Placement: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Washington D.C.: May 23 – September 4, 2018
Tatjána’s responsibilities at CEPA mainly focused on research of various topics: she had to monitor the news and studies on the Nord Stream 2 project, focusing on statements of the Russian and the German governments; conduct research on the effects of Russian propaganda and disinformation and finding strategies to combat them; search for Russian language media that is popular among the Russian citizens; compile news on a weekly basis related to the energy sector of Ukraine, among others. Apart from her work at CEPA, Tatjána also got involved with some projects of the local Hungarian American community: she helped the Kossuth House’s activity by updating the online catalogue of the Hungarian library and by searching possible grants for the organization; and participated in the 3rdannual Saint Stephen of Hungary Pilgrimage to the Our Lady of Hungary chapel organized by the American Hungarian Heritage House. She also helped the Coalition’s work by preparing reports related to Ukraine’s new Law on Education.
“I had many opportunities to attend different official events, conferences and round table discussions in Washington DC. The topics varied, I mostly attended events related to security policy, and discussions in connection with energy policy. I appreciate that I was able to get first-hand experience about these important issues, and I am certain that I will be able to use this knowledge at my work in Hungary.”
Tatjána Turányi holds a graduate degree in Political Science from the National University of Uzhhorod (Uzhhorod, Ukraine) and now she is pursuing a PhD at Eötvös Loránd University’s Doctoral School of Social Sciences (Budapest, Hungary) researching the time-usage dimensions and habits of Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia. Tatjána is originally from Orosijevo, a small town in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. Currently, Tatjána is working as an office manager for Enersense Hungary Ltd., a Finnish recruitment and resource management company, specialized in industrial projects in Budapest, Hungary. Tatjána is also Vice President of Momentum Doctorandus, an organization of Hungarian PhD Students from Transcarpathia in Berehove, Ukraine and an editor of Scientia Denique, a scientific journal published by Association of Hungarian Students and Young Researchers of Transcarpathia.