About this Event
His Excellency Ambassador Ferenc Kumin and the Hungarian Scientists’ Network (HSN) cordially invites you to the spring science and networking event of HSN.
The special guest of the evening, Professor Előd TAKÁTS rector (vice-chancellor) of Corvinus University, will give a presentation titled
’Emerging Europe's chronic distrust: Lessons from the region's COVID puzzle?’
The presentation is based on Professor Takáts’ recent publication (co-edited by professor Piroska Nagy-Mohácsi of the London School of Economics). Emerging Europe's chronic distrust uses the lessons learned from the CEE region’s perplexing response to the COVID pandemic to shed light onto the driving forces and the social forces rooted in history that define the complex attitude of the regions’ societies to current issues like the Ukrainian-Russian war or refugees from the Middle East.
The presentation will be followed by an expert discussion and a reception.
Programme:
15:45-16:00 Arrival and registration
16:00-16:10 Welcome – H.E. Ferenc KUMIN, PhD
16:10-17:00 Presentation by Professor Előd TAKÁTS – followed by an expert discussion and QA
17:00-18:00 Reception
Előd Takáts, PhD was appointed to be the rector of Corvinus University of Budapest by János Áder, the president of Hungary on June 24, 2021. His program focuses on further enhancing teaching quality, improving research output and internationalizing both the student body and the faculty. Előd Takáts is a Corvinus alumnus. He graduated in 1999 with a major in finance and a minor in economic policy. After some work in banking, he studied at Princeton University, earning a PhD in financial economics in 2006. As a student, he had internships at leading central banks, including at the European Central Banks, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and also at the Hungarian Central Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank). After graduation, he worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Moving from the US to Switzerland, he worked for twelve years at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, where he organized meetings for leading central bankers and took part in Basel III development. Előd Takáts has been active as a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) since 2018. He has been appointed to visiting professor in practice at the LSE in 2022. Returning to Corvinus University, he became honorary professor in 2019 and full professor in 2021. Előd Takáts is interested in many areas relevant for monetary policy and financial stability. In this context, he has worked on monetary policy transmission, international bank lending and explored monetary policy links to demography and climate change. He is also the founding president of the monetary policy section at the Hungarian Economic Association.
Emerging Europe's chronic distrust can be found here
http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/7684/
Participation at the event is free of charge, but registration is needed, participation is subject of organizers' approval.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Embassy of Hungary, 35, London, United Kingdom
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