Zoltán Ádám Acting Research Director, Kopint-Tárki Institute for Economic Research

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1 Curriculum Vitae Zoltán Ádám Acting Research Director, Kopint-Tárki Institute for Economic Research H-1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary Mobil: ; NAME CITIZENSHIP ÁDÁM, Zoltán Mr. Hungarian BORN January 18, 1971 FAMILY STATUS CURRENT POSITION KEY RESPONSIBILITIES PREVIOUS POSITIONS April 2012 August 2013 April 2008 March 2012 April 2008 March 2012 June 2006 June 2009 September 2006 March 2008 September 2003 September 2007 Married with two children Acting Research Director, Kopint-Tárki Institute for Economic Research, Budapest, Hungary. (Since September 2013) Preparing and editing monthly and quarterly macroeconomic reports Preparing economic analyses of economic policy and financial market issues Analysing fiscal policies, inflationary developments and financial markets in Hungary Coordinating research projects on Hungary and the CEE region Managing the development and maintenance of the Kopint-Tarki website Senior Research Associate, Kopint-Tárki Institute for Economic Research, Budapest, Hungary. Head of Department, Bank of Hungarian Cooperatives (Takarékbank), Department of Economic Research and Analysis, Budapest, Hungary. Managing the Department of Economic Research and Analysis, consisting of five economists, focusing on macroeconomic developments and financial markets across Central and Eastern Europe. Maintaining client and press relations; delivering presentations for the senior bank management on a regular basis; reporting to the Takarékbank Board. Senior Economist Emerging Markets, DZ BANK AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), based on a service contract with Takarékbank. Analysing emerging markets, with emphasis on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Turkey. Maintaining client and press relations; reporting to the Head of Emerging Markets Research at DZ BANK AG, Frankfurt. Editor-in-Chief, Külgazdaság (journal of economics, in Hungarian). General responsibility for editing and publishing the journal by supervising two staff members. Economic policy advisor, Ministry of Economy and Transport. Advising the Minister and his staff on economic policy issues, primarily in the fields of fiscal policy and taxation. Preparing background notes and public speeches; commenting on policy initiatives; organising expert meetings. Research economist, Kopint-Tárki Economic Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary. Reporting on macroeconomic developments in Central and Eastern Europe; analysing fiscal policies in Hungary; writing and editing project papers upon request of clients of the Institute (mainly governmental bodies); Organising and managing research projects and workshops. 1

2 September 2002 June 2003 January August 2001 July 1999 April 2000 January August 1998 January 1995 December 1997 September 1993 December 1994 College Teacher in East European Economics, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, UK. Teaching classes on economic developments in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. Research assistant, Central European University, Center for Policy Studies, Budapest, Hungary. Organising an international research project involving workshops and conferences across the Balkans. Section editor, Figyelő economic weekly, Budapest, Hungary. Writing and editing articles on Central and Eastern Europe. Credit analyst, HYPO-Leasing Hungaria Ltd, Budapest, Hungary. Analysing clients creditworthiness. Financial journalist, Figyelő economic weekly, Budapest, Hungary. Covering financial and investment issues. Freelance financial journalist, covering economic, financial and investment issues OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES Since July 2012 Since June 2010 Since July 2009 Since March 2005 November December 2006 Contributor for Oxford Analytica, an Oxford (UK) based consultancy, providing insights in Hungarian political and economic issues for an international clientele Columnist for Magyar Narancs, a Hungarian political and cultural weekly, delivering articles on Hungarian politics and the economy Member of the Editorial Board, Külgazdaság, a Hungarian academic journal of economics Member of the Editorial Board, Beszélő, a Hungarian journal of politics and culture Evaluator, Estonian Science Foundation Member, Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe, UCL/School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, UK Councillor, City Council of Balassagyarmat, Hungary, Committees on Regional Development and Public Procurements Member, Committee on Economic Affairs of the City Council of Balassagyarmat TEACHING ACTIVITIES Spring Spring Spring Autumn Visiting Lecturer, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics. Course taught: Economic Sociology (in Hungarian). Visiting Lecturer, International Business School Budapest. Course taught: Sociology (in English, 3 lectures and 8 seminars per week, shared with one colleague) Visiting Lecturer, International Business School Budapest. Lectures delivered on Fiscal Macroeconomics; Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe and Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe (In Hungarian and English) Visiting Lecturer, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics. Course taught: Economic Sociology (in Hungarian) College Teacher in East European Economics, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Courses taught: Emerging Markets in Central and Eastern Europe; Applied Economics, International Trade and Finance in 2

