Appointed in September 2016 as Professor and Chair of Comparative Constitutional Law, and in January 2018 as Director of Graduate Studies at the Law Department. His primary research interests are comparative constitutional law and international human rights. He has published several books and articles, as well as edited volumes on these topics in English, German and Hungarian. He joined EUI in 2016 after a teaching and research career (at the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary, Princeton University in the USA, the European Masters Program in Human Rights and Democratization in Italy) as well as years of professional career as chief advisor to the President of the Hungarian Constitutional Court, member of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s Management Board and numerous other civic activities.

Research Projects and Working groups

Constitutionalism and Politics Working Group

Supervisees

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

HALMAI, Gábor (2021), From ‘illiberal democracy’ to autocracy : how Covid-19 helped to destroy the remnants of democracy in Hungary, Contribution to book
HALMAI, Gábor (2021), Illiberal constitutionalism in Eastern and Central Europe, Contribution to book
HALMAI, Gábor (2021), Aufstieg und Niedergang verfassungsrechtlicher Normenkontrolle in Ungarn und Polen, Contribution to book
HALMAI, Gábor (2021), The pandemic and illiberal regimes, Contribution to book
HALMAI, Gábor (2022), Authoritarian use of emergency power : the case of Hungary, Contribution to book
HALMAI, Gábor (2021), Illiberalism in East Central Europe, Contribution to book

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Additional information

"Due to the non-communication policy of the EUI I cannot discuss research proposals prior to submission, but potential applicants should feel free to contact me if they wish to check, whether a particular topic fits within my areas of interest"

Gabor Halmai