Program: Post-Graduate Visiting Research Fellowship
Year: 2025
Host Institution: Duke University School of Law
Research Focus: limits of democracy protection, focusing on how to define the boundaries of legitimate democracy defense in order to avoid undermining the very essence of democracy in the name of protecting it
Quote: “The challenge of safeguarding democracy is one of the most pressing socio-theoretical questions of our time, spanning law, politics, and philosophy. Defining the boundaries of legitimate democracy protection is essential to avoid undermining the very essence of democracy itself in the name of protecting it.”
Read his introduction: hungaryfoundation.
András holds a law degree from Babeș-Bolyai University in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca (Romania), a master’s degree in philosophy from the same institution, and earned his PhD summa cum laude at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest. His doctoral dissertation introduced and analyzed the concept of ‘domosity’ and its role in the international legal protection of national minorities.
András’s professional path combines academia, advocacy, and community engagement. He is the founder and director of the Advocacy Group for Freedom of Identity, dedicated to litigation and advocacy for minority rights. He also co-founded the Musai-Muszáj language rights movement and serves as the founder and artistic director of the Méra World Music Festival. His commitment to the Hungarian minority from Romania is reflected both in his publications in Hungarian, Romanian, and English on minority rights, and in his academic work as a visiting lecturer at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, where he taught minority rights and public international law, as well as in his active involvement in the educational programs of Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Transylvania, Romania.
The mission of Duke Law School is to advance knowledge and the rule of law through open, rigorous, and collaborative education and scholarly inquiry, and to help build and sustain a dynamic legal profession that embodies commitment to equal justice, ethical leadership, diversity of perspective and experience, public service, and the highest standards of client representation.