Anna Hajdu

Dr. Anna Hajdu serves as a Research Associate at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) within the Department of Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas. Her interdisciplinary work bridges agricultural economics, ecological sustainability, and social sciences, with current focus on European farmers' protests and sustainability transitions in food systems.

Her research interests center on corporate social responsibility in agriculture, land use dynamics, and institutional responses to social movements. Through extensive fieldwork across Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and Brazil, she examines how farmers navigate sustainability pressures amid public controversies. Her methodological approach combines qualitative fieldwork with quantitative analysis of agricultural enterprises in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Dr. Hajdu's publication record demonstrates consistent focus on CSR determinants, with recent work analyzing EU environmental policy perceptions and farmer protest movements. Her research spans multiple disciplines including agricultural economics, institutional theory, and sustainability science, reflecting complex interconnections between land governance, corporate behavior, and societal expectations.

She serves as a reviewer for prominent journals including Journal of Land Use Science, Habitat International, and International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, contributing to scholarly discourse in her fields of expertise.

Her professional trajectory includes ERC-funded research at Erasmus University Rotterdam's International Institute of Social Studies, private sector experience in change management, and academic training from VU Amsterdam and Bucharest University of Economic Studies.