CURRICULUM VITAE
(2025)
Name: Gábor Halász, Dr.
Position: Professor of
Education (Professor Emeritus since 2022.08)
Institution: University Eötvös Lóránd
Faculty
of Education and Psychology
Higher
Education and Innovation Research Group
address:
1075
Telephone:
+36-1-461-4500
Fax: +36-1-461-4532
Position: scientific advisor
Institution: National Institute
for Educational Research and Development (former National Institute for Public Education)
address: 1055 Budapest, Szalay utca 10–14
postal address: P.O.B. 120
1364 Budapest
Telephone: +36-1-235-7200
Fax: +36-1-235-72-02
Address: 2144 Kerepes,
Juhász Gyula u. 75.,
Home telephone: +36-28-490-307
Mobile telephone: +36-30-411-66-40
E-mail: halaszg@helka.iif.hu
Personal website: https://halaszg.elte.hu/English_index.html
Date and place of birth:
August 17, 1952,
Marital status:
married (three children)
Education, scientific
degrees:
High school:
University degree (Master's
Degree):
University Eötvös Lóránd, Faculty of Arts,
University
doctorate (between MA and PhD):
University Eötvös Lóránd, Faculty of Arts,
1982
Candidate
of sciences (PhD equivalent):
Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, 1988
Doctor
of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (educational science)
Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, 2003
University
habilitation
University Eötvös Lóránd, Faculty
of Education and Psychology, 2007
Workplaces and positions
1978-1980, research
assistant,
1980-1990, junior and
later senior research fellow, Hungarian
Institute for Educational Research
1990-2001, senior
researcher, head of research department, deputy and acting director general,
National Institute for Public Education
1992-2007, senior
lecturer at the
2001-2006, director
general, National Institute for Public Education
2006-2019, scientific
advisor, National Institute for Public Education
2007-2022, senior
research fellow, (full) professor, University Eötvös Loránd, Faculty of
Psychology and Pedagogy
2007-2022, Head of the Higher
Education and Innovation Research Group, University Eötvös Loránd, Faculty
of Psychology and Pedagogy
2016-2020 head of the
Doctoral School of Education. ELTE University, Faculty of Psychology and
Pedagogy
2016-2022 Head of the
doctoral program “Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)”
2022- Senior research
fellow, Learning Institute, Mathias Corvinus
Collegium
Fields
of interest: educational sociology, educational
policy-making, educational administration and management, theory of educational
systems, history of education, comparative education, education and
international co-operation, European integration and education, higher
education studies
Languages competence:
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Major research, teaching and
advisory activities and experiences in
1978-1980,
Conducting a research on the organisational climate of schools
1981-88,
Conducting research on various education policy themes as the member of the Education Planning Research Department of
the Hungarian Institute for Educational Research
1982-84,
Participation in the expert committee working on the preparation of the 1985
Education Act
1988-89,
Participation in the development of an alternative policy conception for
education in the period of democratic transformation
1989-1990,
Leading a major survey on social attitudes towards education policy issues
1990-1993,
Leading a major research on the impact of European integration on education
1993-1995,
Leading a major research on the role of local self governments in education
1996,
1998, 2000 and 2003, Editing major analytical reports on the state of school
education in
1996-1997,
Leading the Hungarian team in the Word Bank Project “The quality of education
and the local management of education in
1997-2002
, Member of the National Council of Public Education in
1997-1999
, Member of the Strategic Taskforce on European Integration of the Hungarian
Government (responsible for education, training and research)
1997-1998,
Leading the Hungarian team in the Word Bank Project “Inter-governmental roles
in the delivering of education services”
1998,
Member of the Steering Committee of the Hungarian “Transition from initial
schooling to work” study for OECD
1998-2010,
Member of the Board of the Hungarian Tempus
Public Foundation managing EU community programs in education
1998-2021,
President of the Steering Board of the Dutch-Hungarian
School for Educational Management
1998,
Leading the commission charged by the Hungarian Ministry of Education producing
a strategy paper on school education policy
1999-2005,
Program director (education sector), National Social Science Research Program
(OKTK)
2000-2001, Member of the ministerial commission preparing a White Paper on
education
2000-2001,
Leader of the team preparing the Hungarian country paper for the 46th
conference of BIE UNESCO
2003-2007,
member of the Graduate School in Educational Sciences of the University of
Szeged
2005-2006,
member of the advisory committee on national development planning of the
Hungarian Minister for European Affairs
2005-2010,
member of the National Council for the Evaluation of Public Education
2006-2007,
member of the commission charged by the minister of education to revise the
Hungarian National Core Curriculum
2006-2008
chair of the scientific committee preparing the seventh Hungarian National
