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.
The following people currently sit on DiEM25’s Advisory Panel:
Renata Ávila
Guatemalan human rights and technology lawyer. Global Campaign Manager for the Web We Want initiative, which aims to create a positive human rights agenda for internet users.
Walter 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.
Anthony Barnett
British writer and democracy campaigner. Founder of openDemocracy and Co-Editor of OurKingdom, its UK section.
Franco 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.
Boris Buden
Croatian philosopher, translator and cultural theorist, writing on philosophy, politics, cultural and art criticism.
Berardo Carboni
Italian director and scriptwriter, specialising in feature film and documentaries with deep political impact.
Cécile Duflot
French politician; former Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing, former leader of the French Green party Europe Ecology – The Greens.
Marcelo Expósito
Artist, writer and activist. MP for En Comú Podem. Executive Board Member of Barcelona en Comú.
James K. Galbraith
American economist and author. Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Susan George
Veteran French-American global justice campaigner; political and social scientist; writer. President of the board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.
Jean-Michel Jarre
French composer, performer, and music producer. Pioneer of the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres.
John McDonnell
UK Labour Party politician; Shadow Chancellor since September 2015. MP for Hayes and Harlington.
David McWilliams
Irish economist, writer, broadcaster and journalist. Faculty member of the business school at Trinity College, Dublin.
Sandro Mezzadra
Writer and Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Gerardo Pisarello
First Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, with responsibility for Work, Economy and Strategic Planning; formerly professor in constitutional law at the University of Barcelona.
Saskia 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.
Barbara Spinelli
Italian MEP, representing Central Italy. Co-founder of Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Danae Stratou
Greek visual and installation artist, whose work blends elements of nature with contemporary audiovisual technologies.
Slavoj 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.