Institute of Education

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2024- University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Education, Department of Social and Affective Education – Acting Head of Department
• 2021- University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Education, Department of Social and Affective Education – Associate Professor
• 2014-2021 University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Education, Department of Social and Affective Education – Assistant Professor
• 2009-2014 University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts, Institute of Education - Assistant Lecturer
• 2008-2009 IPR advisor (Gold Lions Kft.)
• 2007-2009 Student Mentoring Program (DARTKE) - Project Manager
• 2004-2008 Bendegúz Gyermek- és Ifjúsági Akadémia (IT studio Kft.) - Test Item Writer (Geography and Biology)

EDUCATION

• 2012 PhD in Education
• 2006-2009 PhD student, Doctoral School of Education (University of Szeged)
• 2003-2008 B.B.A. in Labour Relations (University of Szeged)
• 2001-2006 M.A. in Education (University of Szeged)
• 1998-2003 M.Sc. in Geography (University of Szeged)
• 1996-1998 School leaving exam, Tisza Lajos Secondary Vocational School, Szeged
• 1993-1996 Joiner, Number 624 Vocational School, Szeged

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Hungarian (native)
• English (advanced)
• Spanish (basic)

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• 2023 Fulbright Foreign Scholar Program (Rutgers University)
• 2021 Research grant for foundation of the MTA-SZTE Reading and Motivation Research Group (Hungarian Academy of Science)
• 2021 Research grant, National Research, Development and Innovation Fund
• 2017 International Visitor Leadership Program (USA - Post-secondary education and workforce development)
• 2017 Bolyai János Research Scholarship
• 2015 Book Publishing Grant, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• 2013 Magyary Zoltán Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2013 Bolyai János Research Fellowship (declined, due to its incompatibility with the Magyary Zoltán Postdoctoral Fellowship)
• 2012 SZTE Pro Talentis Predoctoral Fellowship
• 2007 28th National Conference of Scientific Students Associations: Second Prize
• 2006-2009 PhD Scholarship, University of Szeged, Faculty of Arts, Doctoral School of Education
• 2004-2006 Teaching assistant, Department of Education, University of Szeged
• 2002/2003 Scholarship of the City of Szeged for outstanding academic achievement

SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION

• 2022- Iskolakultúra, (Hungarian Journal of Pedagogy), Co-Editor-in-Chief
• 2014-2022 Iskolakultúra, (Hungarian Journal of Pedagogy), Editor
• 2022 Chair of the 18th Conference on Educational Assessment
• 2013 Secretary of the 11th Conference on Educational Assessment
• 2012- Motivation Educational Association, Co-Founder, President

MEMBERSHIPS

• 2021- MTA-SZTE Motivation and Reading Research Group, Head of the research group
• 2018-2023 University of Szeged, Doctoral School of Education, Secretary
• 2016- SZTE Social Competence Research Group, member
• 2014- University of Szeged, Doctoral School of Education, Supervisor [datasheet]
• 2014- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Section of Philosophy and Historical Sciences [datasheet]
• 2006- European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction