Vladimír Šucha

Between 2022 and 2024, Vladimír served as the Head of the European Commission Representation in Slovakia. From 2012, he led the Joint Research Centre – the European Commission’s in-house scientific and knowledge service – holding the institution’s highest-ranking non-political position. Earlier, he spent six years as a Director at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture, and in 2005–2006 he established the Slovak Research and Development Agency.

He is a full professor in Slovakia and has been a visiting professor and researcher at several academic institutions abroad. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the European University Institute in Florence. Vladimír also spent a year as an expert with UNESCO and has published over 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.