Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
Name
: Kovács Teréz
Place and date of birth
: Bečej (Voivodina), September 7th,1949
Marital status
: maid, one child
Contact
| fax |
Centre |
+36 (72) 523-803 |
| landline |
Work |
+36 (72) 523-830 |
| landline |
Centre |
+36 (72) 523-800 |
| E-mail |
|
kovacst(at)rkk.hu |
Education and training
| 1973 | University of Belgrade Faculty of Arts and Humanities — Teacher of Sociology |
| 1980 | University of Belgrade Faculty of Arts and Humanities — Master of Sociology |
| 1984 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences — PhD in Sociology |
| 2009 | University of Debrecen Centre for Agricultural Sciences and Engineering — Habilitation |
| 2009 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences — DSc |
Language skills
| Serbian (writes, reads, lectures) |
| English (reads, lectures) |
Places of work and employment
| 1974—1976 | Radio-Television of Novi Sad — journalist |
| 1976—1984 | University of Novi Sad Faculty of Arts and Humanities — assistant lecturer |
| 1984—1986 | Centre for Regional Studies HAS Settlement Research Group — senior research fellow |
| 1986—2009 | Centre for Regional Studies HAS Transdanubian Research Institute — senior research fellow |
| 2009—2011 | Centre for Regional Studies HAS Transdanubian Research Institute — scientific advisor |
Teaching activities
| 1994—2004 | visiting lecturer, Univ. of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Agriculture.Environment and Regional Economics |
| 2001— | visiting lecturer, Kaposvár University Faculty of Animal Sciences |
| 2004— | associate professor, Kaposvár University Faculty of Business and Economics |
| 2006— | consultant, Univ. of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics |
| 2009— | founding member, Kaposvár University PhD School for Management and Regional Science |
Scientific activity
| 1984— | Hungarian Sociological Association, member |
| 1991— | European Society for Rural Sociology, member |
| 1993— | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, member of public body |
| 1993— | European Sociology Association, member |
| 1994—1998 | Social and Employment Committee of the City of Pécs, expert |
| 1995—1997 | Hungarian Sociological Association Section for Village Sociology, President |
| 1998— | Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Agricultural History and Village Sociology Section, member |
| 2000— | Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Pécs Section for Settlement Development and Settlement Science, member |
| 2000— | Hungarian Academy of Sciences Scientific Committee of Regional Science, member |
| 2003— | Hungarian Regional Science Association, member |
Editorial Membership
| 1991— | Village Conference series, editor |
| 2003— | Falu (journal), member |
Subjects taught
| Village sociology and rural development (Kaposvár University Faculty of Business and Economics) |
| Settlement sociology (Univ. of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics) |
| Rural development (University of Kaposvár Faculty of Business and Economics) |
Research fields
| Regional processes and the transformation of rural society |
| Rural development, rural development policy |
| The spatial processes and the socio-cultural embedment of private agricultural farming |
Trips abroad
| 1986 | Study trip — Poland |
| 1991 | Study trip — Poland |
| 1993 | Study trip — Finland |
| 1995 | Study trip — Finland |
| 1996 | Study trip — Finland |
| 1996 | Study trip — United Kingdom |
Publications
Total number of publications: 184 items. Their breakdown is as follows: 3 monographs, 7 book editions, 4 individual papers, 62 book chapters, 80 scientific articles, 30 other articles, (22 foreign language publications.)
Kovács T.: Agriculture in the Balkans. In: Horváth Gy, Hajdú Z (szerk.) Regional Transformation Processes in the Western Balkan Countries.Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2011. pp. 400-426.
Kovács T.: A paraszti gazdálkodás és társadalom átalakulása. (Transformation of the Peasant Farming and Society) Budapest: L'Harmattan, 2010. 256 p.
Kovács T.: Gazdaportrék. (Farmers' Portraits) Budapest: Agroinform Kiadó, 2008. 127 p.
Kovács T.: Different disparities between the Hungarian urban and rural areas during the new capitalism. - Eastern European Countryside 14. 2008. pp. 43-59.
Kovács T.: Businesses based on local initiative in rural areas in Hungary. In: Komornicki T, Czapiewski KL, Jaworska B (eds.) New functions of rural and industrial space in Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization - Polish Geographical Society, 2008. pp. 55-62. (Europa XXI; 17.)
Kovács T.: Agriculture in the Carpathian region. In: Gál Z, Rácz Sz (eds.) Socio-Economic Analysis of the Carpathian Area. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2008. pp. 117-133. (Discussion Papers, Special)
Kovács T.: Restructuring agriculture. In: Barta Gy, G. Fekete É, Szörényiné Kukorelli I, Timár J (eds.) Hungarian Spaces and Places: Patterns of Transition. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2005. pp. 259-271.
Kovács T.: Lagging rural areas in Post-socialist Hungary. In: Floriańczyk Z, Czapiewski K (eds.) Rural development capacity in Carpathian Europe. Warsaw: European Rural Development Network, 2005. pp. 37-48. (Rural Areas and Development; 3.)
Kovács T.: Vidékfejlesztési politika. (Rural Development Policy) Budapest: Dialóg Campus Kiadó, 2003. 284 p. (Dialóg Campus Szakkönyvek;Studia regionum;Területi és települési kutatások; 22.)
Kovács T.: Agricultural and rural development.In: Hajdú Z, Pálné Kovács I. (eds.) Portrait of South Transdanubia: A Region in Transition. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2003. pp. 129-137.
Kovács T.: The Hungarian SAPARD Programme.: Background and structure. - European Spatial Research and Policy 9. 2002. 1. pp. 53-76.
Kovács T.: Rural Development in Hungary. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001. 43 p. (Discussion papers, 34.)
Kovács T.: Regional disparities in the privatisation of land. In: Hajdú Z (szerk.) Regional Processes and Spatial Structures in Hungary in the 1990's. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1999. pp. 99-122.
Kovács T.: The situation of the rural areas of Hungary in the mid-1990's. - Eastern European Countryside 1998. 4. pp. 75-81.
Kovács T.: The present socio-economic situation in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Hajdú Z, Horváth Gy (szerk.) European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1994. pp. 59-66.
Kovács T.: Reclaiming nationalized land in Hungary. - Sociologica Ruralis 33. 1993. 1. pp. 96-100.