Zoltan Kovacs#
| Membership Number: | 2745 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mtafki.hu/kutatok/kovacs/index_en.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1984-present Research Professor, Institute of Geography, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest
- 2007-present Professor and head of department, University of Szeged, Department of Economic and Social Geography
- 2005-2007 Professor, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Department of Economic and Social Geography
- 1995-2005 Associate professor, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Department of Economic and Social Geography
Fields of Scholarship
- Human geography
- Urban geography
- Urbanisation
- Residential mobility
- Political geography with special attention to Hungary and East Central Europe
- Electoral geography
- Geography of post-socialist transformation in Hungary and East Central Europe
Honours and Awards
- Pro Geographia (1993) from Hungarian Geographical Society
- Academy Prize (2006) from Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1984 Member of the Hungarian Geographical Society
- 2009 President of the IGU (International Geographical Union) National Committee
- 2016 Corresponding member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2017 President, EUGEO - The Association of Geographical Societies in Europe
