• mathematician (MSc), József Attila University, Szeged; 1979
• economist (MSc), Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences, Budapest; 1986

University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Institute of Economics and Economic Development, full professor, head of institute

• PhD (economics), 1995

• Habilitation, University of Szeged, 2004
• Doctor of Economic Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2005

1997 – 2000

Széchenyi professorship

Number of years spent in education: 23 year

1986 – 1993

research fellow, Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Békéscsaba

1994 – 1997

deputy rector, associate professor, Kőrösi Csoma Sándor College, Békéscsaba

1997 – 2004

associate professor, head of Regional and Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged

1999 – 2002

deputy dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2004 –

full professor, head of Economics and Economic Development Institute, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2012 – 2016

chair of Doctoral School in Economics, University of Szeged

1. 5 most significant publications of the past 5 years
   • Lengyel, I. 2017: Competitive and uncompetitive regions in transition economies: the case of the Visegrad post-socialist countries. In Huggins, R. & Thompson, P. (eds). Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, pp. 398-415.
   • Lengyel I. – Vas Zs. – Szakálné Kanó I. – Lengyel B. 2017: Spatial differences of reindustrialization in a postsocialist economy: manufacturing in the Hungarian counties. European Planning Studies, vol. 25., no. 8., pp. 1416-1434.
   • Lengyel, I.– Lukovics, M. – Imreh, Sz. 2016: Challenges of Entrepreneurship in a Less Developed Region of Hungary: the ELI-ALPS Laser Research Centre in Szeged. Journal Transition Studies Review, 1, pp. 79-96.
   • Nagy B. – Lengyel I. 2016: The structural change of manufacturing in Hungary, 2008–2014. Studies in International Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2. pp. 3-22.
   • Lengyel, I. – Rechnitzer, J. 2013: Drivers of Regional Competitiveness in the Central European Countries. Transition Studies Review, vol. 20., issue 3., pp. 421-435.
2. 5 most important scientific publications of the scientific life’s work
   • Lengyel, I. 2009: Knowledge-based local economic development for enhancing competitiveness in lagging areas of Europe: The case of the University of Szeged. In Varga, A. (ed): Universities, Knowledge Transfer and Regional Development: Geography, Entrepreneurship and Policy. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham- Northampton, pp. 322-349.
   • Kállay, L. – Lengyel, I. 2008: The Internationalization of Hungarian SMEs. In Dana, L-P. – Welpe, I. M. – Han, M. – Ratten, V. (eds): Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship. Towards a Theory of Internationalization. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham- Northampton, pp. 277-295.
   • Lengyel, I. 2004: The Pyramid Model: Enhancing Regional Competitiveness in Hungary. Acta Oeconomica, 54 (3), pp. 323-342.
   • Lengyel, I. 1995: From plan to market: The case of Hungarian banking system. In Tykkyläinen, M. (ed): Local and Regional Development During the 1990s Transition in Eastern Europe. Avebury, Aldershot, pp. 109-118.
   • Lengyel I. 1993: Development of local government finance in Hungary. In Bennett, R.J. (ed): Local Government in the New Europe. Belhaven Press, London, pp. 225-245.

Memberships:

Recognitions:

2015

Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

2016

• Academic Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Klebelsberg Kunó Award, University of Szeged