Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
Name
: Gál Zoltán
Place and date of birth
: Eger, December 21st,1967
Marital status
: married, two children
Education and training| 1992 | The Queens University, Belfast, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences — non-degree MSc.program | | 1993 | Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen — BSc., MSc. (geography-history) | | 1994 | Central European University, Budapest — M.A . | | 1998 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest — PhD in Geography | | 2003 | SQW & the British Know How Fund — Innovation manager | | 2009 | University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics — habilitation |
Language skills| German (reads, lectures) | | Russian (reads, lectures) | | English (writes, reads, lectures) |
Places of work and employment| 1993—1996 | Centre for Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences Central and East-Hungarian Research Institute — HAS TMB scholarship | | 1994—1996 | University of Miskolc Faculty of Arts Department of World History — assistant lecturer | | 1996—1997 | Protestant Reformed High School in Pécs — teacher | | 1997—2000 | Centre for Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences Transdanubian Research Institute — junior research fellow | | 2000— | Centre for Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences Transdanubian Research Institute — senior research fellow | | 2001— | University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics, Pécs — consultant | | 2001—2003 | University of Kaposvár Faculty of Economic Science — department's senior | | 2004— | University of Kaposvár Faculty of Economic Science — associate professor |
Teaching activities| 1994—1996 | assistant lecturer, University of Mikolc | | 1998—2003 | visiting lecturer, University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Agriculture, Environment and Regional Economics | | 2001—2003 | department's senior, associate professor, University of Kaposvár Faculty of Economics | | 2001— | consultant, University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics, Pécs | | 2004— | associate professor, University of Kaposvár Faculty of Economic Science |
Scientific activity| 1900— | Regional Innovation Strategy in South-Transdanubia, Steering Committee, member | | 1992—2005 | Hajnal István Society of Social History, member | | 1998— | Regional Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Pécs Committee of Environment, Settlement Science and Regional Development, member | | 1998— | Hungarian Geographical Society, member | | 1998— | Hungarian Academy of Sciences Section X Committee of Geographical Sciences, member | | 1999— | Hungarian Academy of Sciences Section IX Law and Economics Committee of Regional Science, member | | 1999— | Regional Science Association, European Section, member | | 2001— | Regional Studies Association, member | | 2001— | Pécs-Baranya Chamber of Commerce Committee of Innovation, member | | 2003— | Hungarian Regional Science Association, member | | 2003—2005 | National Office for Research and Technology Regional Foresight Program, expert | | 2003—2004 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences Section X. European Commission DG Research Regional Foresight Workteam, external expert | | 2005— | Society for the Advancement Socio-Economics, member | | 2006—2007 | ERAWATCH Project Network „Specific Analysis On the Regional Dimensions of Investment In Research” Program, expert | | 2008— | Outsourcing and offshoring Business Services: RSA Research Network, member |
Awards| 1989—1993 | Scholarship of the Republic | | 1991 | NSSC, 2nd place | | 1991 | Scientific Award of European Hungary and Political Science Institution Foundation | | 1992 | Universitas Scholarship | | 1997 | Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship, HAS, MTA | | 1998 | National Strategic Programs Award of the HAS, 2nd place | | 1999 | Junior Scientists' Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences | | 1999 | NSRB, Postdoctoral Scholarship, 2002nd place | | 2001—2003 | Bolyai János Research Scholarship | | 2005 | Eastern European Prize, The Society for the Advancement Socio-Economics | | 2007 | Scientific Award of the Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Editorial Membership| 1999—2010 | Discussion Papers, series editor | | 2011— | Tér és Társadalom | | 2011— | Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
Subjects taught| Spatial economy of finance () | | Regional economics of financial services (University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics) | | Economic geography of the global world and Europe () | | Regional and urban economics () | | Innovation policy and financing (College of Modern Business Sciences Székelyudvarhely) | | Innovation management () | | Regional economics () | | Regional economics of services (University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral School of Regional Policy and Economics) | | Regional innovation policy and management () | | International comparative economics (University of Pécs Faculty of Arts Department of Political Sciences) | | The financial geography of globalization () |
Research fields| The spatial economy of finance, the geography of finance, the role of financial services in regional and local development, the spatial econnomy of international finance, outsourcing and spatial relocation of financial services (offshoring), the geography of banking | | The regional economics of innovation, regional innovation policy, the spatial aspects of innovation, the geography of innovation |
Trips abroad| 1991—1992 | study trip (TEMPUS grant) — Ireland | | 1998 | study trip — United Kingdom | | 1998 | study trip — United Kingdom | | 1999 | study trip — United States | | 1999 | study tip — Poland | | 1999 | study trip — Austria | | 2000 | study trip — Italy | | 2001 | sudy trip (TEMPUS Program) — United Kingdom | | 2004 | study trip — Ireland | | 2007 | study trip — China | | 2008 | study trip — Czech Republic | | 2008 | study trip — United Kingdom | | 2008 | study trip — United States | | 2009 | study trip — Czech Republic |
Presentations| Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik — Croatia | | University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow — United Kingdom | | University of Maribor, Maribor — Slovenia | | University, Cracow, Krakkó — Poland | | Oxford University, Oxford — United Kingdom |
Publications
Link to the publication list
Pénzügyi piacok a globális térben.: A válság szabdalta pénzügyi tér.(Financial markest in the global space – Crisis distorted financial space) Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2010. 780 p.
