Curriculum Vitae
Education
2013 – 2016
PhD in Law, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Budapest, , Hungary.
Dissertation: Facing and Overcoming the Limitations of Anti-corruption Legislation.
2007 – 2008
Master of Science in Public Policy (Chevening Fellow), University of Bristol, Faculty of Social Sciences & Law, School for Policy Studies, Bristol, United Kingdom
2003 – 2004
Master of Laws in Human Rights, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
1998 – 2003
Juris Doctor, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Professional Activities / Teaching
2017 –
Legal advisor, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Hungary, The Netherlands
2017
Lecturer, Course: Lobbying and public advocacy
University of Technology and Economics, College of Communication Studies, Budapest, Hungary
2016 –
Associate, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department ‘Law & Anthropology’, Halle (Saale), Germany
2010 – 2017
Director of research (formerly head of legal affairs), Transparency International Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
2015 – 2016
Doctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department ‘Law & Anthropology’, Halle (Saale), Germany
2009 – 2010
Auditor (public sector integrity project coordinator), State Audit Office of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
2006 – 2009
Advisor and researcher, Transparency International Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
2007
Visiting Professional, Landeszentrale für Politische Bildungsarbeit (Berlin State Center for Political Education), Berlin, Germany
2006
Visiting Professional, Bundesministerium des Innern (Federal Ministry of the Interior), Referat O 1 ‘Verwaltungsmodernisierung; Verwaltungsorganisation’ (Office O 1 ‘Public Administration Modernization and Organization’), Berlin, Germany
2004 – 2006
Lecturer, Department of Public Administrative Law, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
2004 – 2006
Legal Officer, Ministry of Education, Office of the Commissioner for Educational Rights, Budapest, Hungary
2002
Intern, Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights, Media Division, Strasbourg, France
Honors/ Awards
2017
Pro Dissertatione Iuridica Excellentissima Award – awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for Legal Studies for outstanding doctoral dissertation
2003
3rd prize in the National Contest of the Scientific Students' Association (OTDK), Section: Administrative Law, Hungary
Grants / Scholarships
2015 – 2016
Doctoral Fellowship – awarded by the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department ‘Law & Anthropology’, Halle (Saale), Germany
2011
International Visitor Leadership Program – awarded by the U.S. Department of State
2007 – 2008
Chevening Scholarship – awarded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
2006 – 2007
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler-Kolleg Fellowship (Public Sector Executive Leadership Program) – awarded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany
2004
Research scholarship at the European Court of Human Rights – awarded by the Legal Studies Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
2002
Research scholarship at the European Court of Human Rights – awarded by the Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
2002
Representative of Hungary, European Parliament’s Youth Convent – awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
Presentations at Conferences and Workshops (selection)
2018
‘The cultural paradoxes of anti-corruption laws’, paper presented at the international workshop ‘Rights Consciousness and Legal Cultures: Theoretical Perspectives’, organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies, Research Group for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Budapest, Hungary, 25 April 2018.
2017
‘Beyond Statistics and Policies: Personal Accounts of Corruption and Its Legal Implications in Hungary’, paper presented at the conference ‘Corruption in Eastern/Southeastern Europe and Latin America: Comparative Perspectives’, organized by the Leibniz-Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany, 1 July 2017.
2017
‘Facing and Overcoming the Limitations of Anti-corruption Legislation’, presentation given at the Hungarian Academy of Institute for Legal Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 9 March 2017.
2016
‘Corruption and Human Rights’, presentation given at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 29 April 2016.
2016
‘Transitioning Boundaries Between Law and Social Practice: Corruption in Hungary Before and after 1989’, paper presented at the 8th Central and Eastern European Forum for Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists, Budapest, Hungary, 22 April 2016.
2015
‘The Boundaries of Anti-Corruption Law and its Impact on the Implementation of Human Rights”, presentation given for the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Roggenburg, Germany, 24 September 2015.
2015
‘The Impact of Corruption on Exercising Human Rights – The Case of Hungary’, presentation given at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department ‘Law & Anthropology’, Halle (Saale), Germany, 1 April 2015.
Memberships in Professional Associations
2015 – present
Commission on Legal Pluralism
2000 – 2003
István Bibó College of Law and Political Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Languages
Hungarian (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
German (fluent)