Szabolcs Janik earned his BA in Political Science (2009) and MA in Political Science (2012) from Corvinus University of Budapest, where he also completed an MA in International Economics and Business in 2012. He worked as a macroeconomic analyst at the Institute for Public Policy Research, focusing on Hungarian fiscal and monetary policy. In 2014, he analyzed foreign policy and economic strategies at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade and later at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Szabolcs is also pursuing a PhD in Political Science at Corvinus University