Congress of Education
2008-2014
Member of the Doctoral Council of the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences
2009-2010
Project leader (“National education
sector research, development, innovation and knowledge management strategy”
- Social Renewal Operational Program (SROP) of the National Development Plan of
Hungary for the period 2007-2013) (see the executive
summary of the final report in English here)
2011-2013
Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Hungarian national Program for the
Development of Quality in Higher Education (FEMIP)
2012-2016
Project leader (“The impact of
developmental interventions on classroom level processes in school education”
– four-year research project - Hungarian Scientific Research Fund - OTKA)
2016-2021
Project leader (“The emergence and diffusion of local innovations and their
systemic impact in the education sector” - three-year research project -
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund - OTKA)
2016--2020
- Head of the Doctoral School of Education of ELTE University
2018-2021
Chair of the education/psychology jury of the Hungarian National Fund for Basic
Research
2021-2023
Project leader (“Models of Teacher Learning – MoTeL) - three-year research
project - Hungarian Scientific Research Fund - OTKA)
2022
– Professional leader of the “Learning from Asia” project of the Mathias
Corvinus Collegium (see website here: https://learningfromasia.mcc.hu/about-our-project)
Major international
functions and experiences:
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One month study tour in
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Participation at the yearly Rabka Seminars on Education Sociology, Poland,
1986-1990
- A
two week tour in the
- A
one month study tour in the
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Keynote speaker at the VIIIth World Congress of Comparative Education,
-
Steering committee member, Network Educational Science Amsterdam (1991-1996)
- President
of the steering committee of a major Dutch-Hungarian educational management
development project leading to the establishment of the
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Member of Project Expert Group, Council of Europe, "Secondary Education
for
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Author of the school chapters of the Hungarian background report on education
policy for OECD, 1992-1993
-
Member of the European Forum of Educational Administration, 1992-
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OECD examiner, Survey on Education Policy, Poland, 1994-1995
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OECD examiner, Survey on Education Policy, Czech Republic, 1995-1996
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Member of Governing Body, European Institute of Education and Social Policy,
1995-1996
-
OECD CERI Governing Board (member since 1996, member of the Executive Bureau,
since 2003, President of the Board 2005-2007, vice president 2008-)
-
Lecturing at the 1998 Human Development week of the World Bank,
-
OECD examiner, Survey on Transition from Initial Schooling to
-
World Bank education consultant,
-
Lecturing at the
-
Participating at the 17nd European Carrefour on Science and Culture
organised by the Forward Studies Unit of the European Commission (an expert
meeting on the educational implications of knowledge society on the European
social model) of, 1999
-
Member of an expert team assisting the Macedonian government on the request of
the World Bank and the Dutch Government for the elaboration of a national
education development strategy, 2001
-
Co-organiser of the OECD-Hungary Seminar on Managing Education for Lifelong
Learning,
-
World Bank education consultant,
-
Lead consultant in the project “Regional decentralisation of education
management in
-
OECD examiner, rapporteur, Survey of Teacher policy in
-
Keynote speaker. Conference on “15 Years On: Educational Transitions in Central
and
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Co-organiser of the OECD-Hungary Seminar on Formative Assessment,
-
World Bank education consultant,
-
President of CIDREE (Consortium of Institutions
for Development and Research in Education in
-
Keynote speaker and expert. Central Asian Education Conference „New School –
The space of opportunities”, Kyrgyzstan. March 23-26, 2006
-
Speaker and expert. (Futures thinking
and decision-making at system level).
OECD/Japan
Seminar on „Futures Thinking
for Education: Policy, Leadership and the Teaching Profession” (6 - 8 November
2006 -
- Participation in the
comparative study entitled „Transforming
Societies of Visegrád Countries and Their Educational Systems“ led by the
Institute for Research and Development of Education of the Faculty of Education
of Charles University in
-
OECD examiner, Improving School Leadership,
-
OECD examiner, rapporteur, Recognising Non-Formal and Informal Learning,
South-Korea, 2007
-
OECD examiner, Vocational Education and Training thematic review, United
Kingdom, 2008
-
2008 Rapporteur – Thematic Workshop „Policy
design and implementation” OECD. International
Conference: ‘Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society’. (
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Chair of program committee and keynote speaker at the Dabube Rectors’
Conference, Hungary, 2008.
