Benigna Havasi graduated from ELTE in 2014 with a BA in International Studies, in 2015 with a BA in Political Science, and in 2017 with an MA in Political Science. She has been a PhD student at ELTE's Doctoral School of Political Science since 2017. Also in 2017, she was awarded the ELTE Bíró Gáspár Memorial Prize. She began her professional career at the Deputy State Secretariat for Strategy and Information of the Prime Minister's Office as a strategy officer. Following this, she worked as a media analyst at Observer Kft. In 2018, she returned to the Deputy State Secretariat for Strategic Analysis of the Prime Minister's Office, where she led the Strategy Department. During her time in public administration, she served as a mentor in the Hungarian Public Administration Scholarship Program on several occasions.

Since 2018, she has been teaching History of Universal Political Thought at ELTE ÁJK. From that same year, she has also been a tutor mentor for first-year political science students. Additionally, she has contributed to curriculum development on behalf of the Centre for Continuing Education in Public Service of the National University of Public Service. Her research interests include a language-centered approach to politics, political language, political vocabulary, and political thinking.

She currently heads the Academic Directorate, which is responsible for overseeing the academic and research activities of the MCC, as well as the professional coordination of the schools and workshops. The directorate also manages the MCC's PhD Program, Postdoctoral Publishing Program, and Workshop Membership Program.