{"id":5004,"date":"2020-10-20T07:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T07:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edk.edu.ee\/?page_id=5004"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:11:07","slug":"lecturers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edk.edu.ee\/et\/meist\/lecturers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecturers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ESD\u2019s highly-qualified lecturers have expertise in many fields of study and come from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds, thereby diversifying and enhancing the knowledge and expertise provided to our students and training program participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#406080\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Toni \u010cerkez (PhD)<\/strong><\/mark><br><em>Estonia<\/em><br>&#8211; AI and International Politics<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#406080\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edk.edu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Short-biography_Stefano-Braghiroli.pdf\">Stefano Braghiroli (PhD)<\/a><\/strong><\/mark><br><em>Italy<\/em><br>&#8211; 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