CENSE People
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Research FellowPost-doctoral fellowGuntra Aistara is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy in the Environmental and Social Justice Action Research Group, and heads the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Program at CENSE. Her PhD research focused on the development of organic agriculture movements in the culturally, ecologically, and politically diverse contexts of Latvia and Costa Rica. Her current research interests include small farmer strategies for resilience in the face of climate change and economic crisis, the intersection of permaculture principles and practices with traditional knowledge, and movements for seed sovereignty and environmental justice.
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Associate ProfessorDirector, Remote/Rural Communities & the EnvironmentPrior to joining CEU faculty, Brandon Anthony worked as advisor to the Hungarian Nature Conservation Institute, as a park supervisor/biologist with the Otonabee Regional Conservation Authority (Canada), and as an agricultural habitat biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (Canada). He has conducted research on nature conservation and community livelihoods in Canada, South Africa, Malawi, Romania and Hungary.
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Associate ProfessorDirector, Center for Environment and SecurityDr. Antypas joined CEU in 2000. His research interest includeGlobal environmental governance, Environmental policy change and transformation, Human rights and the environment and Science-policy studies. Prior to joining CEU, he worked for Civic Education Project as a visiting professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Rezekne in Latvia and served as a consultant to UNDP, UNEP, the US Forest Service, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.
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ProfessorAcademic Secretary and Research DirectorAleh Cherp's research interest include energy security and transitions to sustainable energy systems as well as strategic environmental assessment. He is the Rapporteur of the Advisory Working Group on the Environment of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission and a Coordinating Lead Analyst (Energy Security) in the Global Energy Assessment.
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PhD CandidateYear of enrollment: 2009/2010Jessica Jewell is a PhD candidate at Central European University where her research focuses on energy security. She works in the Energy and Transitions to New Technologies Programs at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis where she provides analytical support for the UN Secretary’s-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative and researches the relationship between national energy policies and global energy goals.
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Head, Environmental Systems LaboratoryViktor Lagutov joined CEU in 1997.
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ProfessorPh.D. (Moscow State University): Head of Department, Director of UNEP GEO Collaborating Center: State of the environment and pollution problems in the countries of the region; environmental policy; global environmental issues, sources of environmental information.
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ResearcherInstitute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Visiting ProfessorHead of Environmental Security ProgrammeStephen Stec first taught business law at CEU in 1992 and returned in 1999 as an adjunct in ENVSCI. For almost 20 years he has done fieldwork with international organizations in Europe, Central Asia, Africa and China, including UNEP, UNDP, OSCE, UNECE, EBRD, REC and CEELI. He participated in the negotiation of the Aarhus Convention and other MEAs and contributed to environmental peacebuilding efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the Sava River Basin. From 2006-08 he served on the Managing Board of the ENVSEC initiative (www.envsec.org). He is a fellow of the Institute for East European Law and Russian Studies at Leiden University (NL), a member of the World Justice Forum and IUCN CEL, and serves on the editorial board of the European Energy and Environmental Law Review. In 2007 Mr. Stec was a co-recipient of the Rule of Law Award.
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PhD StudentAlina’s research focuses on the conflict and coexistence of large carnivores and people in the Romanian Carpathians. She is particularly interested in spatial and temporal patterns of conflict as well as the attitudes of various interest groups towards carnivores and their management. Before joining the PhD programme Alina studied and worked in Romania, Hungary, South Africa and the UK. Her professional experience spans the business, academic and NGO sectors and includes a diversity of roles from consulting, teaching and capacity building, to ecological surveys and project management. In her spare time she enjoys reading, hiking in the mountains, travelling and photography.