Our Team
Meet the experts working on the project
Core Team
Veronica Anghel works at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations. She studies European integration and enlargement at the...
Cornel Ban is an associate professor of International Political economy at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to this he was a...
Marta Beska is a scholar, policy adviser and an expert in International Relations and EU integration. She works as a...
Laszlo Bruszt is Professor Emeritus of CEU, Founding Co-Director and Director of CEU Democracy Institute between 2020 and 2025. He...
Fabio Bulfone is Assistant Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the political economy of industrial policy,...
Aron Buzogány is Assistant Professor of Political Science with a focus on European Environmental and Energy Policy at the University...
Donato di Carlo – Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and the founder/director of...
Erik Jones is the Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Professor Jones...
David Karas is a French-Hungarian political economist working on developmental policies in emerging economies. He holds an MA in Comparative...
Adam Kerenyi is the Academic Coordinator of the Enlargement Hub at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds a PhD in...
Julia Langbein is senior researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, where she leads the...
Ihor Masiakin is a Ukrainian political analyst and international tax lawyer. He began his career at leading Ukrainian and international...
Michał Matlak is the Acting Director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology (ITECH), where he leads research and strategic...
Gergo Medve-Balint is Director at the Institute for Political Science, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest and Associate Professor at...
Inna Melnykovska is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute. She...
Ivan Nagornyak is an expert with more than 10 years of experience in the field of European integration, development of...
Dr. Dora Piroska is Associate Professor at the International Relations Department of Central European University, Vienna, Austria. She holds a...
Eulalia Rubio is senior Research Fellow on European economic affairs at the Jacques Delors Institute. Her main fields of expertise...
Luuk Schmitz is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies since October 2023. In...
Jack Lambert Strosser is a researcher and consultant working in international (sustainable) development, with a specific interest in development banking...
Matthias Thiemann is Full Professor of European Public Policy at Sciences Po. In his research, he investigates the increasing use of...
Mihai Varga (PhD 2011 in sociology, University of Amsterdam) is a senior researcher at the Institute for East-European Studies, Freie...
Clara Volintiru is a high-ranking official currently serving as Secretary of State within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) of...
Visnja Vukov is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. She holds a PhD of...
Our Associates
Tymofiy Mylovanov – President of the Kyiv School of Economics. During his professional career, he has been teaching for a long...
Gérard Roland is E. Morris Cox DIstinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Political science at the University of California, Berkeley....
Yuliia Shaipova – Senior Project Manager of the Reform Support Team of the Ministry of Economy, Affiliated Expert of Ukrainian...
Nataliia Shapoval is Chairman of KSE Institute, Vice President for Policy Research, Member of Advisory Board of Center of Excellence...
Renata Uitz is Professor of Law and Government at Royal Holloway, University of London (Department of Law and Criminology), and...
Bogdan Zawadewicz is the Head of Geopolitical Risk Analysis at the Polish Development Bank (BGK). He graduated from the Institute...