Alumni Stories

A native of Hungary, Peter serves as Regional Civil Society Coordinator for Europe at the Open Government Partnership in Berlin. His portfolio includes support for civil society organizations across Europe and open government reforms. A former Fulbright Visiting Practitioner at Stanford University and a Yale graduate, Peter is a passionate world traveler and gourmet.

What do you find most important about the work you do?

Janos is a human rights lawyer, academic and policy analyst. He currently serves as Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability’s Central Europe Program. He’s also done stints as visiting lecturer at CEU as well as a resarcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). 

What’s the most rewarding aspect of your current position?

I think of myself as a human rights lawyer, arguing cases before courts. I’m trying to improve people’s lives in some way through human rights, which is a tool CEU gave me.