András Kovács holds a PhD in Sociology (ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary). He is a Doctor of  Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and professor at Central European University, Budapest (Nationalism Studies Program / Jewish Studies Program, Academic Director). Among his previous appointments and research stays are: Paderborn University (FRG), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), New York University (New York), TH Twente (The Netherlands), Salomon Steinheim Institut für Deutsch-Jüdische Geschichte, Duisburg (FRG), Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna, (Austria), Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für Jüdische Studien, Potsdam (FRG), Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna (Austria), Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung, TU Berlin, University Vienna (Austria). His research focuses on Jewish identity and antisemitism in post-war Europe; memory and identity; socio-economic attitudes and political choice and extreme right in Europe.