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Name Dóra Husz

Address Budapest 1137, Pozsonyi út 39.
Telephone 3494-532, 06-20-466-9952
E-mail dora.husz@chello.hu , iphhud01@phd.ceu.hu
Date of birth February 28, 1973

National expert: Centre for Policy Studies at Central European University
(September 2004-)

Conducting research, writing policy analysis and policy proposals in international project analysing opportunities for cooperation of governments of Visegrad countries in easing the negative implications of EU and Schengen enlargement for nationals of Eastern neighbour countries (Ukraine, Moldova).

External advisor: Prime Minister's Office (July 2003-)

Political and communication analysis.

Member of the EU Communication Expert Working Group (Oct. 2002 – May 2003)

•  Devising a new communication strategy covering the tasks of the government, regional authorities, professional and civil organisations, as well as the tasks of societal preparation for EU-membership.

•  Coordinating and editing the publication of EU-brochures.

•  Evaluating the communication strategies of ministries, etc.

External advisor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May 2000-May 2003)

•  Devising the new phase of the communication strategy of the Ministry aiming to prepare the population for the accession of Hungary to the European Union. Areas of responsibility: European and Hungarian social context; models of communication; evaluation of the first phase of the communication strategy; cooperation with the European Commission's new communication strategy; social and communication challenges; objectives of EU communication; main messages of communication; regional decentralization of the strategy; main target groups: youth, rural society, SMEs, women, pensioners; feed-back mechanisms.

•  Public opinion survey design and analysis.
•  Communication consulting.
Conducting research, writing impact studies for Budapest Economics
(Jan. 2003, March 2004)
Areas: social impacts of EU-accession, devising a liberal vision for Europe.
Conducting research for publications on the EU and eastern enlargement
(March-Aug. 2001)
Centre for European Reform (London, UK) and for professor Loukas Tsoukalis
(London School of Economics and Political Sciences).
Research Manager: Szonda Ipsos Media, Opinion and Market Research Institute
(1997-2000)

•  Designing, coordinating and directing research projects, writing research analyses and reports, presenting research findings.
•  Research areas: Euro-Atlantic integration, political institutions, parties, politicians, public education, local governments, tourism, non-profit sphere etc.

Doing research, writing studies for the Strategic Task Force for Integration (1996-98)

Fields of Research: Cultural policies of the EU ; European communication initiatives, European institutions in the Hungarian public opinion; Country study – Austria: questions of culture, media, country image in the integration process; Foreign language knowledge of the Hungarian population; Future role of the Hungarian language in the EU.

Project Manager: State Secretariat for Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1996-97)

Participation in planning, coordinating and evaluating projects aiming at informing the Hungarian public about the European Union and the enlargement process.

Thesis consulting: College of Foreign Trade, Faculty of International Communications, Budapest Institute for Graduate International and Diplomatic Studies (1997-99)

Topics: Opinions, attitudes and knowledge of the Hungarian public and various social groups concerning European integration, the issues of information and communication in the process of Hungary's accession to the EU, critical analysis of the Hungarian government's EU communication strategy.

Speaking at various conferences and seminars, e.g.:

•  Ministry of Foreign Affairs: EU-seminars for journalists, civil organisations and high-school teachers, presentation themes: expectation, hopes and fears concerning enlargement in candidate and member countries, the government's EU communication strategy (1998-2002)

•  Budapest University of Economic Sciences: “EU-Hungary: Accession and the media,” presentation theme: information campaigns in Austria, Finland and Sweden (1999)

•  International seminar: “Raising Public Awareness of NATO – challenges and experiences,” presentation theme: attitude changes concerning Hungary's NATO-membership (1998)

•  Wilton Park Conference: “Economic and Political Reform in Central and Eastern Europe,” presentation theme: EU and NATO enlargement and the Hungarian public opinion (1997)

Teaching at Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Sociology and Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Sociology (1998-2000)

Topics: Public opinion research – methodology and case studies

Language Skills

Computer literacy: SPSS, Word, Excel, Harvard Graphics Driving License

Publications

•  “Whose Europe is it?” (with Dorothee Bohle), Politique Européenne , 2004 (forthcoming).

•  “Public Opinion – A Stumbling Block to Enlargement? (An analysis of the relation between the costs and benefits of eastern enlargement and their perception in current EU member-states)” Working Paper, Hungarian Europe Society , April 2003, Perspectives , Summer 2003.

•  A magyar t ársadalom EU-kommunikációs stratégiája (co-author), Magyar Közöny , 151.szám II. kötet, December 2002.

•  “Free movement of workers: Why so sensitive? - An analysis of the factors behind the transition period to be imposed on the movement of labour from Central and Eastern European countries after their accession to the EU,” RUBIKON Quarterly Academic Journal, http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/~rubikon/ , September 2002.

•  “Sectoral Approach in a European Mirror” in RUBIKON Quarterly Academic Journal, http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/~rubikon/ , December 2001.

•  “Popularity of politicians in 1999” in Political Yearbook of Hungary , 2000, Budapest.

•  “Popularity of politicians in 1998” in Political Yearbook of Hungary , 1999, Budapest.

•  “Waiting for accession: Euro-Atlantic integration and the Hungarian Public Opinion” in Political Yearbook of Hungary , 1998, Budapest.

•  “Prestige of political institutions between 1989-1998” in Decade Book of Hungary , 1998, Budapest.

•  “Elite games: the formation of post-communist elites in Hungary: a game theoretic analysis” in Politikatudományi Szemle (Political Science Review), no.3, 1997, Budapest.

Academic Awards, Scholarships and Membership in professional Bodies

•  Member and president of the European Politics Section of the Hungarian Political Science Society (2004-)

•  Member of the Hungarian Europe Society (2002-)

•  Fellowship for the PhD program from Central European University (2001- )

•  Scholarship for the MSc program from the London School of Economics (2000-01)

•  British Chevening Award from the British Council (2000-01)

•  Scholarship for the MA program from Central European University (1995-96)

•  Phi Beta Kappa: Honorary Society of Academic Excellence (1995-)

•  Sarah Williston Scholar & Prizes: Top 1 % of class (1993, 1995)

•  Xi Chapter Sigma Iota Rho: Honorary Society of International Relations (1994-)

•  Foster Prize for Excellence in French (1992)

•  Scholarship for BA program from Mount Holyoke College (1991-95)

•  Supplementary grant towards the BA program from the Soros Foundation (1991-95)