Freelance photographer and co-founder of Bezgranica Foundation dealing i.a. with exposing and describing the phenomenon of stability of relict boundaries. He treats photography as a representation of reality and uses it for knowledge promotion, therefore he focuses mostly on documentary photography, in particular on the little-invasive street photography. For many years he has been involved in studying the problem of perceiving Europe. It has also diverted his photographic interest into this issue, after taking up trials to recognize and understand the Orient. He is a geographer by profession and has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Geography of the Pedagogical University of Cracow.
Experts
Tomasz Padło
Joanna Pająk
Psychologist (Jagiellonian University), management trainer (MATRIK School), Public Relations & marketing consultant. She specializes in trainings of communication skills, project management in marketing, the use of creativity training methods and relations with media. After longstanding experience in advertising agencies, she runs her own little enterprise. She is interested in films, loves travelling and getting to know foreign cultures. In her free time, she practices yoga or running.
Tamás Pál
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute of Sociology of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. Former president of Hungarian Sociological Association, Vice-President of the National UNESCO Commission. Visiting professorships in US, Canadian, UK, German, Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian and other universities. Main interests: political sociology, science policy, sociology of intellectuals, comparative studies on East- and Central Europe.
Lajos Pálfalvi
Hungarian historian and literary critic, teacher and translator. Translated prose of Czesław Miłosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Antoni Libera, Krzysztof Varga and many works of contemporary Polish literature. Awarded by the Polish Cultural Foundation for the promotion of Polish books in the world (2013).
Metodija Papazoski
Studied at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Skopie, Macedonia. Graduated with a bachelor degree in International Trade. He also graduated with merits both from Bradford School of Economics, as well as from William R. Boone HS in USA with a master degree in Management and Economy. Metodija also received the Presidential Scholarship at Valencia Community College. He used to work for the leading Polish fabrics manufacturer where he was responsible for the market studies and new customer acquisition. As a PMR Consulting team member (since 2006 to present) he has been involved in researches of the SEE markets.
Attila Z. Papp
Graduated from the Faculty of Sociology, Western University of Timisoara in 1996 and received his Ph.D. in sociology from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest in 2006. His research areas are minority institutions in education and media, education politics, Hungarian communities in the Carpathian Basin, and education of Roma in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine. He is editor in chief of the periodical REGIO, and senior research fellow and director of the Budapest-based Institute for Minority Studies, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Janina Paradowska
Political journalist of the Polish weekly Polityka, and Radio TOK FM. Graduated from the Jagiellonian University. Began her career in journalism in the Kurier Polski, later in the Życie Warszawy. Winner of the Ksawery and Mieczysław Pruszyński Foundation Award, of the Bocheński Award, and numerous awards of the Polish Journalists Association. Journalist of the Year 2002 – Grand Press.
Patricia Pászt
Born in Budapest. Studied Polish and Hungarian Philology, Philosophy and Tourism. Translator, journalist, founder and Director of the Polish-Hungarian Foundation Cracovia Expres. In 1995-1996 worked at the Polish Institute in Hungary as a translator and project coordinator. Currently, she is terminating her PhD thesis on Polish literature at the University of Debrecen, Hungary.
Viliam Pätoprstý
Chief Analyst of UniBanka Slovakia, member of UniCredit Group. Graduated in economics from Bocconi University in Milano and in banking and finance from University of Economics in Bratislava. Until 2001 worked with MESA10 - an independent economic think-tank. In 2001 he joined UniBanka. He is an author and a co-author of several publications and studies in the field of banking sector and economic development. He is regularly quoted by local and international media on current economic issues.
Joanna Pawluśkiewicz
Writer, scriptwriter, film producer, awarded with a scholarship of Minister of Culture and Art, student of Second City in Chicago. Author of two books: "Telenovela" and "Cleaning Lady". The last one was inspired by a three years lasting stay of Pawluśkiewicz in USA, where she was working and travelling. Co-founder of the Moma Film Foundation. Runs a project "New Urban Legends" - educational film/literature project for children and adults. The "New Urban Legends" project won a prize in "Polish Short Films" in New Horizons Festival. Now, she writes for HBO Europe and cooperates with Chlodna 25 Comedy Club in Warsaw.
