Sasha Havlicek

As founding CEO and Director of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), Sasha Havlicek has been responsible for the strategic development of programmes, research and policy work in the fields of social cohesion and counter-extremism, European neighbourhood and Russia policy, cultural and media dialogue with Muslim communities and the Arab world. She also oversees the Institute's Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme launched with Oxford University in 2007. Previously Ms. Havlicek worked on conflict mitigation in the Balkans as Senior Director of the EastWest Institute.