Marmol Research Budapest

CV of Szilvia Borbély


Personal data

Name: Szilvia BORBÉLY
Date of birth: August 8,1951
Nationality: Hungarian
Address: Budapest 1021, Kuruclesi út 55, Hungary
Phone/fax: 361-200-30-27
E-mail: h10095bor@ella.hu

Educations and qualifications

1981 MSc World Economics, University of Economic Sciences of Budapest
1983 "dr. oec. in Scientia Oeconomiae Universalis" University of Economic Sciences of Budapest
1988 PhD Economics, Hungarian Academy of Science

Career and experience

1981-1989 Research Associate, Institute of Economic and Social Research of Trade Unions, Budapest
Main topics:

  • Labor relations in Hungary and abroad.
  • Latin American economic theories, their critical and comparative analysis.
  • Development models and alternatives, particularly the Prebish-CEPAL model.
  • The anatomy of crisis from a theoretical point of view.
  • The Latin American indebtedness, its characteristics and analysis in comparison with the same phenomenon in Eastern Europe.

    • 1989- up to now Research Officer, Institute of Economic and Social Research of Trade Unions, Budapest
    Main topics:

  • Labor relations in Hungary and abroad.
  • Economic challenges and labor in Western European countries, mainly Italy, Ireland and Great Britain.
  • Experiments in Western Europe which are particularly important from the labor point of view as unemployment, inflation and wages.
  • Industrial relations in market economy.
  • Questions of the European integration (EC single market; the way of integration or small countries; questions of social harmonization; possibilities of Eastern and Central European countries.)
  • Labour market restructuration.
  • New forms of work labour market flexibility, atypical work.

    • 1998- up to now: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Regional Research Center, Department of Budapest, part-time senior researcher
    Main topics:

  • Regional aspects of industrial restructuring.
  • Labour force in the industrial restructuration.
  • Regional aspects of EU entrance.
  • Questions of human factors of Suburbanisation.

    • 1991 First semester: European Community ACE Fellow, University College Dublin, Centre for European Economic and Public Affairs, CEEPA

    Lecturing in Masters Degree course in European Economic and Public Affairs on the subject "Transition in Eastern and Central Europe".

    EC: social and economic effects of the Single Market and the possible implications for Hungary. Integration of small countries into the EC and the lessons for Hungary; the Irish case - study.

    1994 First semester: International Study Center, University of Economics of Budapest

    Lecturing Development Economics

    1994-1998 Second semester College of Trade and Hotelery: European studies, Social Europe

    Consultant

    1992-1998 Institute of Privatization
    Topics:

  • Privatization techniques (mainly Hungarian ESOP and management buy out)
  • Foreign investments, foreign capital in privatization and greenfield investments
  • Labor relations in privatized companies
  • Enterprise case studies

    • 1994-1995 State Property Agency
    Topics: Evaluation of feasibility studies, liquidation and reorganization plans (financial plans)

    1994-1997 Hungarian Parliament, responsible for preparing macroeconomic laws, privatization, budget preparing

    1998- up to now Economic Growth Institute
    Topics:

  • Factors of dynamism.
  • Labour market consequences of EU enlargement.
  • The impact on selected areas of Hungarian-Austrian relations, joint research with the Vienna Institute.