Head of Institute:
prof. dr. János Besenyő, PhD
Position: head of Institute
Academic degree: Doctor of Military and Historical Sciences
Research field: Modern and recent history of Africa, migration and the Middle East, as well as peacekeeping, military logistics, Hungarian peacekeeping operations in Africa, with special regard to Western Sahara. In addition, comparisons of political cultures, political communication and intercultural communication, the institution of child soldiers, DDR programs in Africa, terrorism, and Christian-Muslim opposition on the continent. Leader of the Research Group on Peacekeeping, Terrorism, African Conflicts Head of institutional research group on Peacekeeping, Terrorism, African Conflicts.
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_JanosBesenyo.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10026705
Senior Researchers:
dr. Luís Manuel Brás Bernardino, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of International Relations
Research field: Security and Defence, Peace and Security African Architecture, Military Cooperation in the Lusophone Countries, Maritime Security.
E-mail: bernardino.lmb@mail.exercito.pt
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Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8HqlnwsAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao
dr. Gábor Búr, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10022590
dr. Simona Mariana Corlan Ioan, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
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E-mail: simonacorlan1@yahoo.com
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dr. Endre Kanizsay, CSc
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Candidate of Economics
Research field: agricultural development opportunities, food security – especially in tropical and subtropical countries.
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dr. Marianna Kármán, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Literary and Cultural Sciences
Research field: African studies: general African studies, comparative linguistics (Arabic, African languages), literary and cultural studies (Arabic and African), intercultural communication, migration research, religious studies (Islam, African religions) head of institutional research group on Intercultural Research in Africa
E-mail: karman.marianna@uni-obuda.hu
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10071449
dr. Moses Khanyile, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Research field: Defence industrial dynamics, arms control, defence policy and intelligence management.
E-mail: mosesk@sun.ac.za
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV-Moses_Khanyile.pdf
Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7900-8424
dr. Andrey Vitalyevich Korotayev, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Research field: Africa research: north Africa, Sahel, sub-Saharan Africa, socio-political destabilisation, revolutions, forecasting. Research in the Middle East, Yemen: political demography, mathematical models of social development and dynamics. World system, grand history, scientific theory of cultural development, global databases of nations and cultures, quantitative, cross-cultural and cross-national research, political anthropology, kinship, clan structures, religion.
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Andrej_Korotayev.pdf
Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-203
dr. Martínez Milán, Jesús Maria, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
Research field: Contemporary African history, with a special focus on Western Sahara.
E-mail: jesus.martinez@ulpgc.es
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Jesus_Maria_Martinez_Milan.pdf
Publications: https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/cris/rp/rp01027
dr. Maxim Matusevich, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
Research field: The history of the Cold War in Africa. History of African-Soviet encounters, race in the Cold War. The history of black radicalism.
E-mail: matusema@shu.edu
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Maxim-Matusevich.pdf
Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maxim-Matusevich
dr. habil Szabolcs Pásztor, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Management and Organizational Sciences
Research field: The impact of globalisation processes on the transformation of centre-periphery relations: focus on African economies. Growth prospects for sub-Saharan Africa at the beginning of the third millennium.
E-mail: pasztor.szabolcs@uni-nke.hu
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10037379
dr. Szilveszter Póczik, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
Research field: regime change and crime, transnational organised crime, cross-border criminal groups, international judicial and law enforcement cooperation, illegal immigration and asylum, extremist political group activity, minorities and crime, metropolitan crime and crime prevention, criminal groups in prison, international political terrorism.
E-mail: poczik.szilveszter@gmail.com
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10044098
dr. István Rákóczi, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
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E-mail: irakoczi@gmail.com
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10008885
dr. Scott Nicholas Romaniuk, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of International Studies
Research field: Doctor of International Studies
E-mail: scott.n.romaniuk@gmail.com
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Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/search/publication?q=scott+n+romaniuk
dr. Carlos Ruiz Miguel, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Law
Research field: Head of the Western Sahara institutional research group.
E-mail: carlos.ruiz@usc.es
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Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TxDosgUAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao
dr. Tatiana Smirnova, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Social Anthropology
Research field:
E-mail: taniyasmirnova@yahoo.fr
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dr. Hussein Solomon, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Political Sciences
Research field:
E-mail: solomonh@ufs.ac.za
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Publications: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&q=hussein+solomon&hl=hu&as_sdt=0,5
dr. habil András István Türke, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Political and Historical sciences
Research field: CFSP and CSDP; EU foreign, security and defense policy, European defense industry. WEU and ESDP/CSDP activities in the Balkans, Balkan crises, Albania. CSDP’s African missions, the EU’s African policy, the African Union, French foreign policy, French African policy. Sub-Saharan Africa. European integration history, integration treaties.
E-mail: turkeandras@gmail.com
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10045125
dr. Dávid Vogel, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
Research field: Issues of defence, security and international relations, as well as the contemporary and recent history of sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, peacekeeping and humanitarian aid operations. The global south.
