1. Address
Institute for Regional Studies
Research 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. Éva Perger, CSc (geography), senior research fellow
Phone: +36 (66) 328 577
Fax: +36 (72) 523 806
E-mail: perger.eva@rkk.hu
Scientific secretary
Szilárd Rácz
Phone: +36 (72) 523 800
Fax: +36 (72) 523 806
E-mail: szracz@rkk.hu
Head of Departments
Great Plain Research Department
Dr. Éva Perger, CSc (geography), senior research fellow
Phone: +36 (66) 328 577
Fax: +36 (66) 441 801
E-mail: perger.eva@rkk.hu
Békéscsaba Research Group
Dr. Nagy Gábor tudományos főmunkatárs, a földrajztudomány kandidátusa
Telefon: 66 328 577
Fax: 66 441 801
E-mail: nagyg@rkk.hu
Transdanubian Research Department
Dr. Mezei Cecília, PhD (regional science), research fellow
Phone: +36 (72) 523 800
Fax: +36 (72) 523 806
E-mail: mezeic@rkk.hu
Central and North Hungarian Research Department
Dr. Katalin Kovács, CSc (sociology), senior research fellow
Phone: +36 (1) 212 9525
Fax: +36 (1) 212 9526
E-mail: kovacsk@rkk.hu
West Hungarian Research Department
Dr. Mihály Lados, CSc (economics), senior research fellow
Phone: +36 (96) 516 570
Fax: +36 (96) 516 579
E-mail: ladosm@rkk.hu
3. Research staff
Research staff by age groups, May 2011
|
|
Scientific position
|
below
30 yrs
|
31–35
yrs
|
36–40
yrs
|
41–45
yrs
|
46–50
yrs
|
51–60
yrs
|
over
61 yrs
|
Total
|
|
|
Research professor
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
|
Scientific advisor
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
8
|
13
|
|
Senior research fellow
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
–
|
13
|
|
Research fellow
|
1
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
–
|
4
|
–
|
23
|
|
Junior research fellow
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
–
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
15
|
|
|
Total
|
9
|
11
|
11
|
6
|
3
|
16
|
9
|
65
|
|
Research staff with scientific qualifications, May 2011
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|
Type
|
Number
|
% of research staff
|
|
|
Member of the HAS
|
1
|
1,5
|
|
Doctor of Sciences
|
13
|
20,0
|
|
Candidate of Sciences, PhD
|
36
|
55,4
|
|
|
Total
|
50
|
76,9
|
|
4. Basic activities and tasks
Basic research tasks
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The driving forces of regional development in Europe
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Analysis of regional transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe
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Research on the regions of the Carpathian Basin
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Prospective directions of European Union regional policy
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Laying down the foundations of polycentric urban development
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Development tendencies of the Hungarian settlement network and spatial structure
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Analyses on regional competitiveness
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Research on the spatial structure of Hungarian industry
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The influence of the tertiary sector on spatial development
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The structural characteristics of rural areas
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Research on the situation of disadvantaged areas and marginalised groups
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Decentralisation and regionalism
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Research on the Hungarian system of territorial public administration
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Research on crossborder relationships
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Realising Central and Eastern European (Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbain, Polish, Ukrainian) bilateral academic cooperation programmes
Dissemination of research results
a) Publication activities
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Publishing the quarterly journal Tér és Társadalom (Space and Society), established in 1987
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Alföldi Tanulmányok (Great Plain Studies), annual series
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Területi és Települési Kutatások (Regional and Settlement Studies) monograph series (with Dialóg Campus publishing house, 32 volumes)
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A Kárpát-medence régiói (Regions of the Carpathian Basin) monograph series (15 planned volumes, 11 published to date)
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Régiók Európája (Europe of the Regions) series (3 volumes)
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Határ menti kutatások (Border Studies) series (6 volumes)
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Discussion Papers, English series (70 volumes and 8 special issues)
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Conference series (Village Conference, 7 volumes; Great Plain Congress, 4 volumes)
b) Higher education
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Leading role in PhD schools of regional studies (Pécs, Győr, Debrecen)
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Leading role in MSc programmes related to regional and environmental economic policy (Pécs, Győr)
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Participation in MSc programmes and PhD schools (Budapest, Miskolc, Szeged, Kaposvár, Debrecen, Székesfehérvár)
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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
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HAS Regional Science Committee
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Hungarian Regional Science Association
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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
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Győr (Hungarian–Slovakian–Austrian)
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Békéscsaba (Hungarian–Serbian–Romanian)
5. Other activities
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Participation in EU Framework Programmes 5–7
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Participation in other EU research programmes (DG Regio, Research, Enlargement)
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Participation in Phare, Interreg, Cadses programmes
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The complex analysis of microregions, the preparation of microregional, regionnal and innovation strategies
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Regional environmental protection research
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The preparation of city incorporation documents
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Microregional and regional social mapping
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Multi-year research agreements with economic actors (e.g. Paks Nuclear Power Plant)
6. Libraries
|
|
Location
|
Books (1000)
|
Journals
|
Library staff
|
|
|
Pécs
|
31
|
190
|
3
|
|
Győr
|
3
|
27
|
2
|
|
Békéscsaba
|
15
|
75
|
1
|
|
Kecskemét
|
5
|
22
|
1
|
|
Other
|
3
|
16
|
–
|
|
|
Total
|
57
|
330
|
7
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