CEU Faculty

Prior 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.

Research Interest
Contemporary history, historical anthropology, historiography

In 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.

Petra Bárd is Researcher at the CEU Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine where she is participating in various European Union financed projects investigating the legal framework of biobanks. She is the Vice-Chairperson of the Hungarian Europe Society, and of Alpbach Hungary. She lectures EU-law and human rights related subjects at CEU and at the Ecole supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers (ESSCA). In her writings she primarily addresses European constitutionalism, human rights in the European Union, the rights of persons living with disabilities, and judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters. Petra Bárd is a CEU alumna; she received her LL.M. in international business law in 2001, and was awarded her S.J.D. in the field of comparative constitutional law in 2008.