
The #Democracy Institute builds on @CEU’s tradition of world-class #research and societal engagement, focusing on the decline and revival of democracies.
Budapest, Hungary
Joined November 2020
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💬🗞️ @ZSzelenyi, Program Director of our Leadership Academy, spoke with @lemondefr about the first six months of Hungary's Magyar government.
Read what she said:
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🔙👥 Did you miss the @Budapest_Forum, our international conference co-organized with @Pol_Cap and the Municipality of Budapest?
📽️ You can rewatch all the speeches and panel discussions 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=u12hHTBi…
Join our Democracy in History Workgroup for the inaugural lecture of the series "Genealogies of Democratic Governance"!
🗣️ Silvia Marton
📅 Oct 29, 6pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nádor u. 15 / online
Details and registration:
👉 cutt.ly/6yEIoPW0
🔜 Don’t forget to register NOW and join us, CEU Romani Studies Program, and #RomaCivilMonitor on Monday for this workshop!
⏰ Oct 26, 10am CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details and registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/2588yhku
✍️📖 The chapter by our researcher @petoandrea and Flore Higuet examines the transformation of history education in Hungary under the Fidesz government.
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/TyEIydSre
🔙👥 Earlier this month, our Democracy in History Workgroup a workshop focusing on how historical thinking and democratic ideas were entangled in the region, and whether historicism could also support democratic thought.
Read a summary:
👉 tinyurl.com/ezksjn5u
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🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with the @JoDemocracy, @edgarsar91 and @pelinamus discuss lessons learned from the elections in Hungary in 2026 and Turkey in 2024. 🇭🇺🇹🇷🗳️
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5epa8u2m
Please note that this event is in Hungarian 🇭🇺
🔜 HOLNAP
📚📖 Könyvbemutató: A kötetben új és elismert szerzők elemzik a köztársaság új korszakát.
⏰ Okt. 20., 18:00
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15.
Részletek és regisztráció:
👉 tinyurl.com/4558k2ch
✍️ Our Post-doctoral Researcher @boralexander1 launched a new series on the Hungarian election, published on leading Hungarian news portal @Telexhu. 🇭🇺🗳️
📊 The first part looks at the popularity of PM candidates in the past 32 years.
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/xyEU4Zfu
Mark your calendar for this Policy Dialogue, co-organized by @CnctingEurope and our Rule of Law Clinic!
🗣️ @J_Greubel, @Profkochenov, @BGrabowskaMoroz, Sophie In 't Veld, Filipe Marques, @ProfPech, @alemannoEU, @JoelleGrogan
Details and registration:
👉 cutt.ly/MyEUHkRf
🔜 Don’t forget to register now and join us on Monday for this seminar with @MGJvanWessel and Violetta Zentai!
⏰ Oct 19, 1:30pm CEST
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13
Details and registration:
👉 cutt.ly/CyQVAvI3
🔙🗣️ At the first Festival of Ideas organized by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, our Program Director @ZSzelenyi spoke at the panel "When Winning Isn’t Enough; How Can Democratic Coalitions Hold Together?,” exploring how bridging and movement-building can go beyond elections.
Mark your calendar for this workshop on the future of Roma equality policy in Hungary and in Europe, co-organized with CEU Romani Studies Program and #RomaCivilMonitor!
🗓️ Oct 26, 10am CET / online
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details and registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/2588yhku
💬 Our Post-doctoral Researcher @benedetta_lob spoke with @CourthouseNews about the new Italian election law. 🇮🇹🇮🇹🗳️
Read what she said:
👉 cutt.ly/syQBeQ8B
🔜 Don’t forget to join us TOMORROW for this Research Seminar!
🗣️ @Yevhen_Yashchuk
🗣️ Ferenc Laczó
⏰ Oct 15, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nádor u. 13 / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/sbm3wrrn
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/mtx96v8f
💬🗞️ The real democratic test is not simply defeating an autocrat, but dismantling the machinery that made autocratic rule possible, our Research Affiliate @peterkreko told @faznet with reference to post-Orban Hungary.
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/HyQBq5Za
🔙👥 The @Budapest_Forum, the international conference co-organized by us, @Pol_Cap and the Municipality of Budapest, met for the sixth time on Oct 1 and focused on "New Dynamics of Democratic Change."
Read a summary:
👉 cutt.ly/eyQV0mwZ
Do you have minimum ten years of relevant experience in program management, academia, public policy, or international organizations, and demonstrated leadership and management experience? 🚀
💡 Become our new Head of Administration!
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✍️📄The high importance of citizenship could indeed carry corruption risks associated with it, but this can’t be the sole ground for closing particular avenues for naturalization, our researchers @ElenaBasheska & @ProfKochenov write in @EurJRR.
Details:
👉cutt.ly/3yQVKLAX
Mark your calendar for the next seminar of our Inequalities and Democracy Workgroup!
🗣️ @MGJvanWessel
🗣️ Violetta Zentai
🗓️ Oct 19, 1:30pm CEST
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13
Details and registration:
👉 cutt.ly/CyQVAvI3






















