Social responsibility and sustainability
Land use and farming investments
Stakeholder management
Public scientific controversies
Institutional analysis

Anna Hajdu is an interdisciplinary agricultural and ecological economist and social and environmental scientist, focusing her research at the interface between land use, sustainability, and societal transformation processes. Her current focus is on European farmers’ protests and their role in the sustainability transition of the agricultural and food sectors. In 2024, she earned a PhD for her research on “Institutional perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in agricultural enterprises amidst social movement debates”. This research was part of The International Competence Center on Large Scale Agriculture (LaScalA), funded by the Leibniz Association. 

Anna Hajdu brings extensive experience in qualitative fieldwork across Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and Brazil, alongside a solid background in project management. Additionally, her work includes the application of quantitative methods to agricultural enterprises in Russia and Kazakhstan. She holds a BA in Business Administration (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies-FABIZ) and an MSc in Environment and Resource Management (VU Amsterdam).

Before joining IAMO, she worked as a research assistant on a project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), where she focused on agricultural land investments in Romania. She brings additional expertise in change and operations management from her work in the private sector. Anna Hajdu serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Land Use Science, Habitat International, the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, and other academic journals.