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10050370
dr. Maurício Waldman, PhD
Position: senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Geography
Research field: Theoretical axes: social anthropology, cultural sociology, human geography, international relations. Thematic areas: black Africa, African cartography, African geography. Cartography, geopolitics, environment, water resources, solid waste, global order, topology, religious environmental education, gastronomy.
E-mail: mw@mw.pro.br
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Mauricio_Waldman.pdf
Publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=hu&user=vNnauzcAAAAJ
Researchers:
dr. Abdallah Abdel-Ati Al-Naggar, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
Research field: Modern and contemporary history of the Arab world, Africa, Central Europe, Jewish emigration. Relations between Hungary, Italy and the Arab states, terrorism, Arab-Israeli wars and conflicts, revolutions. Water crises.
E-mail: Abdallah.alnagggar@gmail.com
CV: CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Abdallah_Abdel_Ati_Al_Naggar.pdf
Publications: https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication?format=html&labelLang=hun&sort=publishedYear,desc&cond=authors;eq;10044144
dr. Mirela Atanasiu, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Security Policy Sciences
Research field: Analysis of security issues in the Middle East and Africa, in particular those that may have an impact on the European geographical area (terrorism, extremism, radicalisation, insurgency, inter- and intra-state conflicts, humanitarian crises, proxy war, hybrid war, migration, cross-border organised crime).
E-mail: atanasiu.mirela@unap.ro
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV-_Mirela_Atanasiu.pdf
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ttGrnOoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
dr. Valentin Cseh, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
Research field:
E-mail: tsceh@yahoo.de
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10036092
dr. Abdinor Dahir, PhD
Position: researcher
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dr. Éva Fábián, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
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Attila Gulyás, PhD-aspiráns
Position: researcher
Academic degree: military engineering sciences
Research field: Terrorizmus, nemzetbiztonság, terrorista tevékenység az interneten, Dark Web.
E-mail: gulyas.attila@phd.uni-obuda.hu
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Attila_Gulyas.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10074524
dr. Carolina Jiménez Sánchez, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Law
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E-mail: carolina@uma.es
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Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u51sVHUAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao
dr. Péter Gergő Juhász, PhD
Position: head of the Sustainable Africa Institutional Researchgroup
Academic degree: Doctor of Business and Management Sciences
Research field: Research on factors affecting food and nutrition safety and security – with a particular focus on food and water security in Africa. Explore international development opportunities in agricultural technologies, food trade and agricultural education to achieve food security.
E-mail: petergergojuhasz@gmail.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Peter_Gergo_Juhasz.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10059556
dr. Krisztina Kállai, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
Research field: Intercultural communication, cultural models, multiculturalism, resilience, climate change, trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation, natural disasters, security science, study of international conventions on child protection, rights of minor refugees, humanitarian aid
E-mail: kirzsborg@gmail.com
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10058677
dr. Mady Ibrahim Kante, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Political Sciences
Research field: Politics, governance, regional integration, security and peacekeeping, conflict, terrorism and international relations. Africa, Middle East.
E-mail: madibiramu@gmail.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Mady_Ibrahim_Kante.pdf
Publications: https://www.observatoire-boutros-ghali.org/2022/09/dr-mady-ibrahim-kante/
dr. Cyprian Aleksander Kozera, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Security Sciences
Research field: Security sciences and intelligence. Africa.
E-mail: kozeracyprian@gmail.com
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Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cyprian-Kozera
dr. Ádám Mayer, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
Research field: African history, African radical movements.
E-mail: adama_hu@yahoo.co.uk
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Adam_Mayer.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10045319
dr. Louisa Müller, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Literary, Hitorical and Religious Studies
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E-mail: l.f.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl
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Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Louise-Muller-2
dr. Błażej Popławski, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
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E-mail: blazej.poplawski@gmail.com
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Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h7dcDQYAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao
capt. dr. Andries Petrus Putter, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
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E-mail: driesputter@gmail.com
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dr. Colin D. Robinson, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Security Sciences
Research field: Developing security and justice. Security sector reform, African peacekeeping. Armies of Africa and the former Soviet Union. Research, analysis, reporting, especially in conflict-affected regions. Defence reform, defence sector reform, defence change management. Peacekeeping field operations, including analysis, programme management and logistics. Military organisations, in particular Western, former Soviet and African organisations.
E-mail: Colinrobinson1@gmail.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Colin_Robinson.pdf
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7xGxa1oAAAAJ
dr. Brigitta Sáfár, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Engineering
Research field: Humanitarian aid, individual and community resilience, psychosocial assistance, international disaster relief, disaster management, emergency planning, disaster risk reduction, population preparedness, standardized disaster response systems, emergency needs assessment.
E-mail: brigitta.safar@voroskereszt.hu
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10063530
dr. Béla Szilágyi, PhD-aspiráns
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Political Science and Law Safety and Security Science
Research field:
E-mail: bela@hbaid.org
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MTMT link : https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10075230
dr. Mariann Tánczos, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
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dr. Zoltán Tiba, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Economics
Research field: security sciences.
E-mail: zoltantiba@gmail.com
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10022432
dr. Ákos Treszkai, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Military Science
Research field: Water conflicts in Africa, security implications of climate change in Africa. Migration and its security implications, terrorism in Africa and Europe. Contemporary and modern history of Africa. Intercultural communication.
