1. Address
Institute for Regional Studies
Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
7621 Pécs, Papnövelde u. 22.
Postal address: 7601 Pécs, P.O. Box 199.
Phone: +36 (72) 523 800
2. Management
Director
Dr. Viktor Varjú, senior research fellow
Phone: (+36-72) 523 800
Fax: +36 (72) 523 806
E-mail: varju.viktor@hun-ren.krtk.hu
Scientific secretary
Dr. Krisztina Slachta
Phone: (+36-72) 523 800
Fax: +36 (72) 523 806
E-mail: slachta.krisztina@hun-ren.krtk.hu
Head of Departments
Great Plain Research Department
Dr. József Lennert, research fellow
Phone: (+36-76) 502 840
Fax: +36 (76) 502 849
E-mail: lennert.jozsef@hun-ren.krtk.hu
Békéscsaba Research Group
Dr. Gergely Tagai, research fellow
Telefon: (+36-66) 328 577
Fax: (+36-66) 441 801
E-mail: tagai.gergely@hun-ren.krtk.hu
Transdanubian Research Department
Dr. Szilárd Rácz, senior research fellow
Phone: (+36-72) 523 800
Fax: +36 (72) 523 806
E-mail: racz.szilard@hun-ren.krtk.hu
Central and North Hungarian Research Department
Dr. Bálint Koós, senior research fellow
Phone: (+36-1) 3092-684
E-mail: koos.balint@hun-ren.krtk.hu
West Hungarian Research Department
Dr. Tamás Hardi, senior research fellow
Phone: (+36-96) 516 570
Fax: +36 (96) 516 579
E-mail: hardi.tamas@hun-ren.krtk.hu
3. Research staff
Research staff by age groups, December 2017
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| Scientific position | below 30 yrs |
31–35 yrs |
36–40 yrs |
41–45 yrs |
46–50 yrs |
51–60 yrs |
over 61 yrs |
Total |
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| Research professor |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
1 |
| Scientific advisor |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
3 |
| Scientific professor emeritus/emerita |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
4 |
| Senior research fellow |
– |
– |
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
| Research fellow |
– |
6 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
24 |
| Junior research fellow |
4 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
16 |
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| Total |
4 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
13 |
63 |
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Research staff (below 70 years) with scientific qualifications, December 2017
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| Type | Number | % of research staff |
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| Member of the HAS | 1 | 1,7 |
| Doctor of Sciences | 3 | 5,1 |
| Candidate of Sciences, PhD | 45 | 76,3 |
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| Total | 49 | 83,1 |
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4. Basic activities and tasks
Basic research tasks
- The driving forces of regional development in Europe
- Analysis of regional transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe
- Research on the regions of the Carpathian Basin
- Prospective directions of European Union regional policy
- Laying down the foundations of polycentric urban development
- Development tendencies of the Hungarian settlement network and spatial structure
- Analyses on regional competitiveness
- Research on the spatial structure of Hungarian industry
- The influence of the tertiary sector on spatial development
- The structural characteristics of rural areas
- Research on the situation of disadvantaged areas and marginalised groups
- Decentralisation and regionalism
- Research on the Hungarian system of territorial public administration
- Research on crossborder relationships
- Realising Central and Eastern European (Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbain, Polish, Ukrainian) bilateral academic cooperation programmes
Dissemination of research results
a) Publication activities
- Publishing the quarterly journal Tér és Társadalom (Space and Society), established in 1987
- Alföldi Tanulmányok (Great Plain Studies), annual series
- Területi és Települési Kutatások (Regional and Settlement Studies) monograph series (with Dialóg Campus publishing house, 32 volumes)
- A Kárpát-medence régiói (Regions of the Carpathian Basin) monograph series (15 planned volumes, 11 published to date)
- Régiók Európája (Europe of the Regions) series (3 volumes)
- Határ menti kutatások (Border Studies) series (6 volumes)
- Discussion Papers, English series (70 volumes and 8 special issues)
- Conference series (Village Conference, 7 volumes; Great Plain Congress, 4 volumes)
b) Higher education
- Leading role in PhD schools of regional studies (Pécs, Győr, Debrecen)
- Leading role in MSc programmes related to regional and environmental economic policy (Pécs, Győr)
- Participation in MSc programmes and PhD schools (Budapest, Miskolc, Szeged, Kaposvár, Debrecen, Székesfehérvár)
- The organisation and operation of regional science-related research groups in the Carpathian Basin (Hungarian University Institute: Cluj; Sapientia Transylvanian Hungarian University of Sciences: Miercurea-Ciuc; Regional Science Association: Subotica; János Selye University: Komárno)
c) Managing the public bodies of Hungarian regional sciences
- HAS Regional Science Committee
- Hungarian Regional Science Association
- Regional and settlement development sub-committees of the HAS’s regional committee
Research infrastructure
a) Libraries (1 main library, 2 sub-libraries, 60,000 total library units, 45 international and 60 domestic journal subscriptions)
b) Computer centre (15 databases, network maintainance)
c) Border area research and documentation centre
- Győr (Hungarian–Slovakian–Austrian)
- Békéscsaba (Hungarian–Serbian–Romanian)
5. Other activities
- Participation in EU Framework Programmes 5–7
- Participation in other EU research programmes (DG Regio, Research, Enlargement)
- Participation in Phare, Interreg, Cadses programmes
- The complex analysis of microregions, the preparation of microregional, regionnal and innovation strategies
- Regional environmental protection research
- The preparation of city incorporation documents
- Microregional and regional social mapping
- Multi-year research agreements with economic actors (e.g. Paks Nuclear Power Plant)
6. Libraries
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| Location |
Books (1000) |
Journals |
Library staff |
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| Pécs | 31 | 190 | 3 |
| Győr | 3 | 27 | 2 |
| Békéscsaba | 15 | 75 | 1 |
| Kecskemét | 5 | 22 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | 16 | – |
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| Total | 57 | 330 | 7 |
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