Ferenc Miszlivetz

1978           M.A., Karl Marx University of Economics, Budapest

1982           M.A, 20th Century European History, ELTE, Budapest

1983           PhD. (University Doctorate), 20th Century European History, ELTE, Budapest

1994           Candidate of Science in Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2004           Habilitation, Corvinus University of Budapest

2005           Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in International Relations

His major research interests include: the theory and practice of democracy, civil society, European and Central-European Studies, globalization and sustainability.

1982     Joined the Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

1983-84         Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex , Brighton, U.K.

1989              Conducted research at the University of California (Berkeley) and Harvard University as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation. Founding member of the Free Initiatives Network (TDDSZ), of the East-West Dialogue Circle, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Danube Foundation.

1990              One of the founders and director of research of the European Research Center.

Chaired the Department Sociology of the Dániel Berzsenyi Teacher Training College in Szombathely. While there, he became a senior researcher at the Sociological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and served as the spokesman for the Democratic Charter.

1991-95        Initiated the foundation of Savaria University Press Publishing House in 1993, and of the Europe House in the city of Kőszeg.

1997             Participated in the development of the first Hungarian interdisciplinary university studies in European Studies,

1998             Founded the European Doctoral Center, and the Center for European Studies

1990-1993    Visiting expert of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe on human rights and minority issues.

1996              Initiated and ran the annual Savaria International Summer University in Kőszeg.

1996-2001     Member of the Board of the Institute of Sociology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1997-2001     Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies

1999-2012     Visiting professor at the Babes-Bolyai University, the University of Vienna, at Columbia University, and a number of international research committees

2000              Member of the Reflection Group set up by Jacques Delors at the Schuman Center of the Forward Studies Unit in Brussels and the Institute of the University of Florence in Florence.

2002              Visiting Senior Researcher, Columbia University.

2005              Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Minister for European Affairs.

2008–2017      Permanent guest-professor, University of Bologna (MIREES MA program in East Central European Interdisciplinary Studies)

2009-2013     UNESCO Chair, Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability, ISES-Corvinus, Kőszeg

2010  Coordinator, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, ISES-Kőszeg

2010-2012     Research Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University

2012               Deák Visiting Professor, Columbia University, Harriman Institute, East European Center, Department of Sociology, New York

2012  Chair of the Hungarian Social and Human Sciences UNESCO Committee[5]

2013              Jean Monnet chair 'ad personam'

2014              Launched ’Creative Cities -Sustainable Regions’ project

2014  Full Professor, University of Pannonia, Faculty of Modern Philology and Social Sciences, Veszprém – Kőszeg Campus[6]

2015              Founder and Director, Institute of Advanced Studies, Kőszeg

The Empire of a Golden Age: Messages from a Creative Era (co-author Izabella Agárdi). Kőszeg: Felsőbbfokú Tanulmányok Intézete, 2018. p. 107[7]

At the Intersections of Networks: Societal Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (co-author János Abonyi). Kőszeg: Felsőbbfokú Tanulmányok Intézete, 2018. p. 152[8]

Hálózatok metszéspontjain: A negyedik ipari forradalom társadalmi kihívásai. (The Intersection of Networks: The social Challenges of the Industrial Revolution 4.O) [Kőszeg-Szombathely]: Savaria University Press, 2016. p. 151[9]

Creative Cities and Sustainability. Szombathely: Savaria University Press, 2015., p. 236[10]

Reframing Europe's Future: Challenges and Failures of the European Construction (co-edited with Jody Jensen) New York: Routledge, 2015. p. 268[11]

Global Challenges- European and Local Answers. (co-edited with Jody Jensen) Szombathely, Savaria University Press, 2013.

The Hungarian Work Culture in a Global Context [A magyar munkaerő kultúrája globális környezetben], Szombathely: Társadalomtudományok és Európa- tanulmányok Intézete, 2010. p. 240

The Languages of Civil Society. Europe and Beyond, with Jody Jensen. Florence: European University Institute, 2005. Working paper.

Central Europe ante Portas [Közép-Európa a kapuk előtt], Szombathely: Savaria University Press, 2001. p. 216

Illusions and Realities, Szombathely: Savaria University Press: Szombathely, 1999. p. 302

Wild East Party [Vadkelet-party], Szombathely: Savaria University Press, 1995. p. 260

Reinventing the Boundaries of the Possible. Nationalism and Civil Society in East-Central Europe before and after 1989 [A lehetséges határainak újrafogalmazása], Budapest: Pesti Szalon, 1993. p. 230

Frogs on the Dry Shore. Essays on New Social Movements, Arms Race and East-West Dialogue [Békák a szárazon], Budapest: Múzsák, 1989. p. 224