Iván Illés research professor emeritus
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With the approval of the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences the director general of the CERS appointed Iván Illés, scientific advisor of the Transdanubian Research Department research professor emeritus as of 1st of July 2013. Iván Illés is a great authority on regional economics and planning, EU policies and development of Central and Eastern Europe. He has obtained non perishable merits in the domestication of Hungarian regional science and institution building, and the establishment of the links between basic and applied research.