Sharon Ben-Arie

Sharon Ben-Arie

Sharon Ben Arie is a mother to Tom, and the daughter of Igal and Laly. She has lived in Jerusalem most of her life, with periods in Tel Aviv and Oslo, Norway. She holds a BA in Film and Television from Tel Aviv University and an MA in Media Studies from the University...
Samuel Rechek

Samuel Rechek

Sam Rechek is Program Coordinator for the Debate Team at Braver Angels, a U.S. nonprofit that combats political polarization. Sam has spent the last several years defending Americans’ free expression rights. While completing his undergraduate studies at the...
Zyma Islam

Zyma Islam

Zyma Islam is an investigative reporter at The Daily Star, the leading English-language newspaper in Bangladesh. Her reporting focuses on state-perpetrated rights violations, including torture, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and political...
Scott Griffen

Scott Griffen

Scott Griffen is the executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, publishers, and media executives for press freedom. A respected media freedom advocate and expert, he joined IPI in 2012 and served as the organization’s...
Yuval Shany

Yuval Shany

Professor 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...
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...