Name: Wolfgang Streeck Nationality: German Occupation(s): Economic sociologist and emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Connection to Europe: Born outside of Münster, Streeck is the son of refugees – ethnic Germans from eastern Europe displaced by the end of the Second World War – who lives at the center of Western […]
Name: Alisa Sopova Nationality: Ukrainian Occupation(s): Journalist from Donetsk, Harvard’s first Ukrainian Nieman Fellow. Connection to Europe: In her reporting, Sopova covers the ongoing events in Ukraine since the popular uprising in late 2013 and the subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russian and the announcement of independence by two separatist-controlled territories. In order to educated the detached residents of […]
Name: Robert Socha Nationality: Polish Occupation(s): Journalist, deputy executive producer for TV documentary programs at TVN Poland. Connection to Europe: As an International Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, Robert Socha studies the transition of linear TV broadcasters to the digital world. His research seeks to compare European and U.S. developments in video on demand, virtual reality, and video storytelling. […]
Name: Isabel Schayani Nationality: German Occupation(s): Editor for WDR (Westdeutschen Rundfunk) and international news presenter for the program “Weltspiegel” for ARD, one of Germany’s leading national broadcasters. Connection to Europe: She has overseen the WDR network’s WDRforyou web and social media news channel for refugees arriving in Germany since December 2015. Date of interview: April 3, 2017 In this episode, Isabel […]
Name: Jacqueline Cramer Nationality: Dutch Occupation(s): Professor in sustainable innovation at Utrecht University, strategic advisor of the Utrecht Sustainability Institute, member of the Amsterdam Economic Board; and director of the consultancy firm ‘Sustainable Entrepreneurship: strategy and innovation consulting’. Connection to Europe: Former Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment for the Labour Party (February 2007 – February 2010); […]
Name: Pol Esteve & Bernard Dubois Nationality: Spanish (Esteve), Belgian (Dubois) Occupation(s): Co-directors of the AA Visiting School Brussels (Esteve is the Co-founder of the architecture studio GOIG, and a teacher at the AA School of Architecture as a studio master and in the History and Theory department. Dubois is an architect based in Brussels, and was […]
Name: Alberto Alemanno Nationality: Italy, France, United States Occupation(s): Academic. Citizen Lobbyist. Civic Entrepreneur. Connection to Europe: Originally from Italy, Alberto Alemanno is Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law and Regulation and the scientific director of the EU Public Interest Law Clinic at HEC Paris and New York University School of Law. Date of interview: March 5, 2017 […]
Name: Esther de Lange Nationality: Netherlands Occupation(s): Vice Chair, European People’s Party, European Parliament Connection to Europe: Esther de Lange was born in the Netherlands and studied European Studies in The Hague. She participated in an ERASMUS exchange program at the University of Lyon in France. As Vice-Chair of the EPP she is responsible for relations with the national […]
Name: Aleksandra Sojka Nationality: Poland, Spain, United States Occupation(s): Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science of the University of Granada in Spain; Visiting Scholar at The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University (2016/2017) Connection to Europe: Sojka studied in Poland, the Netherlands, and Spain, and developed research visits in Hungary, Germany, and […]
Name: Markus Brunnermeier Nationality: United States Occupation(s): Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics and Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University Connection to Europe: Brunnermeier’s research focuses on international financial markets and the macroeconomy with special emphasis on bubbles, liquidity, financial and monetary price stability. He is the author of The Euro and the Battle of Ideas (Princeton […]