Dr Svetluša Surová is a Senior Researcher at MIRI focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human and minority rights, as well as the political participation of minorities in Serbia. From the long-term perspective, she has been researching minority policies in Serbia and Slovakia, diasporic policies, and collective identities of the Slovak minority in Serbia. She organizes Capacity-building, Networking and Charitable activities at MIRI. 

Dr Surová is a lecturer of undergraduate and graduate courses on minority studies and minority rights at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Trnava University in Trnava.

Dr Surová is an Expert Member of the Group of Friends of Minorities in the National Council of the Slovak Republic, which was established in September 2021 by Mattias Bel Institute. As well, she is an Expert Member of the Working group for drafting minority law in Slovakia based on the invitation from the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for National Minorities of the Slovak Republic.

She is the Founder and Research Analyst at Gnarum, s.r.o. offering expert consulting, social (qualitative) and market research.

Dr Mirsad Kriještorac is a Senior Researcher at the MIRI focusing on the Bosnian Muslim and Goranci minorities. Dr Kriještorac organizes Capacity-building and Networking activities at MIRI.

He holds a PhD in Political Science from FIU’s School of International and Public Affairs, where he teaches classes on Nationalism and Ethnicity, and on the International Protection of Human Rights.

He is also a research fellow at the FIU Jafar's Muslims World Studies Center and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Broward College. 

Dr Daniela Škutová is a Senior Researcher at the MIRI focusing on the issues democratic values in education and inclusive education of minorities. Dr Škútová organizes Capacity-building and Networking activities at MIRI.

She is working at the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica since its inception in 1995. She is a member of the Scientific Council, the union committee for doctoral studies, and the Deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Political Sciences. She taught the subjects of political thinking and political ideologies. She has published several scientific studies and participated in conferences.