Pálné Prof. Ilona Kovács
1. Personal information
Name: Pálné Ilona Kovács
Date of birth: 11 June 1954
Place of birth: Pécs, Hungary
Marital status: Married
Children: Daniel (1980), Marton (1983).
Home address: H-7625 Pécs, Szőlő u. 33.
Home phone: (36-72) 515-445
e-mail: palne@rkk.hu
2. Education
– Habilitation at University of Pecs, 2001. The governance of regional policy in Hungary and Europe
– DSc of HAS, 2000, thesis: Regional policy and public administration
– PhD in Political Science at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in 1988. Title of the thesis: Local political relations and institutions.
– Graduated from University of Pécs, Faculty of Law 1978.
3. Present position and place of work
- March 1. 1978: Transdanubian Research Institute, Pécs
-1978-83: research assistant, TRI
- 1983-88: collaborator, TRI
- 1989: Ministry of Home Affairs, manager
- 1992: deputy manager of TRI
– 1997– : Director of the Transdanubian Research Institute (TRI) of the Centre for Regional Studies, HAS, Pécs
– 2002: Full-time Professor at the University of Pecs, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Political Science
Specialized professional competence: Regional administration, local governments, local politics, regional policy
4. Teaching activity
- Professor at University of Pecs, Departement of Political Science
- Leader of Multidisciplinary PhD programme (territorial and local governments and local communities) at Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of Pecs
- Lecturer of PhD programme at Faculty of Economics, University of Pecs
- Széchenyi Scholarship 1998-2001 PTE BTK
5. Specialized professional competence
Regional administration, local governments, local politics, regional policy
6. Professional membership
- Hungarian Association of Political Science,
- Committee of Public Administration of HAS, Committee of regional Science of HAS
- International Geographical Union Commission on Geography and Administration
- Regional Science Association
- Hungarian Association of Regional Science
- Hungarian Jurist Association, Scientific Committee
- Academic Committee, Committee of Regional Policy and Committee of Political Science, Pécs
- European Association of Researches on Federalism
- Standing Committee of Social Sciences, ESF
7. External studytrips:
Poland, Czeh Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, China, India, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Israel, Spain, South-Africa, Ireland, UK, Ukraine, Switzerland, Croatia, Chile, Mexico, Denmark,
Longer study trips: Germany, Austria, USA, France Comitatus journal awards: 1. place: 1992, 2000, 2. place: 1993, 1996, Hungarian Scientic Academy, Academic Award, 2002. Pro Regio, Ministry of Interior, 2007
8. International conferences
– Planning Theory in Practice Conference, Torino 1986.
– Tagung der Kommunalwissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Graz, 1991.
– Conference of IGU Commission on Geography and Administration, Montpellier 1993.
– Europa – Forum, Neumarkt, A. 1993.
– Developmental Issues of the Regions of V-4 Countries, International Workshop, Smolenice, Slovakia, 1994,
– Lectures about Hungarian local government system, State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies, New Brunswick, USA, 1995.
– New Europe: Images of the Democratic Order, symposium sponsored by Volkswagen Stiftung, Wroclav, Poland 1996.
– Föderalismus und Dezentralisation in Mittel-Ost Europa, konferencia, Marshall Center, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany 1996.
– The Hungarian Local Governments. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Sofia Loka, Slovenia, 1997
– The new order of the regional policy in Hungary: aims, actors, means. Athen, Greece, 1997.
– The Changing Role of Subnational Government in Hungary, Beer Sheba, 1998. Israel
– The new institutional order of regional policy in Hungary, Volkswagen Stiftung, Warsaw, Poland, 1998
– Now Programme of UNESCO, Capetown, South Africa 1998.
– Gegenwartige Lage und Zukunft der territorialen Selbstverwaltungen in Ungarn. Universität Erfurt, Germany, 1998
– The Hungarian regional policy. East-West Institute, Kiev, Community and regional development in Ukraine, 1999
– Partnership Institutions within Hungarian Public administration system corporativism in the spirit of co-ordination and flexibility, Bern, IGU Conference, Swiss, 1999.
– IRS Workshop on regionalization processes Berlin, Germany, 2000
– Eine Bilanz der politischen und wirtschaftlichen transformation in Ungarn, Volkshochschule, Fellbach, Germany, 2001
– Emerging Governance Structures in Hungary. Workshop, Freie Unierstitat, Berlin, Germany, 2001,
– Partnership or elitism. The regional development councils in the reality. RSA conference, Gdansk, 2001,
– A területi hatalommegosztás dilemmái. Csíkszereda, II. Székelyföld konferencia, Romania, 2001.
– The challenges of regional development in public administration. NISPACee, Cracow, Poland, 2002.
– The institutional adaptation problems of Hungarian regional policy. RSA conference, Aix-an Provance, France, 2002
– The decentralization process in Croatia. OSI, Croatia, Zágráb, 2002
– Institutions and actors in Hungarian regional policy. ADAPT-programme, Brussels, 2002
– Learning process of public administration in Hungarian regional policy. ADAPT programme, Budapest, Hungary, 2003.
– Regionalism: Options and Scenarios for Hungary. 51. International Conference of Americanist’s, Santiago de Chile, 2003
– Why do institutions matter? External Pressures and Domestic Public (Regional and Environmental) Policy Transformation in Hungary and Poland. co- authors: Bernadette Connaughton, Dr Malgorzata Czernielewska, Dr. Leeda Demetropoulou, Dr. Christos Paraskevopoulos, Uppsala, Sweden, ECPR, 2004,
– Shaping regions in Hungary, CEPSA conference, Hungary, Budapest, 2004
– Challenges of regional policy and responses of traditional public administration in Central-East- European countries. 8. International Research Symposium on Public Management, Budapest, 2004
– The chances and the future of regionalisation in Hungary, Pécs, 1st DRC (Danube Rectors Conference) Summer School, 2004
– A pilot region: South Transdanubia. Hungarian Regions Week at the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 2005
– Regionalism and transition, policy paradox in Hungary. Multi-level Governance in Europe, Connex conference (Network of Excellence 6th Framework), Athen, 2005
– Europeanization and two phases of regionalism in Hungary. RSA International Conference, 2005. Aalborg.
– The new scene of politics in Hungary: the region. ECPR conference, Budapest, 2005.
– The shaping regions in Hungary. European Week of Regions and Cities, Brussels, 2005, 10-13 October, DG Regio- COR
– Europeanised regional policy and national administration. How does Hungary fit?. International Workshop Transatlantic Dialoges II. University of Guadalajara- Leibniz Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung Guadalajara, Mexico, 2006
– Middle East Technical University. Regional Development and Governance Symposium. Region-building in Hungary, the example of South-Transdanubia., 2006. Ankara
– Does regionalism come to a deadlock in Central and Eastern Europe. RSA Annual conference, Lisbon, 2007, April 3.
– Regionalism: options and scenarios for Hungary. Mexico, Cuernavaca, Oktober 31. 2007. 3. Congreso Internacional de Historia Económica, Universidad Autonóma del Estado de Morelos
– Hungary’s regional structures: from setting up to reform. Ecole Normale Superiure, Lyon, 2007, November 29.
– The new scene of the politics, the region. L’Europe centrale dans la dynamique européenne. CEFRES (Centre francais de recherche en sciences sociales), 2008. 17-18 March, Pague
9. Awards
Junior Scientists' Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in 1982, 1987
Holder of Széchenyi scholarship 1997-2001
Award of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2002
Pro Civitate award of City of Pécs, 2004.
10. Language proficiency
German, English, Russian
11. Publications
8 books, 16 editions, 250 articles
Some of the publications in foreign languages:
- Razvitie hozajstvovennorukovodajsčej roli sovetov v Vengrii. In: Territorial'nye aspekty v upravlenii socialisticeskoj ekonomikoj. Red.: Horváth, Gy. Pécs: Centr po izučeniu regional'nogo razvitia Vengerskoj akademii nauk, 1984. 97–130. p.
- The reform tendencies in the local regional management and regional policy in Hungary. Planning theory and practice. In: La teoria nelle practiche di plianificazione. Papers. vol. 1. Torino: Politecnico di Torino, 1986. 235–265. p. Co-author: Horváth Gy.
- Zusammenhänge zwischen der Entwicklung des ungarischen Ratesystems und der Regionalpolitik. = Die Verwaltung, 1986. 1. 101–116. p.
- Local influences on international relations in Hungary. = International Social Science Journal, 117. 1988. Aug. 399–406. p.
- Chance of Local Independence in Hungary. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1988. 25 p. (Discussion Papers, 6.)
- Local power and local governments. In: Regional Policy and Local Governments. Ed.: Horváth, Gy. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1991. 61–69. p.
- Rechtlich-institutionelle Rahmenbedingung der Selbstverwaltung in Ungarn. In: Alle Macht nach unten? Regionen und Gemeinden gestalten die neuen demokratien Europas. Hrsg.: Steiner, M., Hubert, I., Marko, J. Graz: Leykam, 1992. 105–114. p.
- Problémes de structure des pouvoirs publics en Hongrie. = Bulletin de la Société Languedocienne de Géographie, 1993. 3–4. 123–133. p.
- The current problems of local–regional government in Hungary. In: Hungary: Society, State, Economy and Regional Structure in Transition. Ed.: Hajdú, Z. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1993. 55–67. p.
- Die Integrationsprobleme der ungarischen Verwaltung. = Alles für Europa, 1993. 2. 12–15. p.
- The Basic Political and Structural Problems in the Working of Local Governments in Hungary. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1993. 36 p. (Discussion Papers, 14.)
- The government and local authorities. In: Balance. The Hungarian Government 1990-1994. Eds.: Gombár, Cs., Hankiss, E., Lengyel, L., Várnai, Gy. Bp.: Korridor, 1994. 234–251. p. Társszerző: Enyedi Gy.
- Pravitelstvo i organy mestnogo samoupravlenia. In: Balans. Pravitelstvo vengerszkoj respubliki 1990-1994. Red.: Gombár, Cs., Hankiss, E. Lengyel, L. Várnai, Gy. Bp.: Korridor, 1994. 278–299. p. Co-author: Enyedi Gy.
- The rebirth of local government in Hungary. In: Local Government and Market Decent-realization: Experiences in Industrialized, Developing and Former Eastern Bloc Countries. Ed.: Bennett, R. J. Tokio: U. N. University Press, 1994. 76–92. p. Co-author: Enyedi Gy.
- Hungarian local government: a permanent reform? In: European Challenges and Hungarian Responses in Regional Policy. Eds.: Hajdú, Z., Horváth, Gy. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1994. 349–359. p. Co-author: Hajdú Z.
- Regional policy and regional administration in Hungary. In: Regions – Self-Government – European Integration. Ed.: Faltan, L. Bratislava: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1995. 215–224. p.
- The government's gestures and strictures in the process of decentralization. In: Question Marks: The Hungarian Government 1994–1995. Eds: Gombár, Cs., Hankiss, E., Lengyel L., Várnai Gy. Bp.: Korridor, 1995. 331–351. p.
- Voprosü, voprosü...Pravitel'stvo Vengerskoj Respubliki 1994–1995. Red.: Gombar, Cs., Hankiss, E., Lengyel, L., Varnai Gy. Bp.: Korridor, 1995. 399–423. p.
- The new order of the regional policy in Hungary: aims, actors, means. In: Athens Internationals Conference Urban Regional Environmental Planning and Informatics to Planning in an Era of Transition. Proceedings, 22–24th October 1997 Athens. Eds.: T. Sellis, D. Georgoulis. Athens: National Technical University of Athens Faculty of Architecture Dept of Urban and Regional Planning, 1997. 32–38. p.
- The role of local governments in the process of state decentralization in Hungary. In: Emerging Conceptions of Democracy in Transition Europe. International Symposium Materials University of Wrocław and International Centre at Tübingen. Eds.: T. Łoś-Nowak, D. Armstrong. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 1997.187–204. p.
- Relación entre el desarrollo territorial y la administración pública. In: Autonomías y desarrollo. III. Seminario hispano – húngaro sobre desequilibrios regionales. Coord.: Szörényiné Kukorelli I., J. Sánchez. Győr – Kecskemét, 19–24 de abril de 1993. Pécs: MTA Regionális Kutatások Központja, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Destancia Departamento de Geografía, 1997. 105–110. p.
- Ungarn. Eine erste Bilanz des politischen und wirtschaftlichen Transfor-mationsprozesses. = Der Bürger im Staat (Ostmitteleuropa), 47. 1997. 3. 181–187. p.
- The changing role of subnational government in Hungary. In: Geopolitics and Globalization in a Postmodern World. Haifa and Beer Sheba, January 25–31, 1998. Conference Abstracts. Ed.: Garrick, N. Haifa: University of Haifa Department of Geography, 1998. 61–63. p.
- Pálné Kovács Ilona – Berényi Sándor: Institutional system of regional development. In: Regional Development in Hungary. Ed.: N. Hörcher. Budapest: Hungarian Institute for Town and Regional Planning, 1998. 27–38. p.
- Dilemma of territorial organisation of public administration and control of regional policy in Hungary. In: Local Development adn Public Administration in Transition. Eds.: M. Barlow, Lengyel, R. Welch. Szeged: József Attila University, 1998. 37–49. p.
- Gegenwartige Lage und Zukunft der territorialen Selbstverwaltungen in Ungarn. Regionen anstatt oder über Komitate? Dilemmas der Regionalentwicklung in Ungarn. In: Regio ’98. Internationale Konferenz in Mariánské Lázné und Erfurt. Section C. Regionalisierung in den Ländern der Visegrád-Gruppe sowie in Slowenien und Georgien. Hrsg.: E. Trützschler v. Falkenstein. Erfurt: Universität Erfurt, 1998. 65–86. p.
