polsat since 2003...

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Adam Szłapka

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish Politician, a member of the Sejm of the 8th term. The former director of the Project: Poland Foundation and an expert at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland during the presidency of Bronisław Komorowski...

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Csaba Toth

Freedom Games 2019

Political strategist, director of the Hungarian liberal think tank Republikon Institute and member of the board of the European Liberal Forum...

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Anna Dziewit-Meller

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Polish journalist with Jewish and Russian roots. Also known as the anchorwoman of programs about literature in radio Chilli Zet and TVN station...

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Magda Melnyk

Freedom Games 2019, Igrzyska Wolności 2018

A columnist, analyst and reporter. Member of the "Liberté!". A graduate of the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the University of Lodz. She specializes in the area of Spanish speaking countries, political transformation, social movements and women's rights...

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Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish lawyer, she specializes in litigation, civil and criminal law. Co-creator of the civic initiative "Free Courts" and a Member of the Board of the Zbigniew Holda Association. Since April 2016, she has been the coordinator for NGO relations of Direct Bar Association in Warsaw...

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Błażej Lenkowski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish political scientist, journalist, entrepreneur. The founder and President of the Board of Fundacja Liberté!, the publisher of the Liberte! magazine...

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Leszek Jażdżewski

Freedom Games 2019

Polish columnist and commentator, Editor-in-Chief of “Liberté!”. Expert on international relations, co-founder of a community centre 6. Dzielnica in Lodz, Poland. Columnist of such publications as Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita, Polityka, Wprost; commentator for TOK FM radio station and TVP television channel. Marshall Memorial Fellow. He was chosen as a leader in a project carried out by Teraz Polska magazine nominating 25 leaders for the next 25 years. He is the co-author of two books Liberal reflections on life chances and social mobility in Europe and Democracy in Europe Of the People, by the People, for the People?.

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Katarzyna Lubnauer

Freedom Games 2018, Freedom Games 2019

Chairwoman of the Nowoczesna party, one of the leaders of the Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska), vice-chairman of the PO-KO Club. PhD in mathematics, academic teacher, politician, MP of the 8th term of the Sejm, candidate from 2nd place in the Sejm elections from Warsaw...

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Sławomir Sierakowski

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish sociologist and political commentator. He is the founder and leader of Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique), an Eastern European movement of liberal intellectuals, artists and activists. He is also the director of the Institute...

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Adam Wajrak

Freedom Games 2017, Freedom Games 2019

A journalist cooperating with the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, a naturalist, and a traveller. A nature protection activist. The author of books about nature

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Magdalena M. Baran

Freedom Games 2019

A Polish doctor of philosophy, historian of ideas, publicist; Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. She scientifically deals with war issues, political philosophy and practical ethics. She defended her doctoral thesis at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences...

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