Advisory Panel
From its inception, DiEM25 has attracted some well-known, influential personalities from across the globe. They have been helping ‘curate’ DiEM25’s thinking, events and campaigns from the very beginning.
These people gave rise to our Advisory Panel, which advises DiEM25 and facilitates the implementation of its aims.
Members of DiEM25’s Advisory Panel do not necessarily share all of DiEM25’s objectives and political positions, and vice versa. They were invited to act as advisors, and have accepted DiEM25’s invitation, because of their remarkable contributions to areas and campaigns dear to DiEM25 members and because DiEM25 represents a political movement that they look at with interest and sympathy.
Renata Avila
International Relations Human rights lawyer and digital rights expert, currently writing a book on Digital Colonialism (2019). Avila sits on the Board of Creative Commons and several other organisations.
Learn moreWalter Baier
Austrian economist. Formerly national Chairman of the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) and editor of the Austrian weekly Volksstimme. Coordinator of the Transform! Europe network.
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British writer and democracy campaigner. Founder of openDemocracy and Co-Editor of OurKingdom, its UK section.
Learn moreFranco Berardi
Writer, media theorist and media activist. Founder of the magazine A/traverso; part of the staff of Radio Alice, the first free pirate radio station in Italy.
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Croatian philosopher, translator and cultural theorist, writing on philosophy, politics, cultural and art criticism.
Learn moreBerardo Carboni
Italian director and scriptwriter, specialising in feature film and documentaries with deep political impact.
Learn moreNoam Chomsky
American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.
Learn moreUlf Clerwall
Ulf Clerwall is an activist for pluralism, accountability and democracy in social science research and higher education, and a political economist specialised in the financial sector issues in Europe.
Learn moreCécile Duflot
French politician; former Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing, former leader of the French Green party Europe Ecology – The Greens.
Learn moreBrian Eno
English musician, record producer, visual artist, and theorist best known for his pioneering work in ambient music and contributions to rock, pop and electronica.
Learn moreMarcelo Expósito
Artist, writer and activist. MP for En Comú Podem. Executive Board Member of Barcelona en Comú.
Learn moreJames K. Galbraith
American economist and author. Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Learn moreSusan George
Veteran French-American global justice campaigner; political and social scientist; writer. President of the board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.
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Scottish musician and singer-songwriter; lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band Primal Scream. Previously the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Learn moreAlice-Mary Higgins
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins is a full time member of Seanad Éireann, the Irish government’s upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), working for economic and social equality and promoting a rights-based approach to health, housing and education.
Learn moreJean-Michel Jarre
French composer, performer, and music producer. Pioneer of the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres.
Learn moreNaomi Klein
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, writer, film-maker and activist known for her biting critiques of global capitalism
Learn moreAvi Lewis
Avi Lewis is a Canadian documentary film-maker and former host at Al Jazeera English. His latest film is This Changes Everything on the climate crisis.
Learn moreCaroline Lucas
British politician; co-leader of the UK’s Green Party. MP for Brighton Pavilion.
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UK Labour Party politician; Shadow Chancellor since September 2015. MP for Hayes and Harlington.
Learn moreDavid McWilliams
Irish economist, writer, broadcaster and journalist. Faculty member of the business school at Trinity College, Dublin.
Learn moreSandro Mezzadra
Writer and Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Learn moreGerardo Pisarello
First Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, with responsibility for Work, Economy and Strategic Planning; formerly professor in constitutional law at the University of Barcelona.
Learn moreJane Sanders
President of Burlington College, experienced social worker, founder in 2017 of the Sander Institute and wife of Bernie Sanders.
Learn moreSaskia Sassen
Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalisation and international human migration. Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia; Centennial visiting Professor at the LSE.
Learn moreRichard Sennett
Richard is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.
Learn moreBarbara Spinelli
Italian MEP, representing Central Italy. Co-founder of Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Learn moreDanae Stratou
Greek visual and installation artist, whose work blends elements of nature with contemporary audiovisual technologies.
Learn moreLaurent de Sutter
Francophone philosopher, and law professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Learn moreSlavoj Žižek
Slovenian-born philosopher and psychoanalyst. Professor of philosophy at the European Graduate School; senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana.
Learn moreJason Hickel
Swazi-born economic anthropologist, author and professor focused on global political economy, inequality and ecological economics.
Learn moreNot Forgotten
Rosemary Bechler
Mainsite Editor at OpenDemocracy and member of DiEM25's Coordinating Collective.
Learn moreGeorge Bizos
Human rights lawyer with many high profile cases including Nelson Mandela. One of the major figures in the protests against apartheid (especially during the Rivonia Trial).
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