Mykola Homanyuk is an associate professor at Kherson State University and chair of the Kherson branch of the Sociological Association of Ukraine. His research focuses on ethnic relations, including work on Roma communities and Meskhetian Turks in Ukraine.

Since 2022, he has been part of the Prisma Ukraïna: War, Migration and Memory initiative. Alongside his academic work, he leads the Kherson Theatre Lab, where he develops documentary theatre projects engaging with conflict, identity, and memory. Mykola is a Rotary Peace Fellow at the Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Center at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul (2026).

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Mykola Homanyuk is an associate professor at Kherson State University and chair of the Kherson branch of the Sociological Association of Ukraine. His research focuses on ethnic relations, including work on Roma communities and Meskhetian Turks in Ukraine.

Since 2022, he has been part of the Prisma Ukraïna: War, Migration and Memory initiative. Alongside his academic work, he leads the Kherson Theatre Lab, where he develops documentary theatre projects engaging with conflict, identity, and memory. Mykola is a Rotary Peace Fellow at the Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Center at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul (2026).

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Rukmini Iyer is a leadership development consultant based in Mumbai and founder of Exult! Solutions. Her work centres on leadership practice, organisational development, and dialogue across differences.

She is trained in trauma-informed facilitation and holds graduate degrees in organisational psychology and business management, with additional training in peace and conflict resolution.

Rukmini is a Rotary Peace Fellow alumna (Chulalongkorn University, 2013).

Rafal Pankowski is a professor of sociology at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw and cofounder of the NEVER AGAIN Association. His work addresses racism, nationalism, extremism, and the politics of memory, with a focus on countering hate and discrimination.

He has served as an adviser on extremism to the EU’s Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) and has conducted research and taught internationally. He is a Rotary Peace Fellow at Makerere University (2024–2025).

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Rafal Pankowski is a professor of sociology at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw and cofounder of the NEVER AGAIN Association. His work addresses racism, nationalism, extremism, and the politics of memory, with a focus on countering hate and discrimination.

He has served as an adviser on extremism to the EU’s Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) and has conducted research and taught internationally. He is a Rotary Peace Fellow at Makerere University (2024–2025).

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Danuta Przepiórkowska is a certified interpreter and translator working across Polish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, and German. Her professional focus includes minority rights, human rights, history, and international affairs.

Trained as a sociologist, she has experience in cross-cultural research and migration studies and is based in Warsaw.

Andrei Sergunkin is a graphic designer and graduate of the Moscow State University of Printing Arts. He works with the Memorial Society both internationally and in Poland, and has cooperated with the Sakharov Center in the Russian Federation. Currently a political refugee in Warsaw, Poland, Andrei continues his civic and creative engagement.

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Andrei Sergunkin is a graphic designer and graduate of the Moscow State University of Printing Arts. He works with the Memorial Society both internationally and in Poland, and has cooperated with the Sakharov Center in the Russian Federation. Currently a political refugee in Warsaw, Poland, Andrei continues his civic and creative engagement.

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Natalia Sineaeva works at the intersection of memorialisation, genocide education, and minority rights. She is a PhD candidate in sociology researching Holocaust distortion in public discourse and education and its impact on minority communities in Eastern Europe.

A Rotary Peace Fellow alumna (2018) and UN OHCHR Minority Fellow, she has worked with institutions including the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the NEVER AGAIN Association in Warsaw, and collaborated with the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh.