Contact

Open Society Institute / EU Accession Monitoring Program
H-1051, V. Budapest, Nador utca 11, # 417
Tel.: ++36-1-327-3101 x 2625
Fax: ++36-1-327-3101
E-mail: abdikeeva@policy.hu

Education

• LL.M. in Comparative Constitutional Law, thesis with distinction (CEU, 2000)
• M.A. in Human Rights, thesis with honors (CEU, 1999)
• B.A. in Int’l Studies / Political Science, magna cum laude (Stonehill College, 1997)
• Undergraduate studies in Romance-Germanic Philology (Saratov State University, 1992-1995)

Employment

Program consultant, Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary, September 2001 - present

Legal officer, Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute / Open Society Institute, Budapest, Hungary, September 2000-August 2001

Program coordinator for Int’l Privatization Program, Harvard Institute for Int’l Devt., Cambridge, MA, USA, April-July 1998

Freelance researcher, Press Access, Inc., Boston, USA, August 1997-April 1998

Project assistant, Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, Boston, USA, Spring Semester 1997

Research assistant, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc., Washington, DC, USA, Fall Semester 1996

Honors / Activities

• International Bar Association, joined January 2001
• International Policy Fellowship award, Center for Policy Studies, Budapest, Hungary, 2001-2002
• T.M.C. Asser Instituut grant award for post-graduate research project, The Hague, Netherlands, January-March 2000
• CEU faculty research grant, 1999-2000
• Elected member of CEU Academic Senate, 1999-2000
• Elected class representative to CEU Student Council, 1998-2000; drafted By-Laws of CEU Student Council
• Central-East European moot court competition, Krakow, Poland, May 1999
• Open Society Institute travel grant award, the OSCE Secretariat in Prague, Czech Republic, March-April 1999
• Soros Foundation graduate fellowship award, 1998-1999
• Sigma Iota Rho honorary society for academic achievement in international relations, Stonehill College, elected November 1996
• Lambda Epsilon Sigma honorary society for overall academic achievement, Stonehill College, elected October 1996
• Elected vice-president of the college group of Amnesty International, Stonehill College, 1995-1996
• Dean’s List, Stonehill College, 1995-1997
• United States Information Agency grant award, 1995-1996

 

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