Research Interests
I conduct research on the transnational aspects of civil wars with a special focus on civil war mediation, inter-organizational relations in mediation, and the relationship between local and international levels of analysis in mediation. I'm particularly interested in multiparty mediation and its effect on conflict outcomes. I study these and related topics in the context of the Yemeni civil war by using mixed-methods. For my MA degree I conducted field research in Saudi Arabia.
Background
Working experience
Research Assistant, Conditions of Violence and Peace, PRIO 2017-
Project manager, Middle-East Office, Antall Jozsef Knowledge Centre, Hungary 2014-2016
Research Assistant, Desalinization fields vulnerability to terrorist attacks, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh 2016
Education
Phd (ongoing) Corvinus University of Budapest, Security and Conflict Studies
M.Phil, International Relations and Political Science, Corvinus University of Budapest
BA, International Relations, Corvinus University
Blog Posts
Posted by Júlia Palik, Govinda Clayton, Simon J. A. Mason & Siri Camilla Aas Rustad on Wednesday, 23 October 2019
On the surface, it should be easy. Practitioners and policy makers always require better knowledge to make informed decisions, and academics (nearly) always seek that their research makes an impact in the “real” world. Yet this rarely works out. In most cases academic-practice-policy dialogues, forums, meetings and conferences rarely produce ... Read more »
Posted by Júlia Palik on Friday, 7 December 2018
This week the spotlight is on Sweden and UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths: On Wednesday representatives of the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels arrived in Stockholm to find solutions to what the UN described as the ‘worst [humanitarian] crisis in the world’. The Saudi Arabia-led nine-member coalition has been at ... Read more »
Posted by Júlia Palik on Thursday, 25 October 2018
Hungary is in the international spotlight again. On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament voted in favor of the Sargentini report – named after the author, the Dutch MEP Judith Sargentini– with a two-thirds majority. The report called for the activation of Article 7 (1) of the Treaty on European ... Read more »
Posted by Júlia Palik on Thursday, 5 April 2018
Looking at the most recent polls, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán can be calm about the upcoming elections on the 8th of April. The only real question is whether his Fidesz party will win with a simple or a constitutional majority. But what is the secret of this football enthusiast? ... Read more »