Who We Are

Members of Board

Jan Macháček

Jan Macháček

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Jan Macháček is a Czech columnist and musician. He covers political, economic, European and geopolitical issues. Currently, he publishes his columns in the Czech daily newspaper...

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Jaroslav Bžoch

Jaroslav Bžoch

Jaroslav Bžoch served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2024, where he held the position...

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Tünde Bartha

Tünde Bartha

Tünde Bartha has been the Head of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic since 2017, and she has simultaneously held the position of...

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Edvard Outrata

Edvard Outrata

Member of the board

Edvard Outrata graduated from the University of Economics in Prague. In the 1960’s, Outrata worked in the Institute of Mathematical Machinery as a programmer and system analytic....

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Pavel Pustějovský

Pavel Pustějovský

Member of the board

Member of Parliament of the Czech Republic, Regional Councilor and Manager. Pavel Pustějovsky graduated from VŠB Technical University of Ostrava and has since devoted his professional life to industry...

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Members

Šárka Shoup

Šárka Shoup

Executive Director

Šárka Shoup is the director of the Institute for Politics and Society. In this position, she is responsible for managing a team and the implementation of projects...

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Ivana Rundštuková

Ivana Rundštuková

Project Assistant
Patrícia Petríková

Patrícia Petríková

Office Manager and Assistant of Chairman of the Board

Patricia comes from Slovakia, where she studied bachelor's degree in European Studies and International Relations at Comenius University in Bratislava. She graduated with a master's degree at...

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Irena Krcháková

Irena Krcháková

Irena Krcháková started her professional career in a radio station and then moved to Czech Television. She managed to combine her personal interest in domestic political...

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Ondřej Knotek

Ondřej Knotek

Ondřej Knotek is a Czech politician, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the ANO movement, and an industrial manager. He studied chemical engineering at the University...

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Kristína Majerčíková

Kristína Majerčíková

Project Manager

Kristína studied European Public Administration at Pavol Josef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. She graduated with a master's degree in Public and Social Policy Studies from the...

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Martin Sedláček

Martin Sedláček

Project Manager

Martin spent his bachelor studies at Palacky University in Olomouc where he studied Politics and European Studies. Martin graduated master degree at Faculty of Social Science...

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Stephanie Stefanovová

Stephanie Stefanovová

Office Manager and Assistant of Chairman of the Board

Stephanie studied International Diplomatic Studies at the College of International and Public Relations Prague. She spent part of her studies at foreign universities in the US and...

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External Consultants

Trainees

Claudia VanBendegom
Lívia Hrončeková
Filip Maliar
Emily Alley
Alžběta Bochňáková

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