Dr. Michal Vašečka, PhD. (1972) is sociologist by background, he studied at the Masaryk University in Brno and at the New School University in New York. Michal focuses his interests on issues of political sociology, and issues of radicalization of modernity. He is a program director of Bratislava Policy Institute. Since 2012 Michal serves as a representative of Slovakia in the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe. Michal is a chairman of the Editorial Board of Denník N. He operated at the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University in Brno in 2002-2017 and at the Comenius University in 2006-2009.