Profesor în cadrul Facultății de Geografie, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Director Centrul de Cercetare pentru Dezvoltare Durabilă, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Domenii de cercetare
- Regional economic development
- Economic theory and regional geography
- Geography and public policy
- The Geography of Human Risks and Vulnerability
- Consultancy and Advisory Work
- Experiență profesională și formare
Distincții
- Selected by Institut für Donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Tübingen for a Research Fellowship, 1997-1998
- Selected for a DAAD Research Fellowship at the Institut for Regional Geography, Leipzig, 2000
- Selected as „Alexander von Humboldt” Research Fellow at the University, Würzburg, Germany, 2002-2003.
- Awarded by the Romanian National Council for Scientific Research with the Medal “In hoc signo vinces”, 2004
- Awarded “Pro Geographia” diploma by the Hungarian Geographical Society, 2004
- Selected as New College Europe Research Fellow, Bucharest, 2005-2006
- Elected Academician of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Section 9: Economics and Law, Regional Science Commission, 2010
- Awarded „Lóczy Lajos” Medal, the highest distinction of the Hungarian Geographical Society, 2010
Poziții editare
- Editorial Board Member, Europa Regional, 2008 to date
- Co-Editor, Romanian Review of Regional Studies, 2004 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Romanian Journal of Population Studies, 2007 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Studia Universitas Babes-Bolyai, seria Geographia, 2001 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Erdélyi Társadalom, 2004 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Forum on Economics and Business, 2009 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Észak-magyarországi Stratégiai Füzetek, 2010 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Theory, Methodology, Practice, 2010 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Tér és társadalom, 2010 to date
- International Editorial Advisory Board Member, Romanian Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2011 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2014 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Human Geographies. Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2008 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Regional Statistics, 2012 to date
- Editorial Board Member, Economy and Finance, 2015 to date
- Editorial Council Member, Egyetemi Műhely Kiadó, 2010 to date