Regional Director, Central Europe, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Dániel Hegedüs is Deputy Director of the Institut für Europäische Politik. Previously, he was Regional Director for Central Europe at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS). His research focuses on democratic and rule of law backsliding in the European Union, populism, and the European and foreign affairs of the Visegrad countries. He has studied political science, history, and European law at the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest and the Humboldt University in Berlin. Before joining GMFUS in 2019, he has worked in different research, lecturing, and program management positions at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Freedom House, the Institute for Eastern-European Studies at the Free University Berlin, Humboldt University to Berlin, and the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest. He is author of more than 50 academic and policy papers, and a frequent contributor to international media.