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Anna Hajdu

Anna Hajdu

Research Associate

Department:
Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas (Structural Change)

Anna Hajdu

Research Associate

Department:
Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas (Structural Change)

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

Anna Hajdu is an interdisciplinary social and environmental scientist focusing her work at the interface between land use, sustainability and the role of different societal actors in shaping 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 conducted in Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and Brazil as well as project management experience. Her work also includes quantitative methods applied to agricultural enterprises in Russia and Kazakhstan. Anna Hajdu 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 farmland investments in Romania. Anna Hajdu serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Land Use Science, Habitat International, the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, and other journals.

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