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Katarína Šomodiová
Katarína Šomodiová

CEO

(born 1985) holds an MA in Political Science specializing on the Middle East and North Africa and a PhD in Religious Studies focusing on Muslim and Middle Eastern minority communities both in their homelands and the diaspora. She has undertaken numerous study and research trips to the MENA region and has extensive experience in providing cultural and political consulting for European business clients specializing in the Middle East markets.

Languages: Arabic

Erzsébet N. Rózsa
Erzsébet N. Rózsa

Senior Researcher

(born 1959) holds an MA in Arabic Studies, Iranian Studies, and English Studies. She also has a PhD in International Relations (1996). Erzsébet is a Professor at the University of Public Service, Budapest, and an Academic Advisor at the Institute for World Economics. She is also an External Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs. Her research includes the political, security and social processes of the Middle East, Egypt, Iran, the Iranian nuclear debate, nuclear non-proliferation, and the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation institutions. 

Languages: Arabic, Farsi

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László Csicsmann

Senior Researcher

(born 1976) currently serves as a full professor and head of research unit at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest. Previously, he served as a Professor and the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the Széchényi University (2022-2023), the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations (2013-2020) at the Corvinus University of Budapest and later as its Vice-Rector (2020-2021). He is an expert in Middle East and South Asian Studies. His main area of interest is the post-Arab Spring transitions in the Middle East region, the regional order and global dynamics, and he also focuses on the role of political Islam in the political processes. He frequently travels to the region and publishes analyses of the recent political developments.

Languages: Arabic, French

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Hessam Habibi Doroh

Junior Researcher

Hessam Habibi Doroh is the author of Sunni Communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013-2021 (Brill Publisher, 2023). He teaches courses on International Relations, intercultural and interreligious studies. He is currently working on his PhD project at the University of Public Service in Budapest. His field of interest are borders and borderlands in contemporary Iran and International Relations of the Middle East.

Languages: Persian/Dari, Kurdish, Azeri Turkish, Hindi, Urdu

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Aleksandra Ryś

Junior Researcher

(born 1999) holds a BA in International Relations and an MA in Asian Studies. Currently, she is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School in the Social Sciences within the discipline of International Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Her research interests focus on the transformation of the regional order in the 21st century, the security, economy, and foreign relations of the Gulf monarchies, and the great powers’ rivalry in the region.

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