Martin Kovats

Martin Kovats is Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, England. A political scientist, he has studied the development of Roma politics and policy for the last decade.

The EU's Roma role

Roma communities are facing a hostile environment in numerous European states. The European Commission needs to strike a fine balance between promoting change and allowing states to tackle this situation themselves.

By Martin Kovats

/ 11 May 2012

Hungary: between ethnic community and European state

The movement of people for political reasons played a significant role in Hungarys post-communist transition. At the eastern end of the country, the austerity and nationalism of the later

By Martin Kovats

/ 11 Dec 2003

The politics of Roma identity: between nationalism and destitution

Martin Kovats is responding to Delia Grigores article, The Romanian right and the strange Roma The recent experience of Roma people presents a paradox. They have attracted increasing political

By Martin Kovats

/ 29 Jul 2003