{"id":776,"date":"2025-11-29T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfi.gov.hu\/vezetok\/prof-dr-wopera-zsuzsa\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:37:10","slug":"prof-dr-wopera-zsuzsa","status":"publish","type":"leader","link":"https:\/\/mfi.gov.hu\/en\/leaders\/prof-dr-wopera-zsuzsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Zsuzsa Wopera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Professional Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

from 2024 \u2013 President of the Ferenc M\u00e1dl Institute of Comparative Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-2024 \u2013 Ministerial Commissioner, Ministry of Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1991 \u2013 full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2002 \u2013 Head of the Department of Civil Procedural Law, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007-2017 \u2013 Director of the Institute of European and International Law, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012-2015 \u2013 Deputy Dean for General and Academic Affairs, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education and academic qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991. 1991 Law degree \u2018summa cum laude\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997. 1997 Bar examination<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998-2001 Doctoral studies at the De\u00e1k Ferenc School of Law and Political Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002 doctoral degree \u2019summa cum laude\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002 PhD degree with the distinction \u2019summa cum laude\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011 habilitation (dr. habil)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 appointment as university professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Engagements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2003 expert of the Hungarian Accreditation Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005 \u2013 2009 member of the Board of Trustees of the Miskolc Law Clinic and Street Law Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2006 member of the Editorial Board of the Miskolc Legal Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 \u2013 2017 member of the Editorial Board of the Faculty Bulletin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2005 member of the Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung f\u00fcr Internationales Verfahrensrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2007 member of the Hungarian chapter of the European Council for Agricultural Law, CEDR \u2013 Hungarian Agricultural Law Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2007 member of the Council of the De\u00e1k Ferenc Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2012 member of the De\u00e1k Ferenc Doctoral School of Law and Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2007 member of the Board of Trustees of the Miskolc Foundation for Legal Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2008 expert in projects co-financed by the European Social Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2002 OTKA research grant expert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2009 member of the Association of Private Law Professors (MOE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009-2012 member of the Board of the Association of Private Law Professors (MOE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012-2016 member of the jury of the OTKA College of Social Sciences and Humanities in the field of Law and Political Science (\u00c1JP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2007 member of the Editorial Board of European Integration Studies (EIS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2021 member of the International Advisory and Peer Review Board of the international journal titled Law, Identity and Values<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019-2024 member of the Doctoral College of the Hungarian Accreditation Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 \u2013 2024 president of the Civil Sciences Section of the Hungarian Bar Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2024 president of the Family Law Section of the Hungarian Bar Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2024 member of the National Council for the Protection of Animals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Expertise<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 Mexico, XII World Congress on Procedural Law, national presentation on \u2018The Relation between Arbitration and other forms of Private Adjudication and State Adjudication\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 Oxford, national referate on \u2018Funding, costs and proportionality in Hungary\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010-2011, National referate on \u2018Class Actions in Hungary\u2019 for the 18th International Congress on Comparative Law in the international comparative law research project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010, national referate on \u2018Insolvency proceedings in Hungary\u2019 in the project European Insolvency Regulations, Application of the European Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011-2012, National referate \u2018Review of Court\u2019s Acts in Civil Procedure of Hungary\u2019 in the Review of Court\u2019s Acts in Civil Procedure of EU and CIS Countries project   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-2015. Nemzeti refer\u00e1tum \u2019Common Law Approach to the Decision-making Process in the Hungarian Civil Procedure Law\u2019 t\u00e9m\u00e1ban a \u201eThe U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s Modern Common Law Approach to Judicial Decision Making\u201d c. projektben (Loyola Law School, Los Angeles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022, researcher of the research group \u2019Legal Protection of Elderly\u2019 of the \u2019Polish-Hungarian Research Platfom (PHRP2)\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023, researcher of the research group \u2019Legal Protection of Children with Disabilities\u2019 of the \u2019Polish-Hungarian Research Platfom (PHRP3)\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 \u2013 2005, supervisor in the OTKA-funded research project \u2019The possibilities and the need to develop our civil procedural law in the light of international trends\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006, OTKA publication competition for the monograph \u2019Effective legal protection in Hungarian and European Union civil procedural law \u2013 The interim measure\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 \u2013 2012, topic leader in the OTKA funded research project \u2019New challenges of Hungarian civil procedural law in the light of European Community law and practice\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 2016, Bolyai J\u00e1nos Research Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with the grant \u2019Trends in European Family Law\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards Scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 University of Miskolc \u2019Distinguished Scientific Author1 Award for outstanding publication activities for the scientific visibility of the University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 University of Miskolc \u2019Distinguished Scientific Author I.\u2019 Award for outstanding publication activities for the academic visibility of the University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 \u2019Pro Universitate\u2019 Award, University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 Ministerial Certificate of Recognition, Minister of Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018 Gyula Mo\u00f3r Award, Minister of Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 Ministerial Commendation, Minister of Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017 \u00c1kos Bizony Distinguished Legal Prize, Miskolc Municipality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 J\u00e1nos Bolyai Commemorative Plaque for research rated as \u2019outstanding\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 \u2019Signum Aureum Universitatis\u2019 Award, University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2019Outstanding Consultant\u2019 Award, University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 \u2019Signum Aureum Facultatis\u2019 Award, University of Miskolc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 Master Teacher Gold Medal, National Council of Scientific Students (OTDT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005 \u2019Pro Facultate Iurisprudentiae\u2019 Medal, University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004 \u2019Young Scientist\u2019 Award, MTA MAB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language Proficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

English, French<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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