3 Eastern Europe (in English) Teacher Fellow, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Courses taught: Russian Economy, International Trade and Finance in Eastern Europe (in English) Autumn Visiting Lecturer, Dániel Berzsenyi College, Szombathely. Course taught: Political Economy of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe (in Hungarian) FELLOWSHIPS July August 2008 October 2005 January 2006 May 2001 September 2002 International Visitor Leadership Program of the Government of the United States Visiting Fellow, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, London, UK. Researching transition in Central and Eastern Europe Member, European Political Economy Infrastructure Consortium (EPIC), organised by the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science for PhD students working on political economy topics Hungarian Teacher-Fellow, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, UK. Researching the political economy of transition in Eastern Europe and giving classes in East European Economics and Hungarian conversation Member, London Goodenough College for Oversees Students, London, UK February 2001 August 2003 Research Associate, KOPINT-DATORG Research Foundation, Budapest, Hungary. Researching economic developments in Central and Southeast Europe EDUCATION From September 2003 (part-time) PhD in Economics, University of Debrecen, Hungary (part time). Dissertation topic: The political economy of transition in Hungary with reference to institutional developments and structural economic policies. Expected completion in Fall MPhil in Political Science, Political Economy track. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Thesis: FDI and State in Transformation. The Impact of Foreign Ownership of Economic Assets on the Evolution of the Post-Socialist State, MA in Southeast-European Studies. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Thesis: Croatia at Halfway. An Assessment of the Croatian Transition of the 1990s, MA in Sociology, Research Sociologist specialisation. ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary. Thesis: Why Should We Like Our Colonisers? A Contribution to the Sociology of Foreign Direct Investment, BSc in Business Administration. College of Finance and Accountancy, Salgótarján, Hungary. Thesis: The State of Business Enterprises in Hungary, 1993 OTHER COURSES 2007 ECPR Summer School in Methods And Techniques, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2004 CEU Summer University: Globalisation and Public Policy, Budapest, Hungary 2004 Prime Madrid Summer School on Science and Technology Policies, Madrid, Spain 2003 Ifage course in French, Geneva, Switzerland 2002 CEU Summer University: Theory and Research in Comparative Sociology, 3

4 Budapest, Hungary 2001 Summer School on Competitiveness and EU Enlargement, European University Institute, Florence, Italy 1999 IHS Course on Current American Issues at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA 1999 Savaria Summer University, Kőszeg, Hungary 1997 Savaria Summer University, Kőszeg, Hungary LANGUAGES Hungarian English German Russian Native Fluent Basic Passive knowledge with an ability to read Cyrillic 4

