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Andreas DIMMELMEIER

Former Policy Analyst on Climate and Environment
Andreas Dimmelmeier worked as a Policy Analyst on Climate and Environment at FEPS. He holds […]

László ANDOR

FEPS Secretary General
László Andor is a Hungarian economist, and former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion […]

Nikita SANAULLAH 

Policy Analyst on Economic and Social Affairs
Nikita worked as a Policy Analyst on Economic and Social Affairs at FEPS.

Achim POST


Adam DAY


Co-Lead to the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism and Head of the United Nations […]

Adriana ERTHAL ABDENUR


Executive Director of Plataforma CIPÓ

Adriana Sader TESCARI


Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Agnes JONGERIUS


Member of the European Parliament, Progressive Alliance ofthe Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Agnes MACH

FES Policy Officer for Gender Equality

Agnieszka PIASNA


Senior Researcher, ETUI

Alberto NEIDHARDT


Aleksander KWAŚNIEWSKI


President Emeritus of the Republic of Poland

Aleksandra VASILJEVIĆ


Deputy Mayor of Velenje, Slovenia

Alexander KMENTT


Director of the Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Department, Austrian Foreign Ministry

Aline CONCHON


Amira EL-SHAL


Assistant Professor in Economics, Cairo University

Ana BERENGUER GIMÉNEZ


General Director of Analysis and Public Policies for the Region of Valencia

Ana PIRTSHKALAVA


YES Secretary General

André SAPIR


Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles & Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Andrea GEROSA

Founder of ThinkYoung

Andrea ROVENTINI


Professor of economics at the Institute of Economics at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Andrzej KOŹMIŃSKI


Honorary President, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre […]

Anke HASSEL


Ann BRANCH


Head of Unit, Skills Agenda DG EMPL, European Commission

Ann LINDE


Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Anna KÁRNÍKOVÁ

Head of Friends of the Earth CZ

Anna SUNDSTRÖM


Secretary General, Olof Palme International Centre

Anneliese DODDS


Annette VON SCHÖNFELD


Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Brazil

Antonella Ilaria TOTARO


Researcher, University of Turin

Arne WESTAD


Arun CHAUDHARY


Filmmaker working in politics and Creative Director

Arunabha GHOSH


CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India

Åsa REGNÉR


Deputy Executive Director of UN Women

Augusto SANTOS SILVA


President of the Assembly of the Republic

Aurore LALUCQ


Bartosz RYDLINSKI

Co-founder of the Centrum Im. Ignacego Daszyńskiego Foundation
Co-founder of the Centrum Im. Ignacego Daszyńskiego Foundation

Bartosz WIELIŃSKI


Deputy editor-in-chief of the Gazeta Wyborcza

Ben WRAY


Freelance journalist and researcher. Coordinator of The Gig Economy Project, a media network for gig […]

Benedetta BERTI


Benjamin BRATTON


Bohdan FERENS


Founder of the SD Platform of Ukraine

Boon BREYNE

Climate Justice Activist at Fridays For Future & Youth for Climate

Brando BENIFEI


Brikena XHOMAQI 


Caridad SANCHEZ

Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions, Board Member

Caroline KUZEMKO

Research Fellow at the Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), University of Warwick, UK.

Catherine WOOLLARD 


Cecilia BRUZELIUS

Junior Professor of European Public Policy, Tübingen University

Cedric WERMUTH


Chiara ARMENI


Chiara GRIBAUDO


Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies, PD

Christian TESTORF


Christina COLCLOUGH


Founder, The Why Not Lab

Christine MAYRHUBER


Senior Economist at WIFO

Christophe ROUILLON


President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions and Mayor of Coulaines, […]

Claudia DETSCH

Director of FES Just Climate

Colin WOODARD


Conner ROUSSEAU


Conor LAMB


Constance NALEGACH


Head of the International Affairs Office of the Ministry of the Environment of the Republic […]

