Kendernay-Nagyidai Gertrud

Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai is a political theorist and currently is working in the European Parliament Vice-Presidents’ Secretariat as an adviser to Vice-President Járóka. Previously she worked together with Professor György Schöpflin MEP as an adviser on constitutional and foreign affairs from 2007.

Working more than 13 years in the European Parliament created a unique opportunity for her to gain deep practical knowledge of the institutional workings of the EU, on one hand, thus constantly analyzing political, sociological, and anthropological theories on the ground, on the other. Therefore, her scientific focus turned towards semiotics and joined the Tallinn Summer School University series, 2015-2019.

In 2004, Gertrud graduated from Eötvös Loránd University, Political Science Faculty, Budapest, before that she studied political science at Université de Liège. In 2004, she started a Ph.D. research program at ELTE, at the Political Science Doctoral School under Professor Gaspar Biro’s patronage. She spent a semester at the University of Ljubljana, researching the narratives of the Yugoslav war.

Her doctoral thesis is still an ongoing project.