Curriculum Vitae....
Personal information
Name: Gyula Horváth
Nationality: Hungarian
Date of birth: 4 October 1951
Place of birth: Kaposvár, Hungary
Marital status: Married
Children: Three, Orsolya (1980), Dóra (1982), Márton (1986)
Home address: H–7624 Pécs, Zichy Gyula u. 27/E.
Phone: (36–72) 510–592
E-mail: horvath.gyula@axelero.hu
2. Education
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Habilitation at the University of Pécs, 2000 |
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DSc in Economics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1999. Title of the thesis: European Regional Policy. |
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CSc in Economics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1987. Title of the thesis: The Development of the Organization of Regional Economy and its Institutions. |
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Doctor of University in Economics at the University of Pécs, 1977. Title of the doctoral work: Regional Problems of Development of Consumer Co-operatives. |
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Graduated from University of Pécs, Faculty of Economics, 1974. Diploma in Marketing |
3. Present position and place of work
Director General (from May 1997) of the Centre for Regional Studies, HAS, Pécs.
4. Employment
| 1992–1997 | Director of the Transdanubian Research Institute of the CRS |
| 1985–1991 | Senior Research Fellow, Head of Department of Regional Policy of the Transdanubian Research Institute |
| 1978–1985 | Research Fellow |
| 1974–1978 | Junior Research Fellow |
5. Teaching activity
| - | Professor of Regional Policy at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Pécs |
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Co-chairman of PhD Course of Regional Economics at the University of Pécs. |
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Courses: Regional policy (graduate), Comparative European regional policy (PhD) |
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Visiting professor at the Babeş–Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca – Romania), academic year 2004/2005, courses: European regional policy, Regional economics |
6. Specialized professional competence
European regional policy, regional co-operation in Central Europe, and regionalism, restructuring and regional policy in Eastern and Central Europe.
There follows a selection of most recent research projects undertaken by him:
| - | Competitiveness of Hungarian regions and towns in the European economic area (funded by the National Research and Developmen Programmes), 2002–2005 |
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Regional development and policy in Hungary (funded by the OECD), 2000–2001. |
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Partnership in regional strategy building (funded by EU ACE-programme), 1998–2000. |
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Institutional infrastructure of regional development in East-Central Europe (funded by ACE programme of the EU in co-operation with EPRC, University of Glasgow, Institute of Economics, Essen and Institute of European Regional Policy, Warsaw), 1995–1996. |
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Regional development and policy in the EU (funded by the Prime Minister’s Office of the Hungarian Government), 1996–1998. |
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Reform of the Hungarian Regional Development Fund (funded by the Phare Regional Development Programme in Hungary), 1996. |
Consultancy work and production of reports for public sector clients, in particular central and regional governments. Most recent consulting works including:
| - | Reform of Hungarian regional policy (prepared for Prime Minister’s Office), 1999–2002 |
| - | National Regional Development Concept (prepared for Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development), 1998. |
| - | Development Concept of Baranya County (prepared for Regional Development Council of Baranya county), 1996. |
| - | Development Strategy of the City of Pécs (prepared for General Assembly of City of Pécs), 1996. |
| - | Competitive Economic strategy for Southern-Transdanubian Region (prepared for Ministry for Environment and Regional Policy and county councils of the region), 1995. |
| - | Regional development functions at subnational level (prepared for Association of the County Councils), 1995. |
| - | Development strategy of the City of Szekszárd (prepared for Szekszárd city government), 1995. |
| - | Weak and Strong Sides of the Hungarian Regional Policy and Regional Development Fund (prepared for Phare Regional Development Unit in Hungary), 1994. |
7. Membership
| • | Elected member of the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1998–2004 |
| • | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Committee of Regional Sciences, 1993– |
| • | Association of Hungarian Economists, 1975 |
| • | Regional Science Association, European Section, 1980– |
| • | Consultant of the Phare/Tacis Programme of the EU, 1992– |
| • | Association of European Schools of Planning, Member of the Council of Representatives, 1993– |
| • | Task Force for European Integration at the Government of Republic of Hungary, 1997– |
| • | Alps-Adria Working Community, Committee of Science and Technology, 1990–1998 |
| • | Scientific and Accreditation Committee of University of Pécs and University of Kaposvár, 2000– |
| • | Expert group of the VISION–PLANET Programme, 1998–2001 |
| • | Academia Europaea (London), 2002– |
| • | Buro of the Assembly of European Regions, 2002– |
| • | Central Euroepan Innovation Area Initiatives (member of the board), 2003– |
| • | Scientific Advisory Board of the Office for Regional Development, Prime Minister’s Office, (chairman), 2002– |
| • | Hungarian Regional Science Association (president), 2003– |
| • | Presidential Board "Hungarian Science Abroad" Committee of Hungarian Academy 2005- |
| • | Architecture and Regional Development Sub-Committee of Kossuth and Széchenyi Prize Award Committe 2006- |
8. Honors/Awards
| - | Junior Scientists’ Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1979, 1982 |
| - | Award of Regional Development of the General Assembly of Baranya county, 1995 |
| - | Pro Regio Prize, 1998. |
| - | Pro Science Prize, 1998. |
| - | Prize of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001 |
| - | Pro Communitate Prize of City of Pécs, 2002 |
| - | Doctor Honoris Causa of University of Kaposvár, 2002 |
| - | Széchenyi Prize 2005 |
9. Research stays abroad
About 110 short and 6 long stays including:
| - | 1989 University of Roskilde, Denmark, Visiting Professor (1 month) |
| - | 1991 University of Turin, Research Fellow (2 months) |
| - | 1992 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Research Fellow (2 months) |
| - | 1993 The Irish Science and Technology Agency, Research Fellow (1 month) |
| - | 1994 Forbairt (Dublin) and Údarás na Gaeltachta (Galway), Research Fellow (2 months) |
| - | 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” (4,5 months) |
10. Language proficiency
Native tongue: Hungarian.