Cristina ANTOÑANZAS PEÑALVA


Deputy General Secretary, UGT

Damijan ZRIM


Member of the National Assembly of Slovenia & Secretary General of the SD Youth Forum

Danai KOLTSIDA

Director Nikos Poulantzas Institute; Vice-president transform! Europe

Daniel KOPP


former editor-in-chief of the IPS Journal

Daniel PROKOP


Sociologist, PAQ Research

Daniela OSTRA


Danuše NERUDOVÁ

Former Dean of Brno University and presidential candidate

Daphne HALIKIOPOULOU


Professor of Comparative Politics at University of Reading

David OBURA


Earth Commission’s Commissioner

David PASSARELLI

Executive Director of the UN University for Policy Research and Secretary General of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism

Declan COSTELLO


Delara BURKHARDT


Member of the European Parliament, Member of the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists […]

Delia BADOI


Research Fellow, ResearchInstitute for Quality of Life,Romanian Academy.

Diederik SAMSOM


Diego SÁNCHEZ VILA


Architect & Consultant at 7Generations

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA

Member of European Parlimanet

Doris BURES


President of the Karl-Renner-Institute

Dorottya SZIKRA


Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Sciences and Visiting Professor at the Department of […]

Elina RIBAKOVA


Elisa GAMBARDELLA


Education and Lifelong Learning Coordinator, SOLIDAR Foundation

Elisabeth KLATZER


Specialist in Gendered Responsive Budgeting, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Elisabetta GUALMINI


Member of the European Parliament and Vice Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance […]

Elsa ARNAIZ


Emirali KARADOĞAN


Advisor at Tez-Koop-İş Union, Turkey

Esther LYNCH

Deputy Secretary-General of European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Eunice GOES


Professor of Politics at Richmond University, The American International University in London

Eva-Maria HOLZLEITNER


SPÖ Women’s Chairperson & Equal Opportunities Committee Chairperson

Evelyn LOGGHE


YES Vice President

Evelyn REGNER


Vice-President European Parliament

Evgenija JANAKIESKA


Evin INCIR


Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in […]

Fabrizio BARCA


Co-coordinator Forum Disuguaglianze Diversità

Félix MAILLEUX


Fernanda CARVALHO


Global Policy Lead, Climate and Energy Practice at WWF

Francesca BRIA 


President, Italian National Innovation Fund

Francesco GRILLO


Frank RIJSBERMAN


Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Frank SIEBERN-THOMAS


Head of Unit, DG EMPL in charge of “Fair Green and Digital Transitions, Research”

Frank VAN BENNEKOM


Union Official, Young & United at the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV)

Franziska TRÖGER


Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Brasília

Frazer CLARKE


Political Advisor, S&D Group

Giovanni GREVI


Giovanni Grevi is a senior fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) […]

Grzegorz PIETRUCZUK

Mayor of Bielany District in Warsaw
Grzegorz PIETRUCZUK is a local government official, a political scientist and a publicist. He graduated […]

Guillermo TOSCA DÍAZ


Guy RYDER


Gyorgy MUDRI


Former Agriculture Expert, European Parliament and the US Department of Agriculture Open exchange with all […]

Harald TROCH


Member of Austrian Parliament

Helena BRAUN


European Commission, Member of the Cabinet of EVP Frans Timmermans

Heléne FRITZON

Member of European Parliament, Vice-Chair S&D Group

Helene SCHUBERTH


Chief Economist, Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB)

Helin YILDIZ


City councillor of Varese, responsible for the relations with foreign communities in Varese (Italy)

Hend MGAIETH


Henning WILTS


Director Circular Economy, Wuppertal Institut

Henrike VON PLATEN


Hrishabh SANDILYA


Hubertus HEIL


Idoia MENDÍA


Ilaria BRAMBILLA


Imme SCHOLZ


President of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Foundation and co-chair of the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023

Inga SABANOVA


Irene TINAGLI


Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in […]

