Noémi Pálfalvi is an international relations specialist currently serving as the Chief Advisor to the Executive Director at the Danube Institute, where she provides strategic guidance on shaping the institute’s international affairs and fostering partnerships worldwide. Previously, she was the Director of International Relations at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), where she managed over 30 centers international activities and fostered global partnerships. Noémi holds a BA with Honors in Political Science, with a minor in International Relations, from Pázmány Péter Catholic University and has completed her MA coursework in East Asian Studies through a joint program at Pázmány Péter Catholic University and Corvinus University of Budapest. Her academic path included semesters abroad in Beijing, and in Washington, D.C., as a Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellow in 2019, where she enhanced her expertise in economics at George Mason University. With prior experience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, she specializes in geopolitics and foreign policy.