Orsolya Raczova

As the Deputy and most recently as the Director, I have been supervising the work of a 15+ team consisting of fellows and coordinators, with a specific focus on fundraising, successful delivery and ensuring high quality of outputs. Moreover, my duties include department management and ensure to meet the department’s financial KPIs, fundraising, stakeholder relationship management, and based on high-level stakeholder consultations and regular monitoring of current issues, to design strategic projects.

I authored articles on contemporary political and security dynamics, with a focus on Eastern, Central Eastern, and Western Europe, which were subsequently republished, as well as spoke and lectured at conferences and round-table discussions.

I co-organized internal and external high-level events after having received an extensive training.

I monitored and reported on policy developments on regional and EU level, mainly in foreign and security policy, as well as contemporary politics in the region. Through delivering reports on tight deadlines and through direct engagement with officials and experts, this experience deepened my expertise and provided me with valuable insights into regional risks and opportunities.

I co-organized internal and external high-level events after having received an extensive training.

I managed international political conferences, coordinated teams and lead online marketing efforts with strategic insights and creative thinking.

Modules: Proliferation and International Security, Foreign Policy of the European Union, Home-grown Radicalisation, Social Dimensions of Terrorism Research: Online radicalisation, Radicalisation pathways in Europe, Biological and chemical terrorism Dissertation: Risk Assessment on chemical weapon use by Jihadist cells and lone actors in the West

Modules: Democracy and the Media, Government and Politics in Eastern Europe, International Politics of the EU Enlargement, Quantitative and Qualitative Methodology Research: The media’s role in a democracy, CSDP, Eastern Europe in political and economic transition Dissertation: Political campaigning in ethnic Hungarian minority politics in Slovakia

Summer Semester

Modules: International Relations, Diplomatic Protocol, EU Security, Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Communication skills Research: Security policies of the EU, Market entry, Economic and political transition in Eastern Europe Dissertation: Will the economic transition lead to a democratic transition in China?