Michael Ignatieff served as President and Rector of CEU between 2016 and 2021. He now is a professor in CEU’s department of historical studies.
He serves on the Board of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the advisory council of Ethics in AI at Oxford. He is the recipient of the Dan David Prize for the defense of academic freedom in 2021, the Symons Medal of the National Confederation Centre in Canada in 2023, and in 2024 the Princess of Asturias Prize in the Social Sciences. He has previously served in the Canadian Parliament and was Leader of the Liberal Party.
