Filip Šebok is a Project Manager of MapInfluenCE and China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) and a China Research Fellow at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) in Prague, Czech Republic. He is also an individual member of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) Expert Pool.

Filip graduated in International Relations and Chinese Cultural Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and International Relations (program taught in Chinese) at Renmin University in Beijing, China. He previously worked for Slovak research institutions STRATPOL and CEIAS (Central European Institute of Asian Studies. Filip also gained experience as an intern at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Slovak Embassy in Beijing. His research interests include Chinese domestic and foreign policy, relations between China and Central and Eastern European countries and China’s foreign policy rhetoric and propaganda.