Doctoral school identification data
Name of the doctoral school: István Széchenyi Economics and Management Doctoral School
The ID of the doctoral school: 239
Field of study: Social Sciences
Field of study: Economics and Management
Place: Alexandre Lamfalussy Faculty of Economics, University of Sopron
Postal address: H-9400 Sopron, Erzsébet str. 9., Hungary
Contacts
Phone: +36 99 518106
E-mail: lkk-doktori##kukac##uni-sopron.hu
Ildikó Petróné Tóth Doctoral Lecturer and Coordinator
Mobil: +36 30 9575587
Dr. Richárd Resperger Secretary of Doctoral School
Prof. Dr. Csilla Obádovics Head of Doctoral School
Mobil: +36 30 3855744
Core members
- Prof. Dr. Csilla Obádovics PhD Professor
- Prof. Dr. Attila Fábián PhD Professor
- Prof. Dr. Zsuzsanna Széles PhD Professor
- Prof. Dr. László Szalay DSc Professor
- Dr. habil. Balázs István Tóth PhD Associate Professor
- Dr. habil. Zoltán Pogátsa PhD Associate Professor
- Prof. Dr. László Kulcsár CSc Professor Emeritus
- Prof. Dr. Csaba Székely DSc Core Member Emeritus
Members of the Scientific Doctoral Committee
- Prof. Dr. Csilla Obádovics PhD Professor
- Prof. Dr. Zsuzsanna Széles PhD Professor
- Dr. habil. Balázs István Tóth PhD Associate Professor
- Prof. Dr. Csaba Székely DSc Core Member Emeritus, Member with the Right to Consult
- Prof. Gyula Bakacsi CSc Professor – External Member with Voting Rights
- Prof. József Popp DSc Professor – External Member with Voting Rights
- Student representative: Astrid Ionescu PhD Student
Namesake of the doctoral school
István, Count Széchenyi, (born Sept. 21, 1791, Vienna, Austrian Empire – died April 8, 1860, Döbling, near Vienna), reformer and writer whose practical enterprises represented an effort toward Hungarian national development before the upsurge of revolutionary radicalism in the 1840s.
Born into an old, aristocratic Hungarian family, Széchenyi fought against Napoleon I and thereafter traveled extensively in Europe. The modernity of England and France impressed him, especially when he contrasted them with his backward homeland. Resolved to improve Hungary’s condition, he donated a year’s income to establish the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences (1825). At Széchenyi’s instigation, the Hungarian nobility formed aristocratic clubs to discuss political affairs. In 1830 he introduced steam shipping on the Danube. Also in that year, he began publishing a number of works, including Hitel (1830; “Credit”), Vilag (1831; “Light”), and Stadium (1833), in which he voiced Hungary’s need for economic advancement.
