CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal data:
Name: Balázs Lengyel
Birth: Békéscsaba, 15^th October, 1980
Family status: single

Workplace:

2008 – Institute for World Economics of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, junior researcher

Activities: Scandinavian welfare systems

2006-2007 - Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, research assistant

Activities: Concept of Budapest Development Pole; Correspondences between the Lisbon Agenda and territorial cohesion in Hungary – background research; Background research of the Hungarian proposal for the European Institute of Technology; Relationship among Hungarian universities and foreign-owned companies – research project

2004-2005 - National Office for Research and Technology, strategic coordinator

Activities: National Development Plan, intellectual property issues at universities

Qualification, studies:

Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies, IKE Group, 2008, visiting PhD student

International PhD Course on Economic Geography, 2008, Utrecht

DIMETIC Doctoral Summer School, 2007, Strassbourg- Pécs- Maastricht

Technical Management PhD School for Business- and Organizational Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, entrance in 2005, absolutorium in 2008, supervisor: Dr. Papanek Gábor

Licensed economist (business, EU-Integration speciality), University of Szeged, Faculty for Economics and Business Administration. 2004 (1999-2004)

Oulu Polytechnic, Finland (January- May, 2003), Erasmus scholarship

Language skills:

English – good speaking, reading and writing
German – good reading and writing, poor speaking

Scientific interest:

Local- and regional innovation systems, local knowledge creation, -transfer, role of universities

International experiences, state of R&D and innovation, challenges and opportunities in Hungary

Technology-transfer, innovation management at universities

Territorial structure of knowledge-based economy

Sport and local public life:

Handball (1991-2001), double Hungarian junior championship (Pick Szeged - 1997, 1999), NB II. championship (Makó - 2001), many times captain

Hungarian Alternative Theatre Centre, Szeged, volunteer (1999-2004)

Humanist Movement, member (from 2006 on)

University public life:

Economic policy seminar, teacher assistant, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Special College for Social Sciences, member (2001-2004), leader (2002), organiser of 6 college courses and many scientific lectures

Demonstrator at University of Szeged, Faculty for Economics and Business Administration, Department for Marketing- Management (2003)

"The present and future of higher education" conference at the University of Szeged, organiser (2004)

Grants:

Management Education Fund (2002)

City of Szeged (2003-2004)

Hobby:

African traditional percussion: Abdul Aziz, Szeged Djembe Group

Other percussion

Publications

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