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
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
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
Senior Researcher
Dr. György Busztin (born 1955) is a former Hungarian diplomat who served as his country’s ambassador in Indonesia and Iran. He also worked in various diplomatic positions in Egypt, Libya, and Afghanistan. He was deputy special representative of the UN Secretary General (DSRSG) in Iraq 2011 – 2017, where he subsequently worked with international NGOs in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Dr. Busztin was visiting research professor at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore (2021-23) and Diplomat in Residence, Researcher and Lecturer at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy of the United Arab Emirates (2024). He obtained his Doctorate at the Lorand Eötvös University in Arabic Language and Semitic Philology after majoring in history at Damascus University. His area of research is the diffusion of ideas and political interaction between the Middle East and Southeast-Asia.
Languages: Arabic, Farsi, Malay
(born 1987) holds a BA in Political Science from Saint Joseph University of Beirut, and an MA and PhD in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest. He serves as a Lecturer and Lead Researcher at the Arab Master Programme in Democracy and Human Rights (ArMA) at Saint Joseph University, and leads context analyses and security monitoring in Lebanon and Syria. He is also a researcher and consultant in international relations and public policy, specializing in displaced, refugee, and stateless populations in the MENA region. Elias has directed major field research projects in Lebanon, contributed to public policy projects on sector reform, digitization, and capacity-building with local and international institutions, and formerly taught at Corvinus University, where he lectured on Middle Eastern minorities, Middle Eastern politics, and research methods.
Researcher
Hessam Habibi Doroh (born 1988) 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 finished his doctoral project at the University of Public Service in Budapest, examining the politics of borders and border areas in Iran. Since September 2025, he has served as a researcher at the Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management at the Austrian National Defence Academy.
Languages: Persian/Dari, Kurdish, Azeri Turkish, Hindi, Urdu
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.
Languages: Arabic
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