Emília Sičáková-Beblavá (born 1975 in Snina,

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) is a professor of Public Policy at the

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and an authors. She is a prominent anti-corruption activist and a former head of the Slovak chapter of the

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. Currently, she is the director of the Institute of Public Policy, Department of Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the

. In 2022, she published a book of short stories from her region of birth - Zemplín, with title "Korene" (Roots).

Education

Sičáková-Beblavá holds a PhD from the

University of Economics in Bratislava The Bratislava University of Economics and Business () is the oldest university of economics in Slovakia. History The university was established in 1940 as a private university under the name Vysoká obchodná škola v Bratislave (College of Co ...

. Her dissertation focused on the role of multilateral institutions in fighting corruption. During her doctoral studies she was a

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World Fellow and participated in the

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training at

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Career

In 1998, Sičáková co-founded the Slovak chapter of

, and was a member of its worldwide Executive Board from 2001 until 2004. In 2004, she was one of the co-founders of the Public Policy Department at the

, which is now the Institute of Public Policy. Since 2016 she has served as the director of the Institute.

Personal life

She is married to Miroslav Beblavý, a former politician. They have two sons.

References

Biographies for World Ethics Forum conference April 2006Emilia Sicakova-Beblava -- Slovakia's anti-corruption Joan of Arc
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