Areas of study

• Science of racism: Academic and historical antigypsyism.

• Memory studies and epistemic knowledge production: Recognition of Sinti and Roma Holocaust.

• Social resilience and resistance: Romani movements and post-colonialism.

Education

• 2015 – 2020: Ph.D., Sociology, Interdisciplinary Social Research, Eötvös Loránd University, Sociology Ph.D. Program at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest Hungary, Dissertation: "Generational Changes of Roma Graduates: The Impact of Social Resilience" Final grade: Summa Cum Laude.

• 2010 – 2014: M.A., Media Studies – Film Theory and Romani Studies – Teacher University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

• 2011: M.A., Applied Social Sciences Studies – Erasmus Fontys University of Applied Sciences- Eindhoven, Netherlands.

• 2006 – 2009: B.A., Romani Studies – Communication and Media Studies University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Additional (selected) trainings

• 2020: Human Rights Defender – Sinti and Roma Rights Monitoring Training, Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues OSCE.

• 2019 – 2020: Creative Writing and Critical Thinking Training – Central European University.

• 2018: Quantitative Research Data, SPSS Analysis Training – Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

• 2017: Research Methodologies, Training for Equality, Diversity and Internationalization – University of Sussex, Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research.

• 2015: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program – Hungarian National Police.

• 2014: Qualitative Research Data – ATLAS.ti, Analysis Training, University of Vienna, ECPR.

• 2014: Political Anthropology Methods – University of Vienna, ECPR.

Work Experiences

• 2023 : Romani Rose Fellow, Research Centre on Antigypsyism, Universität Heidelberg.
• 2021 – 2023: AiE Social Sciences Research Fellow in the Humanities, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI).

• 2020 – 2021: Social Sciences Researcher on Sinti and Roma Issues, Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

• 2020: Academic Course Developer / Summer School Coordinator, Central European University - Romani Studies Program.

• 2019 – 2020: Romani Studies Research Fellow, Central European University - Romani Studies Program.

• 2017 – 2020: Researcher, Program Advisor - Open Society Foundations.

• 2013 – 2018: Junior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Institute for Minority Studies.

• 2015 – 2017: Visiting Research Associate, University of Sussex - Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research.

• 2012 – 2019: Researcher - Project Coordinator, T- Tudok Centre for Knowledge Management and Educational Research.

Teaching, and Courses (selected)

• 2025: "Colloquium and PhD-course: Critical Romani Studies and Antiziganism Reseach: Historical Perspectives"

Södertörn University – Critical Romani Studies Department,

Stockholm, Sweden (spring  and summer  semesters)

• 2024 – 2025: "Sinti and Roma in Europe in the Past and Present: Between Antigypsyism, Resistance, and Minority Rights" – International University Semester

Universität Heidelberg, Department of History

• 2024: "Colloquium and PhD-course: Critical Romani Studies and Antiziganism Reseach: Historical Perspectives"

Södertörn University – Critical Romani Studies Department,

Stockholm, Sweden (autumn and winter semesters)

• 2024: "Critical Romani Studies: Emancipatory Perspectives on Romani Issues I, Theories" - University Seminar

Södertörn University – Critical Romani Studies Department,

Stockholm, Sweden (winter semester)

• 2024: "Critical Romani Studies: Emancipatory Perspectives on Romani Issues II, Essay" – University Seminar

Södertörn University – Critical Romani Studies Department,

Stockholm Sweden (winter semester)

• 2022: "Romani Movement and Rights" – Summer School
  European Roma Rights Centre – Brussels, Belgium
  Summer School, Council of Europe Youth Centre

• 2020: "From the "Gypsy" issues to Roma Emancipation" – University Seminar
  Central European University – Romani Studies Program
  Istvan Bibo Free University, 2020 (autumn semester)

• 2016 – 2017: "Social Psychology, Identities and Resilience" – University Seminar
  Eötvös Loránd University – ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
  Faculty of Social Sciences

Scholarships

• 2017: Hungarian National Excellence Scholarship

• 2005 – 2017: Roma Education Found Scholarship

• 2005 – 2014: Romaversitas Hungary Scholarship

Memberships

• European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) – Berlin, Germany:

Knowledge Production, Research and Publication Thematic Section Coordinator – Science 2022.

• Gesellschaft für Antiziganismusforschung e.V.

• Academic Advisory Group for Critical Romani Studies at Södertörn University

Publications (selected)

• Queer Roma. Lucie Fremlova, (Book review) Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Oxford University Press, 2024.
• Paradigms of History – Academic Antigypsyism, and Resistance, Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut – Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), blog, pp. 1–11, 2024.

• The Roma in Social Sciences – Lack of Recognition, Pro Minoritate Journal 26, no 2: New Themes and Approaches in the Research of Roma Communities, pp. 16–32, 2022.

• Roma Access to Adequate Housing, Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut – Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), blog, pp. 1–6, 2022.

• Roma LGBTI, Feminist Movement and Scholarship (editor, special issue), Critical Romani Studies 4, no. 1, pp. 1–133, 2022.

• Eleven Signature Pedagogies Related to the Fostering of Creativity and Critical Thinking, OECD, Fostering Students’ Creativity and Critical Thinking – What It Means in School," pp. 77–79 and 217–2022, 2019, Authors: Máté Dezső, Fülöpné Kádár Judit, Kaderják Anita, Lannert Judit, Németh Szilvia.

• Generational Changes of the Romani Intellectuals’ Life Paths: The Effects of Social  Resilience, Marginal Position III. – Peremhelyzetben, University of Debrecen, pp. 49–70, 2018.

• Romani Generation’s Values, Belvedere Meridionale 30, no. 3, pp. 55–70, 2018.

• Resilient Romani Identity Constructions, Transylvanian Society 13, no. 1, Presa Universitara Clujeana, pp. 43–55, 2015.

• Faced with Multiple "Values," ERRC Roma Rights Journal of The European Roma Rights Centre, Roma Rights 19, no 2: Nothing About Us Without Us? Roma Participation in Policy Making and Knowledge Production, pp. 95–100, 2015.

Extended publication list:

https://uni-flensburg.academia.edu/DezsoMate