Principal Investigator (PI)

For number of years Greta has been working internationally with questions of gender equality and diversity in the media, including as: Guest Researcher at the Centre for Gender Research, Oslo University (2009-2011), Trainee at the Media and Data Protection Division, Council of Europe, Fulbright Researcher at the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley (2011-2012) and more recently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department and Media Studies, Stockholm University (2018-2021). Greta serves as vice-chair of the ECREA Gender, Sexuality & Communication section (2021-23). Between 2020-22 she was the vice-president of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).

Associate Professor, Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Co-Investigator (2022-2023)

Anna specialises in media marketing/media management, media polarisation and the impact of new technologies on audiences. She is the author of almost 60 academic papers and an active participant in over 60 scientific conferences on an international and national scale. An experienced reviewer of academic texts. A member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Media Business Studies, the Reviewer Boards of Future Internet, Social Sciences and Sustainability, and a member of the Scientific Council of the Dziennikarstwo i Media and Styles of Communication journals. The editor-in-chief of the Komunikacja społeczna i media series.

Associate Professor, Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Co-Investigator (2021-2022)

MA in Sociology, Research Assistant (2021-2022)

Małgorzata has been working in the field of gender equality for over 12 years. She has extensive experience in carrying out research, both qualitative and quantitative, and analyzing equal treatment of women and men in different areas of social life and evaluation of public policies. She is an author of numerous articles and reports on women’s political participation, reconciliation of work and family life, women on the labour market, including in the media, women’s participation in decision-making processes, gender-based violence. Małgorzata works as a national expert for institutions such as the European Institute for Gender Equality, European Commission, European Parliament, ODIHR OSCE, Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Deputy Vice President & Global Director of Research at International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), UK.

Julie is a native of Australia living in Oxford, England. She is an award-winning journalist and academic working at the intersection of journalism safety, media freedom, media and gender, journalism and disinformation, and the digital transformation of journalism, drawing on an international career spanning three decades. Before joining ICFJ in 2019 she led the Reuters Institute’s Journalism Innovation Project where she remains affiliated as Senior Research Fellow.

Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Axel Springer, Germany.

Sandra is a passionate change maker with 15 years of professional experience. At Axel Springer, a media and technology company active in more than 40 countries worldwide, she focuses on building and executing a holistic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy for the group. Before joining Axel Springer she worked for Accenture in the fields of innovation and change management. She holds an MBA from Poznań University of Economics and Business and Georgia State University.

Associate Proffesor of Creative Industries
Creative Economies Lab, Co-Director
Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC)
University of the West of England, Bristol

Tarek has been involved in a number of research projects within the creative and cultural industries in the UK and internationally. His research interests span a number of areas including the impact of Covid-19 on the creative sector, organsiational resilience in the sector, cultural policy, social inclusion in the sector, the changing nature of creative and cultural labour internationally and many more.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, coordinator of the Inclusive Language Center at Diversity Hub, president of the training and research company Word Idea.

Margaret is a Polish-Nigerian anti-racism consultant and educator, an inclusive language expert and a certified intercultural trainer. Her work focuses on facilitating conversations about race and healing racial trauma through somatic and emotional work and NVC (non-violent communication). She is also the editor-in-chief at the Empathetic Polish Dictionary, board member of the Polish People of African Descent Association and a member of Never Again Association.

Associate Professor in International Migration and Ethnic Relations, and Senior Researcher at Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Sweden

Sayaka received her PhD in Migration and Ethnic Studies in 2011, and has been engaged in research in the field of International Migration and Ethnic Relations. Her research and publications address race, racism, interpersonal relations, identities and representations.

Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Financial Times, UK.

Yasir joined the Financial Times in June 2021 as Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Prior to the FT, he worked at BBC Studios where he developed their diversity and inclusion strategy and launched their inclusion advocates network. Before that at Guardian News & Media Group Yasir conceived and launched the Guardian’s Citizen Reporting Programme working with marginalised people around the world to amplify their voices, helping to find more diverse and unheard stories.

Ukrayina.pl is a website for Ukrainians living in Poland, created by Gazeta.pl in cooperation with the editors of the Ukrainian daily Express.

Onet is one of the largest and the most opinion-forming Polish-language internet portals, popular in the category of information and opinion. Onet was established in 1996, since 2012 it’s owned by Ringier Axel Springer Polska.

Diversity Hub works to create innovative solutions aimed to improve effective implementation of diversity management in organisations in its main dimensions such as: age, gender, (dis)abilities, intercultural differences, etc.

OKO.press is a non-profit, investigative journalism and fact-checking project, created to preserve freedom of speech and secure access to information in Poland.