Balazs Vedres    

 

Associate Professor, PhD Director
Ph.D. 2004 (Sociology), Columbia University, U.S.A.; M.Sc. 1997 (Economics and Sociology), Budapest University of Economics, Hungary; B.A. 1995 (Economics and Sociology), Budapest University of Economics.

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Zrinyi 14, Room 408
Phone Number: (36-1) 327 3000 Ext. 2606
Email:
vedresb@ceu.hu


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AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST :


Post-socialist economic and social transformations; civil society organizations and technology; dynamics of political discourses.



CEU COURSES:

ONGOING RESEARCH:

PATHWAYS OF PROPERTY TRANSFORMATUON - ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK CAREERS

Balazs Vedres
(in collaboration with David Stark, Columbia University)

This research project is about mapping the network dynamics of the largest 2000 firms in Hungary from 1987 to 2006. The sequences of network positions and the local dynamics of networks will be analyzed. We chart the interactions between political network ties and business networks.

REGIONAL GOVERNANCE, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND EU PROJECTS

Balazs Vedres (in collaboration with Lászlo Bruszt,
EUI)

This project is about the impact of EU regional development grant systems on regional governance structures, especially the emergent project organization of civil society. We use surveys and case studies to understand emerging regional identities, new forms of project networks, and the impacts of winning EU grants.