The Golden Age of Local Banking - The Hungarian Banking Network in the Early 20th Century. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó, 2010. 202 p. (Doktori mestermunkák)
The role of research universities in regional innovation.: The case of Southern Transdanubia, Hungary. In: Longworth N, Osborne M (eds.) Perspectives on Learning Cities and Regions: Policy Practice and Participation. Leicester: NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education), 2010. pp. 84-106.
Gál Z. - Sass M. Emerging new locations of business services: offshoring in Central and Eastern Europe. REGIONS MAGAZINE 274:(1) pp. 18-22. (2009)
Nemzeti pénzügyi központ nemzetközi ambíciókkal.: Budapest pénzintézeti szerepköre a 19-20. század fordulóján. (National financial centre with international aspirations: Financial centre functions of Budapest at the turn of the 19 and 20th centuries) In: Barta Gy, Keresztély K, Sipos A (eds.) A "világváros" Budapest két századfordulón. (Budapest, the world city at the two centuries turn) Budapest: Napvilág Kiadó, 2010. pp. 87-118.
Miért nem lett Budapest a kelet-közép-európai régió pénzügyi központja?: Budapest pénzintézeti szerepköre az ezredfordulón. (Why Budapest did not become regional financial centre of Central and Eastern Europe? Financial centre functions of Budapest at the Millenium) In: Barta Gy, Keresztély K, Sipos A (eds.) A "világváros" Budapest két századfordulón. . (Budapest, the world city at the two centuries turn) Budapest: Napvilág Kiadó, 2010. pp. 137-165.
The Danube region - past, present and future prospect of transnational co-operation as a playground of the European integration. EUROLIMES 7: pp. 148-158. (2009)
The role of universities in regional innovation networks in Hungary.In: Pálné Kovács I (ed.) Regional Decentralization in Central and Eastern Europe.Pécs: University of Pécs Department of Political Studies, 2007. pp. 163-184. (Political Studies of Pécs; 4.)
Regional dimension of investment in research – the case of the Southern Transdanubian knowledge base. In: Milford S, Tarrósy I (ed.)
European Higher Education in a Changing World. – a View from the Danube Region. The Future of Europe – the View from the Danube Region: 4th DRC (Danube Rectors’ Conference) Summer School on Regional Co-operation). Pécs, Hungary, 22/Jul/2007-29/Jul/2007. (IDResearch Ltd - The Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe) Vienna: Publikon Books, pp. 23-37.
The Development and the Polarised Spatian Structure of the Hungarian Banking System in a Transforming Economy.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. 197-219.(ISBN:963 9052 46 9)
The „golden age of the local-regional banking”.: the spatial structure of the Hungarian banking system at the turn of the 19/20th century. EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR BANKING AND FINANCIAL HISTORY BULLETIN 2: pp. 19-30. (2005)
A new tool for economic growth.: role of innovation in the transformation and regional development of Hungary. GEOGRAPHIA POLONICA 78:(2) pp. 31-52. (2005)
Spatial Development and the Expanding European Integration of The Hungarian Banking System, Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 2004. 75 p. (Discussion Papers No. 45).
Gál Zoltán (ed.): Discussion Papers, 45. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 2004. 75 p.
„The Banking Functions of the Hungarian Urban Network in the Early 20th Century. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2006. pp.69 (Discussion Papers, no. 55.)
Challenges of regionalism: development and spatial structure of the Hungarian banking system. In.: Geographia Polonica, Vol 73. No.1. Spring 2000. pp. 95-125.
The Hungarian Banking Sector and Regional Development in Transition., In: Regional Processes and Spatial Structures in Hungary in the 1990s, (ed. Zoltán Hajdú ), HAS,Transdanubian Research Institute, 1999. pp. 180-221
Preconditions for Regional Innovation Network Building in the Hungarian Region of South Transdanubia, In.: A. Varga – L. Szerb (eds.), Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Regions and Economic Development: International Experiences and Hungarian Challenges, University of Pécs, Pécs, pp.265-295.
Regional Innovation Network Building In South Transdanubia, In.: European Challenges, 2003. University of Szeged, Faculty of Food Science, pp.445-453.
The Danube (Danube region and its economic history from dawn to present), Danube. In: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. Vol. 2. Ed.: J. Mokyr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 65-66. p.
Bruchlinien in der Region Donautal: die Rolle der Donau in der ittelsödosteuropaischen historischen und Raumenwicklung. In.: 2000 Jahre entlang der Donau. Aus der gemeinsamen Vergangenheit in die gemeinsame EU-Zukunft. Srifliche Fassung der Studien Vortrage der internationalen wissenschaftlichen Konferenz „Ausschnitte aus der Gesichte entlang der Donau”, Pécs/Fünfkirchen, 16-19.Mai 2002., Pécs 2003. pp. 295-325.
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