Dr. Áron Kincses
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Place and date of birth: Budapest, 13 March 1976 |
Qualifications, trainings:
| 2023 | Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 2007–2010 | PhD (Eötvös Loránd University, Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, doctoral programme of geography-meteorology) |
| 2002–2003 | Qualification of statistical organisation and analysis (HCSO, Perfekt Ltd.) |
| 1995–2000 | Mathematics and physics studies (University of Debrecen) |
Employment:
| 11 June 2023 – | Hungarian Central Statistical Office | President |
| Since 2020 | Institute for World and Regional Economics, University of Miskolc | Associate Professor |
| 2017–2023 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office | Deputy President |
| 2014–2017 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Living conditions, Labour Market and Education Statistics Department | Deputy Director |
| 2013–2014 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Living conditions, Labour Market and Education Statistics Department | Head of Section |
| 2011–2013 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Rural Development, Agriculture and Environment Statistics Department | Head of Section |
| 2011–2015 | Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Faculty of Law | Researcher |
| 2008–2011 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Agricultural and Environment Statistics Department | Statistician |
| 2006–2008 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Population Statistics Department | Statistician |
| 2000–2006 | Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Population, Health and Social Statistics Department | Statistician |
Major professional functions:
| BGE – Honorary University Professor | since 2024 |
| Member of the editorial board of the Czech „Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal” periodical published in English | since 2023 |
| X Section of Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Member of Public Body | since 2021 |
| Óbuda University – Honorary University Professor | since 2021 |
| University of Public Service – Honorary Lecturer | since 2021 |
| IX Section of Economic and Legal Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Member of Committee on Statistical and Future Research | since 2020 |
| Member of Hungarian Regional Science Association | since 2020 |
| Head of the Extra-Mural Department of Applied Statistics of the Budapest Business School | since 2019 |
| Chairman of the supervisory board of Youmig (Horizon 2020) | 2019–2020 |
| Member of the board of directors of EMOS (European Master in Official Statistics) | 2018–2020 |
| Hungarian member of the UN’s Praia City Group | 2018–2023 |
| Member of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on Non-discrimination, Equality and Diversity / Subgroup on Equality data | 2018–2022 |
| Journal ”Regional Statistics” – Member of Editorial Board | since 2018 |
| Member of PIAAC Professional Managing Board | since 2017 |
| Committee Member of the Hungarian Statistical Association | since 2017 |
| Member of the National Statistical Council | since 2017 |
| Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal ‘Turizmus Bulletin’ (‘Tourism Bulletin’) | since 2017 |
| Member of the Vision Implementation Group of the European Statistical System | 2016–2021 |
| Member of the editorial board of the scientific periodical ‘Regional Statistics’ | since 2014 |
| Member of the Indicators Sub-Group (ISG) of the European Commission | 2013–2017 |
| Department of Economics, Faculty of Law, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church – Research Fellow | 2011–2015 |
Titles, awards, acknowledgements:
| Bolyai Memorial Certificate | 2021 |
| Bolyai János Research Fellowship | 2018–2020 |
| Bolyai Memorial Certificate | 2016 |
| Acknowledgement of the President | 2015 |
| Bolyai János Research Fellowship | 2014–2015 |
| Fényes Elek award | 2014 |
| Szalay award, 1st place, Examination of the Rutherford dispersion | 2010 |
Languages:
| English |
| German |