Julia Langbein
Julia Langbein is senior researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, where she leads the Political Economy and Integration research cluster. In her research, she deals with the integration of (semi-) peripheral economies into transnational markets and value chains and the consequences for their economic and political development. Her regional focus lies […]
Ihor Masiakin
Ihor Masiakin is a Ukrainian political analyst and international tax lawyer. He began his career at leading Ukrainian and international law and consulting firms. Since 2019 he was engaged as an external advisor to Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance under an EBRD-funded program. After Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, his research pivoted to mil-tech and security […]
Michał Matlak
Michał Matlak is the Acting Director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology (ITECH), where he leads research and strategic projects on security, technology policy, and the energy transition. He is also a co-founder and member of the core group of the EU Security Initiative at the European University Institute (EUI), which fosters dialogue on […]
Gergo Medve-Balint
Gergo Medve-Balint is Director at the Institute for Political Science, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest and Associate Professor at the Institute for Social and Political Sciences at Corvinus University of Budapest. He obtained his doctoral degree in political science from Central European University in 2015. His publications appeared in JCMS: Journal of Common Market […]
Inna Melnykovska
Inna Melnykovska is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin in 2016. She studied International Relations and Economics in Ukraine. Inna’s research is about the interaction of global, regional and local forces in […]
Ivan Nagornyak
Ivan Nagornyak is an expert with more than 10 years of experience in the field of European integration, development of state policies, strategies and export consulting. In the EasyBusiness team, he assists in the implementation of public policy projects, in particular in the development and implementation of the National Economic Strategy 2030 and other projects related […]
Dora Piroska
Dr. Dora Piroska is Associate Professor at the International Relations Department of Central European University, Vienna, Austria. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the CEU. Her research focuses on the international political economy (IPE) of banking and finance and development finance with a particular interest in the Eastern Central European region. She has […]
Eulalia Rubio
Eulalia Rubio is senior Research Fellow on European economic affairs at the Jacques Delors Institute. Her main fields of expertise are the EU budget, EU´s budgetary policy-making and European public investment policies and strategies. She is author of numerous papers and policy reports on these topics, including various reports on behalf of the European Parliament. In […]
Luuk Schmitz
Luuk Schmitz is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies since October 2023. In the same month, he received his doctorate in political and social science from the European University Institute. Luuk’s research deals with the politics and political economy of EU trade and industrial policies, especially in light of […]
Jack Strosser
Jack Lambert Strosser is a researcher and consultant working in international (sustainable) development, with a specific interest in development banking in the post-Soviet context, particularly in Ukraine and Central Asia. Other professional interests and foci include the development and financing of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems, as well as the geo-economics of development finance […]