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Dr. Áron Kincses



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