Isabelle BRACHET


Izabella TEIXEIRA


Former Minister of the Environment of Brazil; Co-President of the International Resource Panel, UN; Member […]

Jana MALÁČOVÁ

Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic

Janine BERG


Senior Economist, ILO

Janis BRIZGA


Jaques WAGNER


President of Brazil’s Senate Environmental Commission

Javi LOPEZ


S&D Member of the European Parliament

Jennifer BAKER


Jens SÜDEKUM


Jeremias ADAMS-PRASSL


Professor, University of Oxford

Jess PHILIPS 


Jessica TAYLOR

Senate and Governors Editor, The Cook Political Report

Joachim SCHUSTER


Member of the European Parliament, member of the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists […]

Joanna BRONOWICKA


Researcher, EuropeanUniversity Viadrina

Joanna BRONOWICKA


João Henrique CAMPOS


Mayor of Recife, Brazil

Jonathan REYNOLDS


Member of the Parliament, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Energy.

Jos BERTRAND


ESO President

José GRAZIANO DA SILVA


President of Zero Hunger Institute; Former Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Josef STŘEDULA

Chairman of Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS) and presidential candidate

Joseph STIGLITZ

Nobel laureate in economics, University Professor at Columbia University, founder of Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)

Josip JURATOVIC


Member of German Parliament

Joško KLISOVIĆ


President of the Assembly of the city of Zagreb

Juan Fernando LUCIO LOPEZ


Director at One Earth Future Foundation in the Paz Sostenible Para Colombia program (PASO Colombia […]

Judit LANTAI


Juli SIMOND


Jutta PAULUS

Member of the European Parliament

Karel POLANECKÝ


Katarina BARLEY


Vice-President of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, S&D Group

Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ


Katarzyna PISARSKA


Co-founder and Chairwoman at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Chair of the Warsaw Security Forum and […]

Katharina BARLEY


Katherine TREBECK


Kathleen VAN BREMPT


Katya KOLEVA

President, Institute for Social Integration

Keisha MCGUIRE


President and CEO of Present and Future Institute (PFI) and former Permanent Representative of Grenada […]

Korinna SCHUMANN


Federal Council SPÖ parliamentary group leader & ÖGB women’s chairperson

Kris BACHUS


Research manager Climate and Sustainable Development, KU Leuven

Krisztina ZALNOKY


Research Project Manager, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Laura LIETO


Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Urban Planning of the City of Naples

Laura SPARAVIGNA


Florence City Councillor, chair of the Education, Training andEmployment committee

Laurence NARDON


Laurent STANDAERT

Political Director Green European Foundation

Lesia RADELICKI


Lia QUARTAPELLE


Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ


Member of the European Parliament, S&D Spain

Linnea NELLI


PhD student in innovation studies at the Department of Economic Policy, Università Cattolica del Sacro […]

Lisa PAUS


Louisa RENOUX


Luc BAS


Vice-Chair of the IUCN CEESP/Europe (Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy)

Ludovic VOET


Confederal Secretary, ETUC

Lukas LEHNER


Magnus JIBORN


Head of Research, Global Challenges Foundation

Maiara FOLLY


Co-Founder and Programme Director of Plataforma CIPÓ

Malik BEN ACHOUR


Marc ANGEL

Member of the European Parliament

Marcele OLIVEIRA


Member of a Climate for Change Coalition

Marek BELKA


Member of the European Parliament, Vice-chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists […]

María Alexandra MOREIRA LÓPEZ


Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), Secretary General

Maria Enrica VIRGILLITO


Assistant Professor in Economic Policy at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Maria PASTUKHOVA


Mariana VIEIRA DA SILVA

Portugal Minister for the Presidency

Marie SHERLOCK


Senator, Irish Labour Party

Marina BERLINGHIERI


Former Member of Italian Parliament

Mario NAVA


Marisa GAWRON


Research assistant in Social Work and Grad Student in Social Innovation at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

