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Personal profile
Personal profile
Renata Uitz joined Royal Holloway, University of London in August 2023 as professor of law and government.
Previously, she taught comparative constitutional law at Central European University, Budapest and Vienna (September 2001 - August 2023) and served as the co-director of the newly established CEU Democracy Institute (February 2022 - August 2023).
Her major research interests lie in public law and comparative constitutional law, in transition to and from constitutional democracy, the protection of individual autonomy and religious liberty. Her current work focuses on illiberal constitutional practices and the normalization of illiberal constitutionalism around the world.
She was a co-PI in the Jean Monnet Network BRIDGE that explored how four intersecting crises (including Brexit and the rule of law crisis) shape the European Union. As a co-PI in the multidisciplinary research network investigating the origins and iterations of illiberal constitutionalism in East Central Europe, funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung (2021-25), her work traces the emergence of illiberal Christian democracy in the EU on the heels of domestic constitutional and policy changes. She is also a co-PI in a CIVICA project on Religion, Illiberal Constitutionalism and the Retrogression of Fundamental Rights in East Central Europe (ReLiCon).
Her most recent book publication is the Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism, co-edited with Andras Sajo and Stephen Holmes (Routledge 2021). Her other recent books include The Constitution of Freedom: An Introduction to Legal Constitutionalism (OUP 2017) and the co-edited volume Critical Essays on Human Rights Criticism (Eleven 2020).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
comparative constitutional law, LL.M., Central European University
1996 → 1997
Award Date: 19 Jan 2031
law, Dr.iur. (summa cum laude), ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
1991 → 1996
Award Date: 19 Dec 2030
law, S.J.D. (summa cum laude), Central European University
1997 → 2011
Award Date: 20 Jan 2023
External positions
senior research fellow, Central European University, Democracy Institute
1 Aug 2023 → …
Keywords
- Comparative law
- Public law
- Jurisprudence
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Differentiated Governance in a Europe in Crises: Introduction to the Special Section
Uitz, R., Baroncelli, S., Cooper, I., Fabbrini, F. & Krunke, H., 2022, In: European Papers. 7, 2, p. 857-866Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hungary
Uitz, R., 2022, National Constitutions and EU Integration. Griller, S., Papdopoulou, L. & Puff, R. (eds.). Hart Publishing, p. 483-506Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Rule of Law in the EU: Crisis – Differentiation – Conditionality
Uitz, R., 2022, In: European Papers. 7, 2, p. 929 948 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Urban Landscape of Illiberalism: Erasing Traces of Dissent from the Public Square in Hungary
Uitz, R., 2022, REVISITING THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY: THE DIALECTICS OF POLITICISATION AND DEPOLITICISATION. Smilova, R., Schmidt-Gleim, M. & Wiesner, C. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 155-172 (Politics - debates - contexts.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A compass for future researech
Uitz, R., 2021, Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism. Sajo, A., Uitz, R. & Holmes, S. (eds.). New York: Routledge, 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter