Yuval Shany

Yuval Shany

Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University. He currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, a Distinguished Fellow at the Ethics in AI Institute at...
Staffan I. Lindberg

Staffan I. Lindberg

Staffan I. Lindberg is Professor and Founding Director of the V-Dem Institute (2013-2025); PI of Varieties of Democracy; Founding Director of the national research infrastructure DEMSCORE; Wallenberg Academy Fellow alumni; co-author of Varieties of Democracy (CUP...
Ingunn Trosholmen

Ingunn Trosholmen

Ingunn Trosholmen is the CEO of World Expression Forum (WEXFO). She joined WEXFO from her position as State Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister of Norway. Trosholmen previously served as Mayor of Lillehammer (2019–2023) and has held roles including...
Oksana Brovko

Oksana Brovko

Oksana Brovko is the CEO of the Association of Independent Regional Press Publishers of Ukraine. She has over 25 years of experience supporting independent regional media across Ukraine. In 2025, she accepted the Golden Pen of Freedom on behalf of Ukraine’s...
May Linn Clement

May Linn Clement

May Linn Clement (39) is cartoonist and writer for the Norwegian paper Dag og Tid. She received the Fritt Ord Award 2025 alongside the cartoonists Morten Mørland (The Times, Sunday Times) and Marvin Halleraker (Aftenposten).