Mercédesz Czimbalmos

<p><strong>Merc&eacute;desz Czimbalmos </strong>is a researcher at the Inez and Julius Polin Institute for Theological Research at &Aring;bo Akademi University in Finland. Her expertise lies in contemporary Jewish life and antisemitism in the Nordic countries. She is the principal investigator of the research project <em>Antisemitism Undermining Democracy</em> (since 2023) and leads the educational and research initiative <em>From Awareness to Action: Educating Finland&rsquo;s Future Generations on the Holocaust</em> (since 2025). Her current academic interests include contemporary Jewish religion and practice, antisemitism, and the relationship between discrimination and health.</p>
<p><strong>D&oacute;ra Pataricza</strong> is a researcher in History and Jewish Studies. In 2023&ndash;2026 she worked at &Aring;bo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, in the project titled <em>Antisemitism Undermining Democracy</em>, funded by the Kone Foundation. In 2025&ndash;2026, she worked at the University of Helsinki in a project titled <em>Meaningful Deathscapes</em> (PI: Auli V&auml;h&auml;kangas). Since 2024, she has been an associate professor at the Jewish Theological Studies &ndash; University of Jewish Studies, Budapest. Her research interests include Jewish cultural history, Holocaust studies, and Jewish local history.</p>