Dr. Daniela Apaydin
Research Associate
On leave
Contact
Tel.: (+43 1) 319 72 58-21
E-Mail: d.apaydin@idm.at
General Tasks
Head of Publications, Editor-in-chief „Info Europa“
Expertise
In her research, Daniela focuses on the history of the Cold War and the democratic transformations in Central Eastern Europe, particularly in Hungary. For the previous years, she has investigated processes of Europeanisation of civil society and wrote her dissertation on environmentalist networks across the Iron Curtain.
Country expertise
Visegrád states, esp. Hungary
Language skills
German – Mother tongue
English – Fluent
French, Hungarian, Russian and Turkish – Basic knowledge
Professional experience
Daniela has been a research associate at the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) in Vienna since 2018.
Previously, she worked for more than ten years in the media and communications industry, particularly in the areas of print and online journalism, science communication and project management.
Education
Daniela Apaydin studied Journalism and Corporate Communications in Graz and St. Petersburg (2007-2011). In 2015, she obtained a postgraduate Master in Central European Studies from Andrássy University Budapest, where she also defended her PhD thesis with summa cum laude.
Publications
(Selection)
20.05.2022, together with Sebastian Schäffer, Nationwide Strategy for Civic Education, Guest Commentary, Die Presse
01.04.2022, Putin in the Hungarian election campaign, Der Standard, Eastblog.
Neubacher, Daniela (2020), Wetlands of Protest: Seeking Transnational Trajectories in Hungary’s Environmental Movement, in: Christian Wenkel, Eric Bussi re et. al (eds.):The Environment and the European PublicSphere: Perceptions, Actors, Policies. WhiteHorse Press, Winwick.
20.12.2021, When the Green Deal is No Deal(EN)l, Fair Observer.
06.12.2021, Polarization is no magic (DE), International Politics, online exclusive.
Marzec, Wiktor; Neubacher, Daniela (2020), Civil society under pressure: historical legacies and current responses in Central Eastern Europe, in Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 28:1, 1-6, DOI: 10.1080/25739638.2020.1812931.
Media appearances
20.05.2023, Ein Interview mit Daniela Apaydin über Herbert Kickls Träume einer Orbanisierung Österreichs, bei PULS 24
28.07.2022, “Wissenschaftlerin und Journalistin Apaydin über Viktor Orbans Politik”, Live in Puls24-Studio (German)
28.07.2022, “Expertin: “Karl Nehammer wird Orbáns politischen Kurs nicht ändern”, Interview for Kurier (German)
04.04.2022, “Hungary: Election triumph for Orban’s Fidesz party”, live interview for Puls24 (German)
31.03.2022, “Head-to-head race in Hungary: Orbán fears for re-election”, interview for Tiroler Tageszeitung (German)
08.04.2020, “Austria and Hungary: Neighbourly Restraint”, Interview for EURACTIV.de (German)