SZABOLCS JANIK is a political scientist and international economist. Following graduation from Corvinus University of Budapest (CUB), he worked as an economic analyst at the Institute for Public Policy Research under the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice. Later he performed analysis work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Currently, he is the deputy director of the Budapest-based Migration Research Institute. He is also a PhD student at CUB’s Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Science. His fields of interest include the political and economic consequences of contemporary migration, EU migration legislation and the politics of Central Europe.