5 Publications ACADEMIC PAPERS AND ESSAYS 1. Miért Magyarország? Vázlat a poszt-szocialista átmenet intézményi közgazdaságtani értelmezéséhez (Why Hungary? An outline for interpreting the post-socialist transformation in terms of institutional economics). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Faculty of Economics of Debrecen University, May Értelmezés-vázlatok. A magyarországi posztkommunista átalakulás politikai-gazdaságtani és intézményi közgazdasági perspektívában (Interpretations of the Hungarian post-communist transformation in political economy and institutional economics perspectives). Beszélő. Vol. 17, No. 11, November Freedom of Speech in Hungary: A Politically Contested Issue for Twenty Years. Diplomaatia. No.104 (April 2011). chash=a9518d8da4. 4. Autoriter kormányzás, európai válság, politikai hitelesség (Authoritarian governance, European crisis, political credibility). Paper presented at the economic policy conference of the Democratic Coalition Party on January 15, 2012 in Budapest Új helyzet, új tapasztalatok (New situation, new experiences). A response to the 2012 Külgazdaság survey on the European financing crisis and Hungary s accession to the Euro zone. Külgazdaság. Vol. 56, No Korrupt német vállalatok? Az elmúlt évek német vállalati botrányainak politikai-gazdaságtani magyarázatához (Corrupt German companies? A political economy interpretation of recent German corporate scandals). Competitio. Vol. 6 (2007), No Kapacitás, autonómia, beágyazottság: vázlat a kelet-közép-európai posztszocialista átmenet újraértelmezéséhez (Capacity, autonomy, embeddedness: revisiting the post-socialist transition of Central and Eastern Europe). In: A magyarok bemenetele. Tagállamként a bővülő Európai Unióban. Budapest: Demokráciakutatások Magyarországi Központja Alapítvány, Szemlélet dolga (A matter of perspective). A response to the 2006 Külgazdaság survey on the reform of public finances of the general government in Hungary. Külgazdaság. Vol. 50, No Fejlődésértelmezések: a latin-amerikai és a kelet-ázsiai fejlődés államközpontú értelmezése (Interpreting development: A state-centred approach to Latin American and East Asian development). Competitio. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp The Hungarian Pension System. In: Jan Winiecki ed. The Reverse Learning. Papers from the First Lancut Economic Forum on New Europe. Rzeszow: University of Information Technology (WSIiZ), pp Patterns of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe. European Union & Association. Necessary Adaptations for a Successful EU Membership. International Conference Papers, Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM), 2005, pp A response to the 2005 Külgazdaság survey on Demands of EU membership and criteria of their fulfilment. Külgazdaság, February Autonomy and Capacity: A state-centred approach to post-communist transition in Central Europe. In B. Hámori, P. Czeglédi, L. Jankovics and B. Sági eds. Paradigm Shift Information, Knowledge and Innovation in the New Economy. Debrecen: Debrecen University, 2005, pp Also published as UCL/SSEES Working Paper series. No A kelet-közép-európai posztkommunista átalakulás államközpontú megközelítése (A state-centred approach to post-communist transition in Central and Eastern Europe). Külgazdaság. Vol. 48. No. 10. October 2004, pp The power of path dependence? State capacity and autonomy in East Central Europe during transition. Competitio. Vol. 3 (2004), No. 1, pp A magyar gazdaság kilátásai 2004 koratavaszán (Perspectives of the Hungarian economy at Spring 2004). Külgazdaság (Budapest). Vol. 48. No. 4. April A külföldi működőtőke szerepe a posztszocialista átalakulásban a szakirodalom tükrében (The role of foreign direct investment in post-socialist transformation in light of the literature). Külgazdaság (Budapest). Vol. 46. No. 11. November FDI: good or bad?. South-East Europe Review. Vol. 3. No. 3. October Between Nightmare and Prosperity. An assessment of the Croatian transition in the 1990s. in After Kosovo II. ISES Discussion Papers Series (Budapest - Kőszeg Szombathely) No. 6., Imported Ideas Adopted Locally. Hungarian Bureaucratic Changes in the 1990s. South-East Europe Review. Vol. 3. No. 1. April

