Michal Vašečka, Slovak sociologist, is program director of the Bratislava Policy Institute. His research focuses on ethnicity, race, migration studies, populism, extremism, social movements, and civil society. He thought, lectured, and researched at numerous European and US universities: Masaryk University in Brno, Comenius University in Bratislava, New School University in New York, University of London, to mention a few.
In 2018 Michal Vašečka received the Award for Special Contribution in the Field of Human Rights by the Minister of Justice of Slovakia.