Jakub Anusik is a PhD student, researcher and lecturer at the University of Lodz, specializing in political economy, European financial integration and comparative capitalism. He participated in many projects of the National Science Centre (NCN), where he coordinated research on topics such as the international role of the euro, the impact of national economic institutions on EU integration and the impact of EU funds on regional innovation. His research interests include the political economy of European integration, models of differentiated integration and institutional and development economics.
His research has recently been published in a monograph entitled “Varieties of Capitalism and the Political Economy of Differentiated Integration in Europe,” co-authored with Prof. Rafał Riedel. Jakub has presented his work at leading international conferences such as ECPR, and in seminars such as the ARENA Center of European Studies at the University of Oslo.
Dr. hab. Krzysztof Janc – professor at the University of Wrocław, geographer, acting head of the Department of Spatial Development at the Institute of Geography and Regional Development of the University of Wrocław. Member of the Committee for Spatial Development of the Country of the Polish Academy of Sciences, chairman of the task force for rural areas. Member of The European Rural Development Network. Author of publications on Internet geography, digitalization of rural areas, local development.