My doctoral research examines the evolution of European Union public policies and governance in relation to food systems, with a focus on developing the concept of “food citizenship” in the EU. The preliminary title of my dissertation is From Fragmentation to Framework: Towards Food Citizenship in the European Union.
By background, I am a researcher, project manager, and educator focusing on European Union policies related to resource and waste management, household energy efficiency, and sustainable food consumption.
As a researcher, I am the co-author or author of several publications aimed at or published by major policy-influencing organizations in Europe, including the European Commission, the European Environment Agency, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the United Nations Environment Programme.
I began lecturing in the late 2000s, mainly within my research projects, addressing business, government, and non-profit audiences on EU resource and waste management. Since 2019, I have been a part-time departmental co-lecturer at CEU, linked to my PhD studies and focusing on the Circular Economy and the research–policy–practice interface. During the 2023/24 academic year, I was a guest teaching fellow at Corvinus University of Budapest, delivering lectures and seminars on the topics of Circular Economy and sustainable food consumption, among others.
WORK EXPERIENCE
At present
PhD candidate, , Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Vienna, Austria
October 2025
Guest Research Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels School of Governance, Brussels, Belgium
Since June 2024 (ongoing)
Associated Researcher, Central European University - Democracy Institute, Environment and Democracy Working Group, Budapest, Hungary
Academic Year 2023/24
Guest Teaching Fellow, Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Sustainable Development, Budapest, Hungary
2012-2019
Independent expert (part time, project-based activities as a self-employed) on the topic of 'Sustainable Consumption and Production in a Globalized World', Zürich, Switzerland
2003 – 2011
In various research and managerial positions I used to work in the fields of Integrated Resource and Waste Management, the Energy Transition and Sustainable Consumption and Production at the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, in Szentendre, Hungary
FAMILY & VOLUNTEERING
I am married and the father of two children.
Since July 2012 I am the the co-leader of the Moussonstr. 17 Student House (a public chairty organization), in Zürich, Switzerland.