Lilla Eredics is a community organizer and anthropologist specializing in the lived experiences of gendered and racially marginalized communities. With a strong focus on community empowerment, dialogical learning, and participatory approaches, she has worked extensively with Roma communities, specifically with Roma women’s networks and in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
With more than a decade of experience, she excels in designing, implementing, and overseeing development programs related to human rights, civil society, community work, and education, with a strong emphasis on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning practices and methodologies.
Lilla previously led the MARA Program and an inclusion program for Ukrainian Roma refugees at Romaversitas Foundation, a Roma-led organization in Hungary.
Holding a Master of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Central European University, her expertise in ethnographic research and critical theories is currently applied to a research project at HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, where she explores the transformative role of arts in education for marginalized communities. Her research is not only academic but also aims to foster tangible, positive changes in educational practices.