6 21. Strategies of Survival: Minority Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe. South-East Europe Review. Vol. 2. No. 1. April SELECTED PROJECT PAPERS 1. Various research papers in English on economic and political developments in emerging markets with particular reference to Brazil, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and Turkey as senior economist of DZ BANK AG in A budapesti olimpia megvalósíthatósági tanulmányának opponenciája a BOM Egyesület felkérésére (Analysing the feasibility study of the 2020 Budapest Olympic Games). Kopint Datorg Economic Research Institute (Budapest), March Állam-szerepek, állam-változók, változó államok. Tanulmány a magyar külügyi stratégia számára a CEU-MTA VKI megrendelése alapján. (State roles, state variables, varying states. A contribution to the foreign policy strategy of the Hungarian government). CEU-MTA VKI, February Fejlesztéspolitika nemzetközi kitekintésben (Development policy in international context). A study for the National Development Office of Hungary. Kopint Datorg Economic Research Institute (Budapest), November With Zoltán Matheika: Innováció-politika (Innovation policy). A study for the Ministry of Economy and Transport of the Republic of Hungary. Kopint Datorg Economic Research Institute (Budapest), August Kopint-Datorg Monthly Report, regular editor and contributor in Chapters Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia. Economic Trends in Eastern Europe. Kopint-Datorg Research Institute: Budapest, What is development policy for? A paper for the National Development Office. Kopint Datorg Economic Research Institute (Budapest), January Az állam lehetséges szerepeinek bemutatása az egyes gazdasági és társadalmi folyamatokban, a kapcsolódó államelméleti, közgazdasági irodalom és a nemzetközi gyakorlat feldolgozásával (Alternative roles of the state in economic and social developments. A study based on current literature on state theory and economics as well as international practice). (Editor and Contributor). Study commissioned by the National Development Office of Hungary. Kopint Datorg Economic Research Institute (Budapest), April-June Hasonlóságok és különbségek. A külföldi működőtőke-befektetések politikai gazdaságtana Magyarországon és Szlovéniában (Similarities and Differences. The political economy of foreign direct investment in Hungary and Slovenia). Kopint Datorg Economic Research Institute (Budapest). January The Knaus Caravan Company of Nagyoroszi. A case study for the National Labour Research and Methodology Centre (Budapest). June Housing Finance in Hungary. An issue paper for the Urban Institute (Washington, DC). December Epizódszereplők. Interjúk egy rövidéletű politikai elit tagjaival. (Episode Characters. Interviews with members of a short-lived political elite). A study within the research project on economic and political elite formation by Erzsébet Szalai of the Institute of Political Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest) BOOK REVIEWS 1. Kis, János, Összetorlódott idő. Politikai írások [Overlapping Histories. Political writings ] Pozsony: Kalligram, Népszabadság, szeptember Bozóki, András, Virtuális köztársaság [Virtual Republic]. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó, Élet és Irodalom, May 25, Estrin, Saul Grzegorz W. Kolodko Milica Uvalic eds., Transition and Beyond. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007; and Attila Károly Soós, Politics and Policies in Post-Communist Transition. Budapest and New York: Central European Press, Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 61, No. 2 (June 2011), pp Bozóki András, Ars Politica. Budapest: Jószöveg Kiadó, Beszélő, September István Csillag Péter Mihályi, Kettős kötés: A stabilizáció és a reformok 18 hónapja [Double Bandage: The 18 Months of Stabilisation and Reforms]. Budapest: Globális Tudás Alapítvány, Külgazdaság, Vol. 50, No In English: Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 56, No. 4 (December 2006), pp László Csaba, The New Political Economy of Emerging Europe. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, Külgazdaság, Vol. 49, No , pp In English: Slavonic and East European Review, 2008/4. 7. Jeffrey Kahn. Federalism, Democratization, and the Rule of Law in Russia. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 55, No. 8, December In Hungarian: Külgazdaság. September 2004 (Vol. 48, no. 9, pp ). 6

7 8. Anders Aslund. Building Capitalis. The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Balkan Academic News book reviews: 9/2003 (May 15). In Hungarian: Külgazdaság. June Jan Winiecki. Transition Economies and Foreign Trade. London and New York: Routledge, Slavonic and East European Review Vol. 81, No. 4, October In Hungarian: Közgazdasági Szemle. Vol. 50, No. 6 (June 2003), pp Zoltán Bara and László Csaba (eds). Small Economies Adjustment to Global Tendencies. Budapest: Aula, 2000; and Gábor Hunya ed.. Integration Through Foreign Direct Investment. Vienna: WIIW, Balkan Academic News book reviews: 15/2002 (April 21) Aurel Braun and Zoltán Bárány eds.. Dilemmas of Transition. The Hungarian Experience. Lanham, Boulder, New York and Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Balkan Academic News book reviews: 14/2001 (March 28) NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND MEDIA APPERANCE 1. Since 2004, occasional media appearances in Klub Rádió and ATV television channel 2. Since 2002, opinion pieces and essays in Hungarian in Beszélő, Magyar Narancs, Élet és Irodalom, Figyelő, HVG, Magyar Hírlap and Népszabadság 3. In , regular contributions in English for Budapest Times as part of a bi-weekly Takarékbank economic column (see: 4. A large number of articles in Hungarian in Bank & Tőzsde (1994) and Figyelő ( , ) written as a professional journalist 7