Gyula Horváth - Curriculum vite#
Obituary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Education and training
- 1974 University of Pécs, Faculty of Economics — Graduated from University of Pécs, Faculty of Economics. Diploma in Marketing
- 1977 University of Pécs — Doctor of University in Economics. Title of the doctoral work: Regional Problems of Development of Consumer Co-operatives
- 1987 Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest — CSc in Economics. Title of the thesis: The Development of the Organization of Regional Economy and its Institutions
- 1999 Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest — DSc in Economics. Title of the thesis: European Regional Policy
- 2000 University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics — habilitation
Language skills
- Russian (writes, reads, lectures)
- Italian (writes, reads, lectures)
- English (writes, reads, lectures)
Places of work and employment
- 1974—1978 HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — junior research fellow
- 1978—1987 HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — research fellow
- 1987—1991 HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — senior research fellow, Head of Department
- 1992—1997 HAS CRS Transdanubian Research Institute — Director of the Transdanubian Research Institute of the CRS
- 1997—2012 HAS Centre for Regional Studies — Director-general of the Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2001— University of Pécs, Faculty of Economics — Professor of Regional development and policy
- 2012— Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences — Research advisor
Teaching activities
- 1988— Professor of Regional development and policy, Faculty of Economics of the University of Pécs
- 1996— Co-chairman of PhD Course of Regional Policy and Economics Courses: Regional policy (MSc graduate), Comparative European regional policy (PhD), University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics
- 1998— Part-time professor of Regional economics, Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Debrecen
- 2001— Professor of Regional development and policy, University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics
- 2010— Visiting professor, Master and PhD courses: European regional policy, Regional economics, Babeş–Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca – Romania)
Scientific activity
- 1982— Regional Science Association, European Section, member
- 1993—2011 Association of European Schools of Planning, Council of Representatives, member
- 1993— Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Committee of Regional Sciences, member
- 1994— University of Pécs Doctoral and Habilitation Committee, member
- 1997—2002 Task Force for European Integration at the Government of Republic of Hungary, member
- 1998—2003 General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Elected member
- 1999—2001 Expert group of the VISION–PLANET Programme, member
- 2001—2010 Scientific and Accreditation Committee of University of Pécs and University of Kaposvár, member
- 2002—2006 Scientific Advisory Board of the Office for Regional Development, Prime Minister’s Office, chairman
- 2002—2011 Hungarian Regional Science Association, president
- 2002— Academia Europaea (London), member
- 2005— Central Euroepan Innovation Area Initiatives, member of the board
- 2006—2010 Committee of the Széchenyi and Kossuth Prizes, member
- 2006—2012 Duna-Drava Regional Development Foundation Board of Trustees, member
- 2006— MTA-VITA Foundation for Economic Development of Hungary, chairman
- 2008— Board of Hungarian Research Abroad of the HAS, vice-chairman
- 2008—2011 Duna-Drava Regional Development Foundation Board of Trustees, vice-chairman
- 2009—2010 Committee for Kossuth and Széchenyi Prize Sub-comittee for Settlement and Regional Development, president
- 2011— Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Committee of Regional Sciences, president
- 2014— Three Eastern Borders Corner Research and Development Centre, vice-chairman
Awards
- 1978 Junior Scientists' Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1982 Junior Scientists' Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1995 Award of Regional Development of the General Assembly of Baranya county
- 1998—2001 Holder of Széchenyi Scholarship
- 1998 Pro Science Prize
- 1998 Pro Regio Award
- 2000 Millenium Award of the City of Pécs
- 2000 Pro Facultate Oeconomica Award of the University of Miskolc
- 2000 Award for the Economy of Baranya County of the Pécs-Baranya Commercial Chamber
- 2001 Pécs Megyei Jogú Város Pro Communitate Díja
- 2001 Prize of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Kaposvár
- 2002 Pro Communitate Prize of City of Pécs
- 2005 Medallion for the University of Debrecen
- 2005 Széchenyi Prize (the highest scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to academic life), awarded by the President of the Republic of Hungary
- 2010 Bulgarian Geographical Society, honorary member
- 2011 Ten Years Jubilee Certificate, Romanian Regional Science Association
- 2012 For the Regional Science, Hungarian Regional Science Association
Editorial Membership
- 1997 Régiók Európája, series editor
- 2001 Területi Statisztika, member
- 2002 Yearbook and Habilitations of the Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics of the University of Pécs, member
- 2002 European Mirror, member
- 2003 Regions of the Carpathian-Basin, series editor
- 2006 Külgazdaság, member
- 2008 Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Oeconomica (Cluj-Napoca), member
- 2009 Problems of Geography (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia), member
- 2009 Region: ekonomika i sociologiya (Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk), member
- 2011 Regional Science in Russia, tag
- 2011 Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Geographia (Kolozsvár), tag
- 2013 Sovremennie Proizvoditelnie Sili (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moszkva), tag
- 2014 Vestnik Novosibirskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta Ekonomiki (Novoszibirszk), tag
Subjects taught
- Regional development and policy (Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Business and Economics, MSc)
- Comparative European regional development (Babeş–Bolyai Tudományegyetem Közgazdaság-tudományi Kar, PhD)
- Regional policy (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, MSc)
- Regional transformation in Eastern- and Central-Europe (University of Pécs Faculty of Economics, Janus Pannonius College)
- The basics of territorial development (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, BA)
- Regional economics (University of Debrecen Centre for Agricultural Economics Kerpely Kálmán Doctoral School)
- Comparative European regional policy (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, Doctoral School in Regional Policy and Economics)
Research fields
- European regional policy, regional co-operation in Central Europe, and regionalism, restructuring and regional policy in Eastern and Central Europe.
- Regional policy
- Regional transformation and institutional development in Eastern and Central Europe
Trips abroad
- 1989 Roskilde Universitetscenter — Denmark
- 1991 Universita degli Studi di Torino — Italy
- 1992 University of Strathclyde — United Kingdom
- 1993 The Irish Agency for Science and Technology — Ireland
- 1994 Forbairt (Dublin) and Údarás na Gaeltachta (Galway), Research Fellow (3 months) — Ireland
- 1998—1999 University of Cork, University of Sheffield, University of Turin, Research Fellowship Programme of the Phare ACE on „The role of partnership in regional development” (5 months) — Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy
Presentations
- Sofia Universitet, Sofia — Bulgaria
- Universita Commerciale di Luigi Bocconi, Milan — Italy
- Slezské University v Opavé, Opava — Czech Republic
- University of Leeds, Leeds — United Kingdom
- Moskovskiy Gosudarstvenniy Universitet im. Lomonosova, Moscow — Russia
- University of Cork, Cork — Ireland
- Paris VIII., Paris — France
- Universitatea Babeş–Bolyai, Cluj Napoca — Romania
- Roskilde Universitetscenter, Roskilde — Denmark
- Universita Degli Studi di Torino, Torino — Italy
- Goszudarsztvennüj Unyiverszitet, Novoszibirszk — Russia
- University College Galway, Galway — Ireland
- University of Strathclyde, Glasgow — United Kingdom
- Universita degli Studi di Ancona, Ancona — Italy
- Trinity College, Dublin — Ireland