Voices of Europe

Hugo is a columnist and entrepreneur. He is chairman and editor in chief of InFacts, a journalistic enterprise making the fact-based case for Britain to stay in the European Union. His most recent book is "The In/Out Question: Why Britain Should Stay

Tessa is the UK correspondent for the Austrian news magazine profil. She is the author of several books on Palestine, Russia and Chechen nationalism. She blogs in English and German on www.tessaszy.com.

Karolina is a Polish journalist who has been living in the UK for the last 13 years. As well as reporting on the Polish energy sector for the energy publication ICIS she is a contributing writer for the weekly magazine Cooltura - the biggest publication for the Polish diaspora in the UK.

Gian-Paolo Accardo is an Italo-Dutch journalist. He is VoxEurop's editor and was formerly deputy editor-in chief at Presseurop and Courrier International.

Nicoletta is the online Editor of Europe & Me. Created in 2007, Europe & Me was started with five young people from different European countries coming together to provide a different type of reporting from that of many other European news outlets. Now in its 30th issue, the magazine has established itself as a space for a truly transnational dialogue.

Charlie is photographer who has turned CEOs upside down, got shouted at by political leaders, waded up to his chest in floodwaters, smeared paint on art dealers’ faces and poured pints for dogs. All of it has resulted in some great photographs. His drive is to tell personal stories in an intimate and unique way. He's also a passionate pro-European.

Isabel Chapman is a freelance project manager and young people’s expert. Isabel has worked with young people (ages 11 – 24) for the last seven years across the criminal justice system, inner-city estates and schools in London, deprived and challenging communities. Isabel has expertise in developing and coordinating co-created youth campaigns.

Alberto is a public interest lawyer, known for his work on the European Union, risk regulation and public health prevention as well as on the theory of nudge in policy-making.

Colin was a British diplomat from 1967-2005. The last thirty years of his career were largely devoted to work involving the European Community/Union.

Radosław (Radek) is a Senior Fellow at the Center of European Studies, Harvard University. He was formerly Poland’s minister of defence (2005-2007), foreign minister (2007-2014) and speaker of parliament (2014-2015).

Stephen Tindale is Director of The Alvin Weinberg Foundation,[1][2] co-founder of the organisation Climate Answers and Associate Fellow at the Centre for European Reform.From 2000 to 2005, he was the Executive Director of Greenpeace in the United Kingdom until 2005.

Philippe Marlière is a professor of French and European Politics at University College London. He was awarded the Chair Marcel Liebman at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2007. He was educated in France and completed a PhD dissertation at the European University Institute in Florence in 2000. Philippe was also a researcher for the state-run Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique.

Paola is Associate Professor in Comparative Social Policy and Fellow of the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College. She joined the Department in April 2010, having previously held academic appointments at the London School of Economics, Bremen University and Mannheim University. She has been Visiting Fellow at Sciences Po, Paris, and Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political Science.

Dr Pavol Babos is a researcher at the Department of Political Science and director of the Centre for Territorial and International Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University. A fluent English speaker, Dr Babos regularly contributes to public debates and appears in media, alongside his academic work. In the past he worked as a journalist for several print media outlets.

Francesca is lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Maastricht. She holds a BA and MPhil in Political Sciences (2005) with a specialisation in International and Diplomatic studies (Laurea in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche) at the University of Trieste (Italy), a Masters of Law of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Michael is the former head of the European Parliament Information Office in the UK.Having worked in the EU for over 30 years, he has published widely about the European institutions as well as other Community topics. In addition, he was responsible for the creation of the European Parliament web TV channel, known as europarlTV, which was launched in 2008.

Mike is Programme Director of “Scientists for EU” which he co-founded with Dr Rob Davidson in May 2015. Mike is an independent consultant in research and innovation policy and a freelance writer. Recent research includes a report on “international innovation” for Universities UK and analysis of the EU’s health research programme. His undergraduate degree is in Natural Sciences.