Personal facts:
Birth place: Budapest
Birth date: 10 January 1954.
Studies:
1977 - 81. Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, majoring in adult education ? graduate educational instructor
1980 - 85. ELTE Faculty of Humanities, majoring in sociology - cultural sociologist
1992 PhD (summa cum laude)
Career professional:
1975 - 1977. Kossuth Lajos Military Academy, head of library
1977 - 1979. MN Methodological Centre, officer of adult education
1979 - 1987. KISZ KB (Hungarian Communist Youth Association, Central Board) Cultural Department, employee
1987 - 1990. Hungarian Researching Institute, academic scholarship student
1991 - 1994. Hungarian National Assembly, cultural expert
1994 - 1995. Ministry of Education, head of department
1995 - 2002. The Municipality of Budapest, Cultural and Educational Deputy Mayor Office, head of office
2002-2006. Deputy State Secretary of Art- and International Relations, Ministry of Cultural Heritage
Research and scientific work:
1983 - 1985. Social adaptation troubles ? Social Sciences Institute
1985. Work discipline-historical researches - Sociological Institute
1986 - 1988. TS-5 cultural researches - Social Sciences Institute
1988 - 1990. TS-4 cultural researches, cultural model researches - Social Sciences Institute
1996. Cultural conditions of the Hungarian society - Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Sociological Research Institute
Publications:
1992. The history of foreign Hungarian institutes and the foreign scholarship students between the wars ? PhD thesis
1997. Cultural conditions of Budapest ? Cultural conditions of the Hungarian society, research general subject-matter, Budapest chapter
1998. Culture and city, Cultural consumer habits and structure of space in the capital - KÉK
Study visits, scholarships:
1988. Collegeim Hungaricum, Vienna
1989. DAAD scholarship Hamburg, Berlin, Göttingen
Other knowledge:
1994. Exam in public administration
2001. Licence for authorization to expert activities
2000. Special exam in public administration ? management, cultural management
Languages:
English and German (very good)
