Speakers

Iveta Radicová is professor of sociology at Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts and Dean of Media Faculty Paneuropean University in Bratislava. Prior to the positions as Slovakia’s Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, she was a member of the Slovak National Parliament and served as Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family. In 1992, she founded the non-profit Social Policy Analysis Centre, which she led until being appointed director of the Institute of Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Science in 2005. She received her Ph.D. and professor in sociology from Comenius University in Bratislava.

Main international missions (as independent consultant for development issues), visiting Prof.
1990 – Oxford University, Saint Anthony College
1992, 1994 – Umea University, Sweden
1996 – IWM, Vienna, Austria
1999 – New School for Social Research, Fullbright Fellow, New York, USA
2012 – senior fellow Oxford University, Saint Anthony College
2015 – Richard von Weizsäcker fellow, Robert Bosch Academy
Member of the Madrid Club, Council of Global Women Leaders

Awards:
- Women of the Year 2006 Of Slovak Republic, Bratislava Leaders Magazine, 2006
- Women of the Year Award (2010), Glamour Magazine, 8.11.2010, New York, USA
- Pelikán 2011, Award magazin Listy, Czech Republic, 12.12.2011
- Bronze Medal Faculty of Education Commenius University Bratislava, 2011
- Knight of the Foundation Linaje, 2012
- Commemorative Medal Army Defence Service, March 2012
- Commerative Medal Army Intelligence Service 3.degree, February 2012
- The Fund for American Studies – Freedom Award, Washington DC - Praha, 5.8.2013
- Slovakwomen of the year, special award, 2017
- Women Political Leader Award, 2017, Women Political Leaders Global Forum, Island