Balázs Páger
research fellow
pager.balazs@krtk.hun-ren.hu
Studies
2021 - University of Pécs
PhD (Economics)
2010 - University of Pécs
MSc (Economics with specialisation in regional policy)
Workplaces
2021 - HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Institute for Regional Studies
research fellow
2024 - University of Vienna
Department of Geography and Regional Research
postdoctoral researcher
2022 - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Institute for Regional Studies
scientific secretary
2021 - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for Regional Studies
junior researcher
2011 - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for Regional Studies
managing expert
Higher education activities
2015 - University of Pécs
Faculty of Business and Economics
external lecturer
Research areas
Entrepreneurship and regional development
Regional economic development
Regional innovation processes
Publications
Full list of publications and references: Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára
Selected list of publications
2024Komlósi, É., Dejardin, M., Szerb, L., & Páger, B. Is a balanced entrepreneurial ecosystem essential for success? A configurational analysis of European regional entrepreneurial ecosystems. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Online first
2024Páger, B., Tóth, G. Cs., & Uzzoli, A. The role of socioeconomic variables in the regional inequalities of COVID-19 mortality in Hungary. EASTERN JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES, 15(1), pp. 272-297.
2024Baumgartinger-Seiringer, S., Páger, B., & Trippl, M. Regions in industrial transitions: exploring the uneven geographies of vulnerability, preparedness and responsiveness. GEIST – Geography of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions Working Paper No. 2024(03)
2024Kiss, É., & Páger, B. A feldolgozóipar és az Ipar 4.0 technológiák területi összefüggései Magyarországon a negyedik ipari forradalom elején. TÉR ÉS TÁRSADALOM 38(1) pp. 129-154.
2023Kiss, E. & Páger, B. Spatial patterns of manufacturing sectors and digitalisation in Hungary in the age of Industry 4.0 EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES 32(3) pp. 668-693.
2021Uzzoli, A., Kovács, S. Zs., Fábián, A., Páger, B., & Szabó, T. Spatial analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary. REGION: THE JOURNAL OF ERSA, 8(2), pp. 147-165.
2021Uzzoli, A., Kovács, S. Zs., Páger, B., & Szabó, T. A hazai COVID–19-járványhullámok területi különbségei. TERÜLETI STATISZTIKA 61(3) pp. 291-319.
2020Páger, B., & Zsibók, Zs. Regionalizing National-Level Growth Projections in the Visegrad Countries – The Issue of Ex-Post Rescaling. ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, 14(1), pp. 1-23.
2020Szerb, L., Komlósi, É., & Páger, B. Új technológiai cégek az Ipar 4.0 küszöbén: A magyar digitális vállalkozási ökoszisztéma szakértői értékelése. VEZETÉSTUDOMÁNY 51(6) pp. 81-96.
2019Komlósi, É., Páger, B., & Márkus, G. Entrepreneurial Innovations in Countries at Different Stages of Development. FORESIGHT AND STI GOVERNANCE, 13 (4), pp. 23-34.
2019Szerb, L., Lafuente, E., Horváth, K., & Páger, B. The relevance of quantity and quality entrepreneurship for regional performance: the moderating role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. REGIONAL STUDIES 53(9) pp. 1308-1320.
Study trips
2017Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
2014Insitute of Economic Research, Halle
2013University of Łódz
2009Freie Universität, Berlin
Conference lectures
Selected list of presentations
Annual Conferences of the European Regional Science Association (2014- )
Annual Conferences of the Hungarian Regional Science Association (2011-2015, 2017- )
Central European Winter Seminars of Regional Science (2014-2019, 2023)
Central European Conference of Regional Science (CERS) (2017, 2019)
GEOInno Conferences (2022, 2024)
RSAI World Congress (2024)
RSA Annual Conference (2018)
Language skills
English (writing, reading, presenting)
German (writing, reading, presenting)
Awards
2024Scientific Award for Young Researchers of the Pécs Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2022Bárány Róbert Award, Secretary of the Loránd Eötvös Research Network
2022Bolyai János Scholarship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2022Publication Award, HAS Committee for Regional Sciences
2021Excellent Young Regional Scientist Award, Hungarian Regional Science Association
2011Section Business and Economics (Session: Regional Economics I.), 1st Place Award
2011OTDK, Section Business and Economics, Special Award
