BENEDEK JÁVOR Member of the European Parliament Greens / European Free Alliance

Vice- chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; Substitute member of the European Parliament’s Committe on Budgetary Control Substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; Substitute member of the delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentry Cooperation Committee Substitute the Delegation to the Euornest Parliamentary Assembly

Political Activites

2014 - Member of the European Parliament 2013 - 2014 Co-president of the Dialogue for Hungary Party 2012 Leader of the LMP Parliamentary Group 2010 - Member of the Hungarian National Assembly chair of the Sustainability Committe Hungarian World Heritage National Committee; Parliamentary Inquiery Committee for the Inspection of the Red Sludge Disaster at Kolontár Village; Parliamentary Inquiery Committee for the Monitoring of the Financial Situtation of MÁV Ltd (Hungarian State Railways), 2010 LMP candidate for the mayor of Budapest 2010 2nd place on the national list, LMP 2009 - 2010 LMP – Politics Can Be Different, Member of theBoard 2009 - 2010 LMP – Politics Can Be Different spokesperson 2009 LMP- Founding member

Other relevant memberships: Nuclear Transpareny Watch

Education 1998 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 2005 Ph.D. in Zoology, ELTE University 1997 M.Sc. in Biology / Ecology, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary 1995-96 Human Ecology, ELTE University 1994-1995 Cultural Anthropology, ELTE University

Professional Experience 2009 - 2014 Scientific advisor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law 2003 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law 2003- 2006 Hungarian University of Applied Arts 2001 - ELTE Postgradual Legal Training Institute, 2001 - 2004 University of San Francisco – Péter Pázmány Catholic University Collaborative M.Sc. in Environmental Management Program 2000 - 2001 Ferenc Deák Postgradual Legal Training Institute 1998 - 2003 Teaching Assistant, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law

Other relevant experiences 2000 - 2003 Future Generations’ Ombudsman Network, secretary 2000 - 2008 Védegylet – Protect the Future! environmental NGO, member of the Organizing Committee, program coordinator, spokesperson 2003-2008

Important recent publications

Jávor, B.: “Vallási identitás és környezeti attitűdök Magyarországon” (Religious identities and environmental attitudes in Hungary), Vallástudományi Szemle, 2009/4, pp. 191-211 Jávor, B., Scheiring, G.: “Elméletet az ökopolitikának?” (Theory for ecopolitics?), in: Scheiring, G., Jávor, B. (ed.): Oikosz és Polisz –Zöld politikai filozófiai szöveggyűjtemény (Oikos and Polis – Reader in green political philosophy), L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2009. p. 15-31 Jávor, B.: “A speechless mass behind sustainability”, in: Zsolnai, L. – Boda, Zs. – Fekete, L. (szerk): Ethical Prospects: Society, Economy and Environment, Springer, 2009 Jávor B., Németh K.: „A reformok, megszorítások és a környezetvédelem hatósági rendszere”, (Reforms, restrictions and the authority system of the environment) Politikatudományi Szemle, 17 (3), 2008, pp. 35-60 Gosseries, A. – Jávor, B.: „Ein Ombudsmann für zukunftige Generationen”, Journal für Generationengerechtigkeit Vol.8. No.3. 3/2008, pp. 54-55 Jávor, B.: Representing Future Generations – a Question of Democracy for Europe, Mechanism of Economic Regulation, 2008/1, pp. 110-114 Jávor B., Németh K.: „Kisebb állam, nagyobb baj? – Beszámoló a zöldhatósági rendszer kialakításának értékeléséről” (Smaller state – a reform failed? – Report on the reforms of the environmental authorities), Társadalomkutatás, 25 (4), 2007, pp. 487-511 Jávor, B.: „A proposal on the representation of future generations in Hungary – The ombudsman bill of Protect the Future!”, in: Jávor B. - Rácz J. (szerk.): Do we owe them a future? – Jávor, B.: The opportunities of a representation for future generations in Europe, Védegylet, Budapest, 2006, pp. 114-130 Jávor, B.: „Institutional Protection of Succeeding Generations – Ombudsman for Future Generations in Hungary”, in: Tremmel J. Generational Justice Handbook, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2006 Jávor, B.: „Helyünk a teremtett világban. Katolicizmus és ökológia” (Our place in a created world. Catholicism and Ecology), Vigilia, 71., March 2006 Jávor B. – Várady T. – Toma G.: Mielőtt odaláncolod magad – Útmutató a városi zöldterületek és fák védelméhez, (Before you lock yourself there – A guide for the protection of urban trees and green areas), Védegylet, Budapest, 2006

Scheiring, G. – Jávor, B. (ed.): Oikosz és Polisz –Zöld politikai filozófiai szöveggyűjtemény (Oikos and Polis – Reader in green political philosophy), L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2009. Lányi, A. – Jávor, B.(ed.): Környezet és etika (Environment and Ethics), L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2005