Marko VEŠLIGAJ


Mayor of Pregrada (Croatia), member of the PES Group in the European Committee of theRegions

Marta AGUIRRE


Member of Sigtuna municipality council (Sweden) and member of the PES Group inthe European Committee […]

Martina ZANDONELLA


Social Scientist (SORA)

Mary ROBINSON


Chair of the Elders; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland

Matteo DE BELLIS


Matthias ECKE


Member of the European Parliament

Matthias STRAUB-FISCHER


Senior Consultant at 7Generations – Transforming Business, Education & Communities

Matthias WEBER


Director of the Competence Centre on the Future ofWork, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Brussels

Mauro SANTANIELLO


Associate Research Fellow and digital policy expert, United Nations University Institute of Comparative and Regional Integration […]

Max UEBE


Head of Unit “Employment Strategy”, European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, […]

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI


Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in […]

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI


Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in […]

Michael MIEBACH 


Michal MEIDAN


Michelle BACHELET


Milka YEMANE


Minouche SHAFIK


Director of London School of Economic and Political Science

Miriam BAGHADADY


Economist, Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB)

Mohammed CHAHIM


Mona SLOANE


Myria GEORGIOU


Nadia CALVIÑO


Namita KAMBLI


Research Manager at E3G

Nawal BEN HAMOU

Secretary of State of the Brussels-Capital Region

Neasa HOURIGAN


Green Party Finance & Health Spokesperson and Chair of Policy Council

Niamh HARDIMAN


Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at University College Dublin

Nicolas BROOKES


Nicolas GONZALES CASARES

Member of the European Parliament

Nicolas SCHMIT

European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Niels VAN DOORN


Assistant Professor,University of Amsterdam

Niina MALM


Nils FUGLSANG

Member of European Parliament

Olaf SCHOLZ


Ole FUNKE


Oliver PHILIPP


Oliver ROETHIG


Oliver Roethig leads UNI Europa as the Regional Secretary. He is vice-president of the European […]

Olivier BAILLY

Director for Global Issues at the European External Action Service (EEAS)

Pablo ALLENDE


Pamela RENDI-WAGNER

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, SOCIALISTS & DEMOCRATS
SPÖ Federal Party Chairperson and Club Chairperson

Panagiotis CHATZIMICHAIL

European Youth Forum, Board Member

Panny ANTONIOU


Patrik EICHLER


Director, Masaryk Democratic Academy

Pau SOLANILLA


Paul TANG


Pedro SANCHEZ


Pedro Sánchez has been President of the Government of Spain since June 2018. He holds […]

Peter KMEC


Philippe DE LOMBAERDE


Director, United Nations University Institute of Comparative and Regional Integration Studies

Pia Maria WIENINGER


Member of the Vienna State Parliament and of the Vienna City Council

Rachel VERDIN


Research Fellow, University of Sussex Business School 

Raluca CSERNATONI


Research Fellow, Carnegie Europe and Guest professor, BSoG

Rasha MALAEB


Rasha NASR

Member of German Bundestag

Reghina DIMITRISINA


Policy Advisor at FES Just Climate Competence Centre

Reinhard KRUMM 


Dr Reinhard Krumm heads the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung‘s office for the Baltic States in Riga. Previously, he […]

Reinhilde BOUCKAERT


Researcher United Nations University Institute of Comparative and Regional Integration Studies

Richard PONZIO

Director for Global Governance, Justice & Security Program at the Simson Center and author of the report “Road to 2023. Our Common Agenda and the Pact for the Future

Robert BLECHER


Program Director, Future of Conflict, International Crisis Group

Romina BOARINI


Director, OECD Centre for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunities (WISE)

Romina KUKO


Albanian Deputy Minister of Interior

Ruben Alfaro BERNABÉ


Mayor of Elda, former Young elected politician

Sabine PFEIFFER


Professor and author of ‘Digital Capitalism and Distributive Forces’

