1. Personal information

Name: László Faragó
Nationality: Hungarian
Date of birth: 23. 09. 1953
Place of birth: Pécs, Hungary
Marital status: Married
Children: Two: Gergely (1981), András (1986)


2. Education

- PhD University of Pécs, 2003.
- Doctor of University in Economics at the University of Pécs, in 1983. (summa cum laude)
- Postgraduated from planning at the Economics University of Budapest in 1983.
- Graduated (M. Sc.). University of Pécs, Faculty of Economics, in 1978.


3. Employment

– 1978–1983 Urban planner of the South-Transdanubian Planning Office
– 1983–1990 Research Fellow of Centre for Regional Studies, HAS
– 1991–1992 Director of Department of Regional Development of the Ministry of Environment and Regional Development
– 1993–2005 Senior Research Fellow of Centre for Regional Studies, HAS
- 2005- Deputy Director-general of the Centre for Regional Studies, HAS, Pécs.


4. Teaching activity

1978–1983 Urban planner of the South-Transdanubian Planning Office
1983–1990 Research Fellow of Centre for Regional Studies, HAS
1991–1992 Director of Department of Regional Development of the Ministry of Environment and Regional Development
1993– present position


5. Specialized professional competence


- planning theory
- regional development
- regional and urban planning
- regional economics


6. Membership

– Association of Hungarian Economists,
– Association of Hungarian Urbanists,
– Regional Science Association, European Section,
– Consultant of the Phare/Tacis Programme of the EU.


7. Awards

– 2006 Pro Regio Prize


8. Research stays abroad

Short and longer visit and stays in the follows countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Great Britannia, India, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, USA, Norway, Sweden. The longest stay (six months) was in the USA at the West Virginia University as a visiting scholar in 1989.


9. Language proficiency

Mother tongue: Hungarian
Good knowledge: English


10. Publications

Author and co-author of more than 70 papers and parts of books. Some of the most recent publications:

– 1991 Local Economic Development, In: Gy Horvath (ed.) Regional Policy and Local Governments, Pécs Centre for Regional Studies 71-81.
– 1992 with Gy. Horvath: System – Change in Hungary and New Issues of Regional Development In: Steiner – Isak – Marko (eds.): Alle Macht nach Unten? Region und Gemeinden Gestalten die neuen Demokratien Europas, Graz: Leykam. 177–190.
– 1993 Systemic change and potential trends of regional development in Hungary. In: Spatial research and the social-political changes. Centre for Regional Studies, 29–36.
– 1994 The competetive development concept of the South Transdanubian region. In: Z Hajdú and Gy. Horvath (ed). European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies 283–287.
– 1995 Dilemmas and main tendencies of the new Hungarian regional policy In: Fröhlich, Z, Malekovic eds. Industrial Restructuring and its Impact on Regional Development. Zagreb, Croetion Section of RSA. 215–222.
- 1999: Regional "winners and "losers". In: Regional processes and Spatial Structures in Hungary in the 1990's. Ed.: Hadú, Z. Pécs: Center for Regional Studies, 316-327.
- 2001 Spatial Planning in the Light of the European Integration. In: Gál, Z. (ed) Role of the Regions in the Enlargening European Union. Discusion Papers Special, Centre for Regional Studies of H. A. S. Pécs. 151-171.
- 2004: The General Theory of Public (Spatial) Planning. The social Technique for Creating the Future. Discussion Papers. No. 43. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 85. p