- Regional development and local government in Hungary. In: Regional Processes and Spatial Structures in Hungary in the 1990’s. Ed.: Z. Hajdú. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 1999. 53–76. p.
- The new institutional order of regional policy in Hungary. In: The Challenge of Regional Policies. Actors and Institutions on the Local and Regional Level in Post-Socialist Europe. Ed.: M. Tatur. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammen-arbeit GmbH, 1999. 25–35. p.
- Dilemmas of regional division and the distribution of authority in Hungary-South Transdanubian parallelisms. In: Geographic Issues of the Development of a Rising Region. Eds.: N. Pap, I. Szász, J.Tóth. Pécs: Janus Pannonius University Faculty of Sciences Institute of Geograpy, The Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Pécs, 1999. 45–55. p.
- Administrative aspects of the development of South Transdanubia. In: Drava-Valley – A Scene for International Development and Cooperation. Ed.: Halasi-Kun, G.J. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 2001. 324–351. p. (Pollution and Water Resources Columbia University Seminar Proceedings, Vol. 31. 1999–2000).
- Regional Development and Governance in Hungary. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 2001. 41 p. (Discussion Papers, 35.).
- Regional’na politika ta ii institucii v Ugorscsini. In: Instituti ta instrumenti rozvitku teritorij. Na sljahu do evropejs’kih principiv. Red.: S. Maksimenko. Kiiv: Kiivs’kij centr Institutu Shid-Zahid, Milenium, 2001. 149–157. p.
- Political challenges of regionalism in Hungary. In: Role of the Regions in the Enlarging European Union. Ed.: Z. Gál. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 2001. 137–145. p. (Discussion Papers. Special).
- Partnership or elitism? The Hungarian development councils in reality. In: Regional Transitions: European Regions and the Challenges of Development, Integration and Enlargement. International Conference 15–18 September 2001. Eds.: L. Bibby-Larsen, S. Hardy, F. House. Seaford: Regional Studies Association, 2001. 18–19. p.
- The chances for regionalism in Hungary. In: Federalism and Decentralization. Perspectives for the Transformation Process in Eastern and Central Europe. Eds.: J. Rose, J.Ch. Traut. Hamburg: LIT, 2001. 217–234. p. (George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, 2.).
- Vozmožnosti regionalizma v Vengrii. In: Federalism i decentralizacija. Perspectivi processa preobrazovanij v Central’noj i Vosztočnoj Evrope. Red.: Rose, Ju., Ch. Traut. Moskva: Naučnaja Kniga, 2001. 345–371. p.
- Hungary of the regions: utopia or ultimatum? In: Hungarian Spaces and Places: Platterns of Transition. Eds. Gy. Barta, É.G. Fekete, I. Kukorelli Szörényiné, J. Timár. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, 2005. 92–105. p.
- Il sistema di governo locale in Ungheria prima e dopo il cambiamento del sistema politico. – Ricerche di Storia Sociale e Religiosa, 34. 2005. 68. (Luglio – Dicembre) 169–185. p.
- Governance in regional and environmental policies in Hungary: challenges of Europeanisation and adaptation. In: Adapting to EU Multi-Level Governance. Regional and Environmental Policies in Cohesion and CEE Countries. Eds. Ch. J. Paraskevopoulos, P. Getimis, N. Rees. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. 107–135. p. Co-authors: Futó Péter, Fleischer Tamás
- Shaping meso-level governance in Hungary. – Hrvatska Javna Uprava, 7. 2007. 1. 117–138. p.
- The two phases of region-building in Hungary. The case of South-Transdanubia. In: Regional Decentralization in Central and Eastern Europe. Ed. Pálné Kovács I. Pécs: University of Pécs Department of Political Studies, 2007.121–138. p. (Political Studies of Pécs, 4.)
- Fragile structures of public administration in Southeast-Europe. In: Southeast-Europe: State Borders, Cross-Border Relations, Spatial Structures. Eds. Z. Hajdú, I. Illés, Z. Raffay. Pécs: Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2007. 99–118. p.
- Region-building in Hungary – the case of South-Transdanubia = Macaristan’da bölge inşasi: güney Trans Tuna bölgesi örnegi. In: Bölgesel kalkinma ve yönetişim sempozyumu 7–8 Eylül, 2006. Ankara: ODTÜ Mimarlik Fakültesi Amfisi, 2007. 73–91., 93–110. p.
- Disintegrated (or fragmented) public administration and regional development policy in Eastern Europe. In: Overcoming Fragmentation in Southeast Europe. Spatial Development Trends and Integration Potential. Eds. P. Getimis, G. Kafkalas. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. 75–100. p. (Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series)
