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Isabell founded eupinions in 2015 as a project of Bertelsmann Stiftung in cooperation with Catherine E. De Vries of Bocconi University and Nico Jaspers of Dalia Research (now Latana). As an expert researcher on democracy and legitimacy in the European Union, she has managed research projects on the role of national parliaments in the EU as well as the origins and impact of populism, nationalism and authoritarianism in Europe.

Isabell studied political science and economics at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Before joining Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2008, she worked as a political editor for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

Agathe Demarais is a senior policy fellow for geoeconomics at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Her areas of interest include the global economy, geopolitics, and sanctions. She is based in London, with frequent trips to Paris.

Sylvie Goulard is President of the Deutsch Französisches Institut (Ludwigburg, Germany) and Vice President of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University (Milano, Italy). She is also Professor of Practice at SDA Bocconi.

In June 2023, she was designated co-chair (with Dame Amelia Fawcett) of a Franco British initiative aiming at creating nature related financial instruments to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

From January 2018 to December 2022, she was deputy governor of the Banque de France / Eurosystem with a portfolio comprising international issues, research, public financial education and financial stability issues, including those related to climate and the monitoring of the secretariat of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) that coordinates the work of around 120 Central Banks and supervisors committed to tackle climate related financial risks and encourage sustainable development. Within the NGFS, Mrs Goulard co-chaired the Task Force on nature-related risks.

After the presidential election in 2017, Mrs Goulard was Minister of Defense in the first Edouard Philippe Government.

From 2009 to 2017, she served as a member of the European Parliament (ALDE group / Econ committee).

She was before a political advisor to Romano Prodi during his time as President of the European Commission and Chair of the French European Movement.

In 2009 she received an award (Prix du livre Européen) for her book L’Europe pour les Nuls.

Dr Sanne van der Lugt is researcher and policy advisor on China in Africa, Chinese technological developments and the consequences for European strategic autonomy. Because of her background in Anthropology, International Political Economy and International Business, she studies these topics from different angles. As a researcher at the Center for Chinese Studies of Stellenbosch University in South Africa, she has conducted fieldwork in various African countries. She has carried out research projects for Oxfam, WWF and the European Commission, among others. She has experience with running a business in China and provides training and advice to European policy makers.