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 (since January 2021)
PhD candidate
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Vienna, Austria
October 2025
Guest Research Fellow
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels School of Governance, Brussels, Belgium
August 2025 – ongoing
Research Associate, Citizen Deliberation Academy
Central European University - Democracy Institute, Environment and Democracy Workgroup, Budapest, Hungary
June 2024 - July 2025
Collaborating Researcher (REAL DEAL project: June 2024 - January 2025 and Citizen Deliberation Academy: February - July 2025)
Central European University - Democracy Institute, Environment and Democracy Workgroup, Budapest, Hungary
Academic Year 2023/24
Guest Teaching Fellow
Corvinus University of Budapest, Institute of Sustainable Development, Budapest, Hungary
Previous professional experience include research and managerial positions at the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC).
FAMILY
I am married and the father of two children.