E-mail: treszkai.akos@gmail.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Akos_Treszkai.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10074915
dr. Silvester Trnovec, PhD
Position: researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Historical Sciences
Research field:
E-mail: strnovec355@gmail.com
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5TB1mOYAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao
Experts:
Alex Cann
Position: Expert
Research field: Security sector reform, interim governments, terrorism and violent extremism, peace support operations, gender-based violence, peace and security, private security, crisis and humanitarian operations, army and mercenaries, land and maritime crime relations.
E-mail: alexcannalexcann@yahoo.com
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Sándor Horváth
Position: expert
Research field: Law enforcement education and training, peacekeeping operations in Angola, security aspects of humanitarian operations, terrorism.
E-mail: shorvath.sec@gmail.com
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Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/search/publication?q=horv%C3%A1th+s%C3%A1ndor
István Papp
Positions: expert
Research field: Conducting studies in the field of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, discussing them widely and testing them in a feasibility project. Participation in the development and implementation of the “Reduction of Community Violence” program. Develop and implement pilot projects with Civil and Non-Governmental Partners and other UN specialized agencies in Haiti and Sudan.
E-mail: hefi1956@gmail.com
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Wolfgang Pusztai
Position: expert
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Junior Researchers:
Myriam Ben Othman
Position: junior researcher
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Charles Emmanuel Ekpo
Position: junior researcher
Research field: African history, peace studies. Security and political sciences. Nationalism and nation building, international politics.
E-mail: cekpo34@yahoo.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Charles_Ekpo.pdf
Publications: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Charles_Ekpo.pdf
Zoltán Ginelli, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10037315
Éva Hegedűs
Position: junior researcher
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E-mail: eva.hegedus@gmail.com
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Mmaphuti Felicia Langa
Position: junior researcher
Researh field: Peace and Conflict Sciences. The role of religion in conflicts. Women in politics. Refugee cases and Humanitarian Studies.
E-mail: Mmaphutifelicia@gmail.com
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Publications: https://johannesburg.academia.edu/mmaphutilanga
Meriem Naili, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Security Sciences, Conflicts and Human Rights
Research field: Human rights, humanitarian law, peacekeeping. Western Sahara, protection of human rights, international relations and the situation in the North African region.
E-mail: Mn380@exeter.ac.uk
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Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meriem-Naili
László Pálfi
Position: junior researcher
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E-mail: palfilaszlo22@gmail.com
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10060121
Marcell György Pintér, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Research field: China’s presence and the influence of its military industry in Africa.
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Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=hu&user=VnKNC3EAAAAJ
Rita Reis, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Research field: Western Sahara conflict. Subjectivity and Religious Morality in the Middle East and North Africa. Refugees and forced migration, student migration. Borders, youth perspectives and future. Humanitarian assistance.
E-mail: ritamreis@edu.ulisboa.pt
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Gábor Sinkó, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Research field: Contemporary and recent history of Africa, peacekeeping, African terrorist organizations with special emphasis on al-Shabaab in Somalia, African intelligence studies, suicide terrorism in the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy and Cold War propaganda.
E-mail: sinko.gabor@phd.uni-obuda.hu
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Gabor_Sinko.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10074774
Andrea Hanna Sólyomfi, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of Regional Sciences
Research field: Tourism security. Relationship between terrorism and tourism. Tourism risk perception and risk behaviour. Migration, political communication and intercultural communication. Artificial intelligence.
E-mail: hanna.solyomfi@gmail.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Solyomfi_Andrea_Hanna.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10059900
Gyula Stotz, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
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E-mail: gystotz@gmail.com
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MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10048225
Zsolt Szabó, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Research field: History of the Africa and the Middle-East, the history and security politics of Africa, conflicts in Africa, the Darfur conflict, the Mali Conflict, the 1963 Sand War between Algeria and Morocco.
E-mail: zsolt.sza86@gmail.com
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Zsolt_Szabo-1.pdf
Publications: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10026705
Csaba Szeremley, PhD-aspiráns
Position: junior researcher
Research field: Education policy and food security in Malawi. Teacher training at the primary level in Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in Malawi and its impact on food security.
E-mail: szeremley.csaba@uni-obuda.hu
CV: https://bdi.uni-obuda.hu/aki/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CV_Csaba_Szeremley-1.pdf
MTMT link: https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10026705
Visiting Senior Researchers:
Oladele Bamidele Daji, ellentengernagy
Position: visiting senior researcher
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dr. Toyin Falola, PhD
Position: visiting senior researcher
Academic degree: PhD in History
Research field: African history after the 19th century in the tradition of the Ibadan School. History of Latin America and the United States. Atlantic history, diaspora and migration, empire and globalization, international relations, religion and culture.
E-mail: toyin.falola@mail.utexas.edu
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dr. Jeffrey Kaplan, PhD
Position: visiting senior researcher
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dr. Yahia Zoubir, PhD
Position: visiting senior researcher
Academic degree: Doctor of International Relations
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Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lUti3TUAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao