General Information

My proper name reads Fehér Dániel (things come along a bit twisted in Hungarian). I was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1976. I also lived in Bonn, London, Hamburg, and now since October 2004 in Brussels (Bruxelles/Brussel/Brüsszel).

I studied History, Philosophy and Education at the University of Bonn and graduated in Central and East European Studies (MA) at the University College London (see below). After that, I started but did not finish a PhD course at the Osteuropa-Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin on the field of political iconography.

Since having arrived in Brussels, I have been pursuing a broad range of political, academic, civil society and professional activities on the field of political communications and democratic participation.

Professional Experience

• [2010 Jan – present] Freelance Web Consultant (based in Brussels)
• [2007 July – present] Web Manager at GOPA-Cartermill (Brussels)
• [2005–2007] Co-Founder, Board Member and Secretary General of Dialog’09 – Non-Profit-Network; Member of the Co-ordination Team (2006 Apr-Sept) and Country Co-ordinator for Hungary (since 2006 Feb) of the European Citizens’ Initiative (Európai Polgári Kezdeményezés)
• [2004 Apr–Dec] Research assistant to Lívia Járóka, Member of the European Parliament (Sopron, Budapest, Brussels, Strasbourg).
• [2003–04] Editor at the Project Handbuch Studium und Praktikum im Ausland (Handbook Study and Internship Abroad)
• [2002–03] Assistant Manager at the Musical Redlight-District
• [2001–07] Freelance Web-Designer (e.g. for gruner + jahr, caninenberg & schouten)
• [2001–02] Project Manager for the online media portal Medienhandbuch.de
• [2001] Production Manager for the movie project Entelecheia in Bonn
• [1995–97] Technical Assistent at the Schauspiel Bonn (Bonn Theatre Company)

Further Activities

• [2003–2005] Webmaster of the Society of Green Students (Grüne Hochschulgruppe Hamburg) at the University of Hamburg.
• [2003–present] Member of the Verband der Osteuropastudierenden Deutschlands – IOS (Association of Students of East European Studies)
• [1999–2001] Scholarship holder of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
• [1998–2003] Member of the Society of Green Students (Grüne Hochschulgruppe Bonn) at the University of Bonn (webmaster 2001–03).
• [1998–2003] Author, Editor & Webmaster of the University's Student Magazine "AKUT"
• [1998–2002] Member of the Studierendenparlament der Universität Bonn (University of Bonn Students' Parliament)
• [1996–2001] Participating in the Bonn Student Union: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss (AStA), Fachschaft Philosophie, Fachschaft Geschichte

Education

• [2003–2008] Phd Student at the East European Institute (Osteuropa-Institut) of the Freie Universität Berlin.
• [1999–2000] M.A. in Central and East European Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London).
• [1996–2002] Student of Philosophy, Education and History (especially East-European History) at the University of Bonn, Germany.
• [1988–1996] Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium (grammar school) in Bonn-Bad Godesberg up to Abitur (German A-level).

Language Skills

• Hungarian: native speaker
• German: spoken and written at native level
• English: fluently spoken and written
• French: good written and average spoken understanding
• Dutch: good written and basic spoken understanding
• Swedish: good written and basic spoken understanding
• Russian: good written and basic spoken understanding
• Latin: good reading command

Computer Literacy

• Operarion systems: MacOS, Linux, Windows
• Word-processing: OpenOffice.org Writer, MS Word, WordPerfect
• Spreadsheet: OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet, MS Excel, Apple Works
• Database: MS Access, MySQL
• Presentation: OpenOffice.org, MS Powerpoint
• Desktop Publishing: QuarkXPress, Adobe Pagemaker
• Image Processing: The GIMP, Adobe PhotoShop, Corel Photopaint, Corel Draw!
• Webdesigner Tools: Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamwaever, Macromedia Flash, div. HTML-Editors etc.
• Webpage Construction: HTML, XHTML, PHP
• Programming Languages: Basic, Pascal, VisualBasic, Delphi, C++, JavaScript
• Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Typo3

Further Interests

• Politics: minority issues, human rights, education, social mobility, environmental issues, renewable energies, city planning, political economy etc.
• Science: astronomy, quantum mechanics, history of mathematics and logic, historical linguistics etc.
• Arts: architecture, design, modern arts (esp. impressionism, arts nouveaux, surrealism, dada), european cinema, world music etc.
• Leisure: hungarian and indian cuisine, nature, travelling etc.