PhD and Habilitation in Economics || Associate Professor || International Finance || Econometrics || Risk Management || Matlab || Eviews || Monetary Policy ||

at University of Szeged, Hungary

Qualifications

Employment

  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: associate professor (2018-)

  • University of Szeged, Doctoral School in Economics: core member (2023-)

  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: assistant professor (2012-2018)

  • University of Szeged, Doctoral School in Economics: secretary (2012-2018)

  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: PhD student, lecturer (2007-2012)

  • Szeged Centre for Security Policy: trainee (2004-2008)

  • Innov Hungaricum: project assistant (2007)

  • University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: teaching assistant at the Economic Psychology Department (2004-2007)

Research grants to foreign research institutions

Topic 1: Financial contingency lines against global systemic meltdowns

Topic 2: Unconventional monetary policy and capital markets

Topic 3: Green finance, ESG and nonfinancial reporting

Reviewer for scientific journals

  • Since 2017, from WoS database: African Development Review, International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Contemporary Economics, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Eastern European Economics, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, SAGE Open, Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, Entropy, International Journal of Financial Studies, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Cogent Business & Management, Journal of African Business, Applied Economics, Journal of International Development, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Review of International Economics

  • Hungarian journals: Közgazdasági Szemle, Public Finance Quarterly, Regional Statistics, Financial and Economic Review, Acta Oeconomica

Reviewer for scientific grants and proposals

  • OTKA (HU) 2022

  • e-VEGA (SK) 2024

Teaching experience

Languages

  • Hungarian

  • English: Cambridge Assessment English: Certificate in ESOL International (Council of Europe Level C1)

  • German (B)

Foreign teaching experience (teaching for an entire semester at a foreign university or institute):

Teaching in English at the University of Szeged:

International PhD program in Economic and Financial Policy

  • Econometrics (2017-) – Matlab and Eviews

International Economy and Business Master Program

  • International Finance (2014-)

  • International Financial Management (2015-)

  • Risk Management in Finance (2023-)

  • Green Finance and ESG reporting (2022-)

Business Administration and Management BSc Program

  • Introduction to Finance (2014-)

  • European Economic and Monetary Union (2014-)

  • Financial case studies (2015-)

Teaching in Hungarian at the University of Szeged:

Doktori képzés - Gazdaságpolitika Program

  • Ökonometria

Pénzügy mesterszak

Pénzügy és számvitel alapszak

Középiskolás szakkör

  • Gazdaságtörténet és makropénzügyek

Other, notable short-term research- or training-related mobilities abroad:

  • 2023 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economic Research (Bratislava, SK): 48th Seminar in Empirical Economics - Gábor Dávid Kiss : The relevance of network effects on the Central-Eastern European (CEE) stock market indices (30. 11. 2023)

  • 2023 EFMD Global (Nice, FR): Online Teaching Academy training programme”, participant, (1 week)

  • 2023 Prague University of Economics and Business (Prague, CZ): Introduction to Causal Data Analysis and Modeling with Coincidence Analysis”, participant, (1 week)

  • 2019 Center of Excellence in Finance (Ljubljana, SLO): Intermediate Time-Series Analysis workshop – "Data Quality: Missing Data Analysis and Extreme and Outlier Data", participant and presenter, (1 week)

  • 2019 University of Tartu, Estonian Center of Industrial Mathematics – Estonian Study Group with Industry – ESGI 151 (Tartu, EST): Big data analysis in Matlab for bank customer segmentation (COST Action TD1409 Mathematics for industry network), (1 week)

  • Erasmus teaching mobilities: Tomas Bata University (Zlín, CZ), University of Maribor (Maribor, SLO), Silesian University in Opava (Karviná, CZ), Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oulu, FI), Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun, PL)

PhD program

PhD students, degrees

Previously supervised doctoral students with a PhD degree:

Doctoral thesis is submitted for final defense:

  • Alipanah Sabri, Sallai Dóra

PhD student:

  • Mészáros Mercédesz, Michael Asiamah

Reviewer of doctoral theses:

  • Boros Eszter (BCE, 2021-III-31, HU)

  • Petneházi Gábor (DE, 2022-II-14, HU)

  • Ibrahim Niftiyev (SZTE, 2023-I-23, HU)

  • Konrad Kostrzewa (SGH, 2024-V-29, PL)

Econometric methods and softwares

Volunteering and hobbies

Publications with the following econometric methods:

  • extreme value detection,

  • conditional volatility (GARCH, DCC-GARCH),

  • vector autoregression (VAR), panel VAR, panel VECM,

  • panel regression (RE/FE, dynamic),

  • minimum spanning tree graphs

Econometric software:

  • Matlab 2023a,

  • Eviews 11, 13, 14

  • Gretl

Volunteering

  • Hungarian Cyclist Klub, Szeged (2010-2017) - member

  • Critical Mass Szeged (2010-2018) - lead organizer

  • Team Heavy Pedal Szeged (2022- ) - member

  • Alföldi Szabadidő Egyesület, MTSz, CSMTSz (2019- ) - Member

Hobbies

  • kayak, canoe: Maros, Tisza, Duna (Szigetköz, Dunakanyar, Gemenc), Garam (Hron), Hernád (Hornad), Kőrös, Vardar, Vis-island, Morava

  • road cycling: Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Austria, Romania, Croatia, Switzerland

  • trail running: Alföld, Börzsöny, Pilis, Gerecse, Maly Karpaty

  • Lapulevél Popduó (drum, vocalist); Ti akartátok (drum, vocalist)