Vladimir Šucha has been head of the European Commission Representation in Slovakia since 2022. Before that, he was a senior policy adviser at UNESCO, seconded from the European Commission. He has held leading positions at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and before that was Director for culture and media in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture. Prior to joining the European Commission, he worked as Director of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (2005-2006) and as counsellor for research, education and culture at the Slovak Representation to the EU in Brussels (2000-2004). In parallel, he has had an academic and research career in Slovakia and many other countries. He has published over 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.