Good knowledge: English, Italian, Russian and working knowledge: German
11. Publications
Author and co-author of more than 250 papers, 87 in foreign languages. Author and editor of 26 books.
Editor of series „Europe of the Regions” and “Regions of the Carpathian basin” published in Hungarian.
12. Most recent publications
a) Books
(ed.) Dél-Szlovákia [South Slovakia]. Budapest, Dialóg-Campus Kiadó.
2004. 523 p. Regions of Carpathian basin 2.
(ed.) Székelyföld [Seklerland]. Budapest, Dialóg-Campus Kiadó. 2003.
452 p. Regions of Carpathian basin 1.
(ed.) Táj, település, régió [Landscape, region, settlemet]. Budapest,
Kossuth Kiadó. 2002. 511 p. (Co-editor: György Enyedi).
Regionális támogatások az Európai Unióban [Regional subsidies in the
EU]. Budapest, Osiris Kiadó. 2001. 357 p.
(ed.) Az Európai Unió strukturális és kohéziós politikájának szabályozása
[Regulation of the EU structural and cohesion policies]. Pécs, MTA Regionális
Kutatások Központja. 2001. 233 p.
(ed.) Magyarország területi szerkezete és folyamatai az ezredfordulón
[Regional structure and processes in Hungary at the turn of Millenium].
Pécs, MTA Regionális Kutatások Központja. 2000. 615 p. (Co-editor: János
Rechnitzer).
Európai regionális politika [European regional policy]. Budapest, Dialóg
Campus Kiadó. 1998. 502 p.
(ed.) Régiók felemelkedése és hanyatlása. Regionális fejlődés és politikák
a Brit-szigeteken [Rise and decline of regions. Regional development and
policies in the British Isles]. Pécs, MTA Regionális Kutatások Központja.
1997. 438 p Europe of the Regions 2.
b) Papers
Institutional ’legacies’ and the shaping of regional governance in Hungary.
Regional and Federal Studies. 2004. 3. 430–460. pp. Co-authors: Pálné
Kovács I., Paraskevopoulos, C. J.
Regional challenges and policy responses in Central and Eastern Europe.
In: Enyedi, Gy, –Tózsa I, (eds.): The Region: Regional Development Policy,
Administration and E-government. Budapest, Akadémai Kiadó. 2004. 149–191.
pp. Transition, Competitiveness and Economic Growth 5.
The role of R&D in Hungary. In: Collins, P. (ed.): Towards 3%: Attainment
of the Barcelona Target. London, European Academies Science Advisory Council.
2004. 31–36. pp
Regional development in East-Central Europe. In: Domański, R. (ed.):
Regions and Cities in an Enlarging European Union. Warsaw, Polish Academy
of Sciences. 2002. 107–128. pp.
Regional Policy and Development in Eastern and Central Europe. Firenze,
European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
2002. 34 p,
Decentralizáció és regionalizmus Európában [Decentralization and regionalism
in Europe]. Pécs, Pécsi Tudományegyetem Közgazdaságtudományi Kara, Regionális
Politika és Gazdaságtan Doktori Iskola. 2001. 63 p.
Regionalizmus, kohézió és a magyar térszerkezet modernizációja [Regionalism,
cohesion and modernization of spatial structure in Hungary]. In: - Földes,
Gy. – Inotai, A. (eds.): A globalizáció kihívásai és Magyarország. [Challenges
of globalization in Hungary]. Bp., Napvilág Kiadó. 2001. 249–287. pp.
Consequences of the interrelationship between institutions of regional
development and of integration in Hungarian regional policy. – European
Mirror. Special Issue. 2001. 119–154. pp.
Regions in the European Union. – European Mirror. 1999. March. 58–78.
pp.
Changing Hungarian regional policy and accession to the European Union.
– European Urban and Regional Studies. 1999. 2. 166–177. pp.
Policy legislation on cross-border co-operation. – Kicker, R. – Marko,
J. – Steiner, M. (eds.): Changing Borders, Legal and Economic Aspects
of European Enlargement. Frankfurt am Main, Lang Europäischer Verlag der
Wissenschaften. 1998. 237–256. pp.
Regional and Cohesion Policy in Hungary. Pécs, Centre for Regional Studies.
1998. 80 p.
Transition and Regionalism in East-Central Europe. Tübingen, Europäisches
Zentrum für Föderalismusforschung. 1996. 53 p.
The transition of the regional policy in Hungary. – European Spatial
Research and Policy. 1996. 2. 39–55. pp.
Economic reform in East-Central Europe. In: Hardy, S.–Hart, M. (eds.):
An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition? London, Jessica Kingsley.
1995. 35–52. pp.