Dr Jakub Csabay

Dr Jakub Csabay is a Lecturer at the Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava. He completed his PhD at the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, where his research examined the institutional dynamics of state–minority relations in the broader post-Soviet space.

Apart from his PhD, he also holds an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge and an undergraduate degree in Central and East European Studies and Politics from the University of Glasgow, including an exchange at ADA University in Azerbaijan. His doctoral research involved fieldwork in Slovakia and Azerbaijan, alongside visits to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Czech Republic.

Dr Csabay has contributed to research and policy projects for a range of non-governmental and international organisations in Slovakia and Azerbaijan, including the Slovak Governance Institute, the Strategic Policy Institute, and UNFPA. He is a research affiliate of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum and co-founder and convenor of the Cambridge Central European Conference. During his time in Cambridge, he also taught and supervised at the Department of Politics and International Studies and Cambridge Judge Business School.

In Slovakia, he has co-founded two civic associations, EDUSOC and RESDI, focusing on education and sustainable development initiatives for minority communities, particularly Roma populations. He co-edits the Yearbook of Regional Development in Slovakia (with Anton Marcinčin) and collaborates with Friends of the Earth–CEPA on projects addressing energy poverty and engagement with academic and research institutions.