Our Team

Meet the experts working on the project

Core Team

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Veronica Anghel

Veronica Anghel works at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations. She studies European integration and enlargement at the...

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Cornel Ban

Cornel Ban is an associate professor of International Political economy at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to this he was a...

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Marta Beska

Marta Beska is a scholar, policy adviser and an expert in International Relations and EU integration. She works as a...

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Laszlo Bruszt

Laszlo Bruszt is Professor Emeritus of CEU, Founding Co-Director and Director of CEU Democracy Institute between 2020 and 2025. He...

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Fabio Bulfone

Fabio Bulfone is Assistant Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the political economy of industrial policy,...

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Aron Buzogany

Aron Buzogány is Assistant Professor of Political Science with a focus on European Environmental and Energy Policy at the University...

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Donato di Carlo

Donato di Carlo – Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and the founder/director of...

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Erik Jones

Erik Jones is the Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Professor Jones...

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David Karas

David Karas is a French-Hungarian political economist working on developmental policies in emerging economies. He holds an MA in Comparative...

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Adam Kerenyi

Adam Kerenyi is the Academic Coordinator of the Enlargement Hub at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds a PhD in...

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Julia Langbein

Julia Langbein is senior researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin, where she leads the...

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Ihor Masiakin

Ihor Masiakin is a Ukrainian political analyst and international tax lawyer. He began his career at leading Ukrainian and international...

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Michał Matlak

Michał Matlak is the Acting Director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology (ITECH), where he leads research and strategic...

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Gergo Medve-Balint

Gergo Medve-Balint is Director at the Institute for Political Science, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest and Associate Professor at...

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Inna Melnykovska

Inna Melnykovska is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute. She...

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Ivan Nagornyak

Ivan Nagornyak is an expert with more than 10 years of experience in the field of European integration, development of...

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Dora Piroska

Dr. Dora Piroska is Associate Professor at the International Relations Department of Central European University, Vienna, Austria. She holds a...

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Eulalia Rubio

Eulalia Rubio is senior Research Fellow on European economic affairs at the Jacques Delors Institute. Her main fields of expertise...

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Luuk Schmitz

Luuk Schmitz is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies since October 2023. In...

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Jack Strosser

Jack Lambert Strosser is a researcher and consultant working in international (sustainable) development, with a specific interest in development banking...

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Matthias Thiemann

Matthias Thiemann is Full Professor of European Public Policy at Sciences Po. In his research, he investigates the increasing use of...

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Mihai Varga

Mihai Varga (PhD 2011 in sociology, University of Amsterdam) is a senior researcher at the Institute for East-European Studies, Freie...

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Clara Volintiru

Clara Volintiru is a high-ranking official currently serving as Secretary of State within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) of...

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Visnja Vukov 

Visnja Vukov is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. She holds a PhD of...

Our Associates

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

Tymofiy Mylovanov – President of the Kyiv School of Economics. During his professional career, he has been teaching for a long...

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Gérard Roland

Gérard Roland is E. Morris Cox DIstinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Political science at the University of California, Berkeley....

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Yuliia Shaipova

Yuliia Shaipova – Senior Project Manager of the Reform Support Team of the Ministry of Economy, Affiliated Expert of Ukrainian...

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Nataliia Shapoval

Nataliia Shapoval is Chairman of KSE Institute, Vice President for Policy Research, Member of Advisory Board of Center of Excellence...

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Renata Uitz

Renata Uitz is Professor of Law and Government at Royal Holloway, University of London (Department of Law and Criminology), and...

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Bogdan Zawadewicz

Bogdan Zawadewicz is the Head of Geopolitical Risk Analysis at the Polish Development Bank (BGK). He graduated from the Institute...