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Dimitar Keranov is a visiting fellow with GMF’s European Resilience program. His areas of expertise are democratization and Eastern European, especially Bulgarian, politics, on which he has written articles and been quoted in the media. Prior to joining GMF, he worked at the Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin and in the private sector.

Keranov holds a PhD in political science from Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, a Master’s degree in governance from the University of Hagen and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from the Free University of Berlin. In addition to his native Bulgarian, he speaks English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Serbian, Russian, Sesotho, Czech, and Afrikaans. He is Think Tank Lab fellow and a member of the National Capital Area Political Science Association (USA).

Hermine Sam is a Brussels-based program coordinator with GMF South and Wider Europe. Her research focuses on EU-Africa relations, Africa's role in global power shifts, and the EU's strategic partnership and investment frameworks for Africa.

Working at the intersection of policy research and political communication, Sam has developed and hosted several podcasts, including "EXTRA2020" for the French embassy in Belgium and the "Thinking Across Latitudes" miniseries, which explored global trends from a southern Atlantic and Mediterranean perspective.

Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in political communication from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.