Salma BAVA


Salvador ILLA


Samantha SMITH 


Sandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ


Vice-Mayor of Valencia

Sandrine LEVASSEUR


Economist at the OFCE

Sanna MARKKANEN


Research Programme Lead and Senior Analyst, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge Institute for […]

Santina BERTULESSI


Saša UHLOVÁ


Journalist, internet daily Alarm

Seán REID


Transformation Specialist at PostFinance, Switzerland

Sebastian BARNES


Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council & Head of Economics Division at the Organisation […]

Selma YILDIRIM


SPÖ Member of the Finance Committee

Shona MURRAY


Sidonie WETZIG


Silvana CAPPUCCIO


Sophie ACHLEITNER


Economist, Momentum Institut

Sophie JACQUOT

Professor of Political Science at Université Saint-Louis, Brussels, and researcher at Centre de Recherche en Science Politique de l’Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles

Stan DE SPIEGELAERE


Director Policy and Research at UNI Europa and guest professor at Ghent University

Stefan FÜLE


Stefan OLSSON


Deputy Director General, Jobs, Skills and Social Policies, DG EMPL, European Commission

Stefanie WÖHL


Jean Monnet Chair on Diversity and Social Cohesion in the European Union (2019-2022), Professor of […]

Stelina CHATZICHRISTOU


Stella V. GRAHEK


Stephan TALHOFER


Stéphane ARDITI


Director of Policy Integration and Circular Economy, European EnvironmentalBureau

Stéphanie LEPCZYNSKI


Stephen BEVAN


Stephen BRONNER


Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Director of Global Relations for the Center […]

Steve ROLF


Economic and Social Research (ESRC) Council Researcher Fellow at the Digital Futures at Work (Digit) […]

Steven ERLANGER

Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe, The New York Times

Suranjali TANDON


Assistant professor at New Delhi based think tank- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. 

Tarik ABOU CHADI


Thilmeeza HUSSAIN


Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the UN

Thomas DERMINE


Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN

Director of the Jacques Delors Energy Centre, Senior Research Fellow, European Energy Policy

Tiago FERNANDES


Scientific Researcher at Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisboa

Tina ZOURNATZI


Tiziano TREU


President of CNEL

Tom MCDONNEL


Co-director, Nevin Economic Research Institute 

Tsvetelina PENKOVA


Member of the European Parliament, Member of the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists […]

Txai SURUÍ


Coordinator of the Ethnoenvironmental Defence Association and of the State of Roraima’s Indigenous Youth Movement

Ulrike EIFLER

Transform! Europe, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

Urban ÜBERSCHÄR

Head of FES Czech Republic and Slovakia Office

Ursula WOODBURN


Ursula joined the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in August 2018. She is a […]

Valeria PULIGNANO


Professor in Sociology at the Centre for Sociological Research (CESO), KU Leuven. Valeria Pulignano is […]

Valerie ASCH


Consultant at 7Generations

Vanessa PALLUCCHI


Spokesperson for Forum del Terzo Settore

Verena NUSSBAUM


SPÖ Member of the National Council and Member of the Social Committee, Deputy Managing Director […]

Victor NEGRESCU


Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in […]

Vili LEHDONVIRTA


Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital SocialResearch, Oxford Internet Institute

Viviane RIOS BALBINO


Head of the United Nations Division, Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs

Vladimír ŠPIDLA


Wanjira MATHAI


Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute (WRI)

Werner RAZA


Head of the Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE)

Wil HUNT


Research Fellow, Digital Futures at Work (Digit) Research Centre, University of Succes

William NEALE


Adviser Circular Economy and Green Growth, European Commission DG ENV

Wlodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ 


Xavier RAGOT


President, OFCE

Yoland GIL

President of the Youth Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation

Yonnec POLET

Deputy Secretary General of PES, and Member of the Committee of Regions

Yuliya YURCHENKO


Senior lecturer and researcher in political economy at the Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability […]