Regional Development Traps and Economic Restructuring in Central and Eastern European Countries  

ECREB Research Centre (East-European Center for Research in Economics and Business), within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timișoara, is pleased to invite you to a new ECREB Lecture entitled:

Regional Development Traps and Economic Restructuring in Central and Eastern European Countries  

The event will be held in English.

Guest speaker:
Assistant Professor, PhD György VIDA
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged

Event moderators:
Professor, PhD, habil. Grațiela NOJA
Professor, PhD, habil. Nicoleta SÎRGHI

Short biography
Dr. György VIDA is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics and Economic Development, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged, where he is affiliated with the Regional Economic Development Research Group. His academic profile is interdisciplinary, positioned at the intersection of geography, regional economics, and development economics.
He obtained his PhD in Earth Sciences in 2020 from the University of Szeged, after completing degrees in Economics and Geography at the same university. Since 2021, he has been serving as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged, where he teaches courses such as Regional Economics, Research Methodology, Spatial Dimensions of the Economy, Regional Economic Development, and tourism-related subjects, in both Hungarian and English.
His research focuses on the structural transformation of regional economies, with particular emphasis on less developed regions and Central and Eastern Europe. More specifically, Dr. Vida examines how economic restructuring influences regional development trajectories, productivity dynamics, competitiveness, and territorial inequalities. An important strand of his scholarly work addresses regional development traps and their economic and social implications, as well as the analysis of the spatial dimensions of tourism processes in post-socialist and transitional economies.
His academic activity has been recognised through several important distinctions, including the Academic Youth Prize in 2023, the Outstanding Young Regional Scientist Award granted by the Hungarian Regional Science Association in 2023, and several research fellowships within the New National Excellence Program.