CEU Faculty
Teaching at CEU takes place in an environment committed to academic excellence.
CEU’s international faculty come from over 30 countries. More than 130 permanent and 170 visiting professors and instructors ensure that students benefit from a rich diversity of ideas, expertise and teaching styles. In addition, many of CEU’s faculty were active in laying the foundations for the university’s own internationally-recognized Research Centers.
Below is the directory of selected CEU faculty. It is under construction and constantly expanded. In addition, information about CEU faculty is available from the faculty pages of the following Departments: Economics; Gender Studies; History; Legal Studies; Mathematics and its Applications; Medieval Studies; Nationalism Studies; Philosophy; Political Science; Sociology and Social Anthropology; CEU Business School.
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Associate ProfessorAcademic Director of MBA Programs, Associate Professor of Management and International Business -
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Assistant ProfessorDirector, Remote/Rural Communities & the EnvironmentPrior to joining CEU faculty, Brandon Anthony worked as advisor to the Hungarian Nature Conservation Institute as well as a park supervisor/biologist with a Regional Conservation Authority in Canada. He has conducted research on nature conservation and community livelihoods in Canada, South Africa, Malawi, Romania and Hungary.
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Associate ProfessorDirector, Center for Environment and SecurityDr. Antypas joined CEU in 2000. His research interest includeGlobal environmental governance, Environmental policy change and transformation, Human rights and the environment and Science-policy studies. Prior to joining CEU, he worked for Civic Education Project as a visiting professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Rezekne in Latvia and served as a consultant to UNDP, UNEP, the US Forest Service, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.
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Research FellowResearch Interest
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Associate ProfessorAlexander Astrov received his MA in History from Central European University. He obtained his PhD in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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ProfessorDirector, Center for European Enlargement StudiesIn parallel with his government and diplomatic career Prof. Balázs has been dealing with research and teaching since more than three decades. He is a ScD of the Hungarian Academy of Science. He was nominated Professor of the Corvinus University in 2000 and joined CEU as a full time Professor in 2005. Prof. Balázs served as a State Secretary for Industry and Trade (1992-1993) and a State Secretary for European Integration (2002-2003). He was Ambassador of Hungary in Denmark, Germany and at the EU in Brussels. He was also the Government Representative of Hungary in the European Convention. In 2004 he was nominated the first Hungarian Member of the European Commission responsible for regional policy. Currently Prof. Balazs is on academic leave serving as the Foreign Minister of Hungary.
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Associate ProfessorAndrzej Baniak is an associate professor in the Department of Economics of Central European University. His research interests are in law and econonmics, institutional economics and microeconomic theory. His current research focuses on welfare level of the institutional harmonization, vagueness of law, and the relationship between social norms and law.Andrzej received his Ph.D. from European University Institute in Florence in 1996. He also holds an M.A. from Central European University (1992). Before coming to CEU, he worked at the University of Liverpool, and in Wroclaw University of Economics.
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ProfessorPro-Rector for Hungarian and EU Affairs, Chair of the Human Rights ProgramKároly Bárd is professor, chair of the Human Rights Program and co-director (with Renáta Uitz) of the clinical specialization at CEU Legal Studies Department. He started his career at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Between 1990 and 1997 he served as vice-minister and later as deputy state secretary in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Hungary.