Director
Sorina Stallard
With over 20 years of experience in project and program management, Sorina has made a significant transnational impact through her work in civil society and diaspora engagement. Holding an MA with merits in Corruption and Government from the University of Sussex, she is the founder of DOR – Romanian Diaspora, a UK-based community organization driving active citizenship, cultural initiatives, and research projects. Sorina has played a pivotal role in safeguarding democratic processes by monitoring the integrity of diaspora elections and organizing anti-corruption protests challenging undemocratic government actions in Romania. Her efforts extend to coordinating European initiatives that uphold justice and the rule of law, reinforcing shared European values. Committed to fostering collaboration, she has successfully initiated and sustained transparent dialogue with public institutions in Romania and internationally, amplifying the voice of civil society in policy-making and institutional reform.
Andra Craig
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Director
Director
Adrian Ratiu
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Dr Nicola Baird
Dr Nicola Baird is an independent art historian and curator affiliated with the Centre for the Study of the Networked Image at London South Bank University. She specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary British and European art and cultural history and is also passionate about European émigré histories and cultures. Previous exhibitions have included Fred Uhlman (Burgh House and Hatton Gallery, 2018), Czech Routes to Britain (Ben Uri Gallery, 2019), Becoming Gustav Metzger (Ben Uri Gallery, 2021), Knots: Jonny Briggs x Burgh House- Contemporary Interventions into an Historic House (Burgh House, 2021-2022) and ‘The line is an unreal thing’: Dorothy Mead and Edna Mann (LSBU, 2024). She is Section Editor for Open Cultural Studies and Editorial Assistant at The International Yearbook of Futurism Studies, both published by De Gruyter. She has given numerous public talks including at Ben Uri Gallery, the Fritz Ascher Society, LSBU and the University of Derby and has spoken at conferences in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Portugal and the UK.
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