Zsófia Bajnay is a research assistant at the Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) at Central European University. She received her B.A. degree in Political Science from the Corvinus University of Budapest and her M.A. (also from Political Science) from the Central European University. Her research interests include social movements, populism, civil society organizations and relations to the EU in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in the Visegrad Group.

Prior to joining CENS she has worked as a project manager for the International Visegrad Fund and interned at the European Parliament.