Mihály Fazekas
Mihály Fazekas is an associate professor at the Central European University, Department of Public Policy , with a focus on using Big Data methods to understand the quality of government globally. He is also the scientific director of an innovative think-tank, the Government Transparency Institute . He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge where he pioneered Big Data methods to measure and
understand high-level corruption in Central- and Eastern Europe. His research and policy interests revolve around corruption, favouritism, private sector collusion, and government spending efficiency. He regularly consults international organisations such as the OECD and a range of national governments and NGOs across the globe. He led a team of FCDO UK, GTI, and IMF which won the 1 st prize at the IMF Anti-Corruption Challenge for measuring corruption and its costs globally.
Link to institutional website: https://people.ceu.edu/mihaly_fazekas
Anastasiia Soboleva is a PhD researcher in the Political Economy track at CEU. She studies cooptation in authoritarian regimes, with a focus on different forms of patronage and group-based favoritism.
Link to institutional website: https://dsps.ceu.edu/people/anastasiia-soboleva
Anastasiia Soboleva
Patrick Walkowiak
Patrick Walkowiak is a PhD-student in the Doctoral School of Political science at Central European University. His dissertation centers around media ownership change and its impact on political coverage in Europe.
Link to institutional website: https://dsps.ceu.edu/people/patrick-walkowiak
Vladislav Shatilov
Vladislav Shatilov is a PhD student in the Public Policy track at Central European University. His dissertation investigates, through big data analysis, how business interests use political strategies to obtain non-market benefits through legislation, resulting in legislative favoritism. Within the RESPOND project, he contributes to WP3, where he is involved in collecting legislative data.