Security Studies

Elena B. Stavrevska is a PhD Candidate at the CEU Department of International Relations and European Studies, where she also earned her M.A. degree with a final thesis entiteled "EU Intelligence-Sharing: The British Quid Pro Quo?" Her current research focuses on the durability of liberal democratic peace processes in post-conflict societies following a major multilateral peacebuilding mission, shedding light on the impact of the level of local decision-making autonomy and grassroots peacebuilding activities. The title of her project is "Peacebuilding Missions' Impact on Liberal Democratic Peace Durability: What Role for Decision-Making Autonomy and Grassroots Peacebuilding?" The project is supervised by Professor Michael Merlingen and Professor John Shattuck.

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.

Stefan is a PhD Candidate at CEU. His academic interests are in international relations theory and development policy, development aid, international negotiations, and state building in sub-Saharan Africa. He is focusing in his research on the functionality of Western institutions in non-Western areas and more specifically on development aid negotiations. Stefan received a BA in Political Science and a BA in Law after studying at “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; “1st of December 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania; University of Salzburg, Austria and University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Stefan holds an MA in Public Policy from Central European University.