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Co-chair of the Higher Education management Working Group of the Dabube
Rectors’ Conference (2008-)
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Speaker at the OECD/Germany workshop on Advancing innovation: human resources,
education and training. 17-18 November 2008
-
Co-organiser of the OECD-Hungary Seminar on Tertiary Education, Budapest, 1-2
December, 2008.
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Participating in the project „The Role of
School Leadership in Creating a Learning Environment that is Conducive to
Effective Learning with Special Regard to the Improvement of the Quality of
Teacher Activity” of the Central European Cooperation in Education, author
of the synthesis report (2008-2009)
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Participating in the project “Cross-curricular
Key Competences and Teacher Education” supported by the European
Commission, one of the authors of the conclusion chapter of the synthesis
report (2008-2009) (see
the report here)
-
Member of the international expert group set up by the European Commission to
support the „New skills for new jobs” policy of the European Union (2009-2010)
(see
the report of the expert group here)
-
Keynote Speaker – OECD – IMHE What Works Conference on Quality of teaching in higher education. 12-13 October 2009. Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul,
Turkey (see
presentations here)
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Speaker - International Conference “White
Paper and Beyond: Tertiary Education Reform in the Czech Republic” Prague,
October 16-17, 2009 (see here)
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Invited Speaker - 'New Skills For New
Jobs: Action Now' Conference. European Commission. 4 February
2010, Brussels.
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Strategic adviser - Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique. Lyon. France.
- Member of the expert team
of the „Supporing Quality Teaching” program of OECD IMHE
- OECD IMHE expert, ’Quality Teaching
in Higher Education’, Portugal, 2010
-
OECD examiner, ‘Thematic Review on
Assessment and Evaluation in Education’, Sweden. 2010
-
Chair of the Group of National Experts of the Thematic Review on ‘Evaluation and Assessment. OECD Review on
Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes’,
2010-2011
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Expert consultant. OECD Public Governance Review of Estonia. 2010
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Invited Speaker - 'New Skills For New
Jobs: Action Now - An expert group report for the European Commission'
Second “EU-US Education Policy Forum” Brussels. 11. October 2010.
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Speaker. Educational Information Systems
for Innovation and Improvement. OECD/SSRC/Stupski Workshop. 14-15 October
2010. New York City
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Invited speaker. 2010 „Post-secondary
Vocational Education and Training in a Changing and Challenging Policy
Landscape” OECD-KRIVET (Korea) Joint Seminar 17 November 2010, OECD
Conference Centre
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Member of the European Network of Experts on Social
aspects of Education and Training – NESET, 2010- (further
information here)
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Keynote speaker at the Final Conference on Implementing the Action Plan on
Adult Learning. Budapest. March 8-9, 2011
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Rapporteur at European Conference on the European Qualifications Framework.
Budapest, 25-26 MAY, 2011 (see the website of the conference here)
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Member of the Editorial Board of the European
Journal of Education, 2010- (editorial correspondent between 2008 and 2010,
president of the board since 2015)
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Member of the Advisory Group of the OECD
Skills Strategy, 2011-
- Speaker
at the Informal Joint EDPC-EDRC Seminar “Bringing
education and economics together”. OECD Conference Centre. Paris. 16.
November, 2011
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Speaker at the Seminar on „Strategic Leadership and its Impact on
Organizational Culture”. Linköping University. 30th January 2012
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Speaker at the Seminar on EU-Asia higher education cooperation. Asemundus
consortium. Bangkok, 2012 April 2-3
- Teaching in the Master in Research and Innovation in
Higher Education (MARIHE) Erasmus Mundus Masters Course. („History of Higher Education, regional focus:
Europe”). Danube University Krems. 2012-
- National
coordinator - EDiTE („European Doctorate
in Teacher Education”) programme. 2012-2014 (see here)
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OECD examiner, ‘Thematic Review on
Assessment and Evaluation in Education’, Netherlands. 2013
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Conceiving and implementing a research entitled “Education innovation in Japan.
Curriculum innovation, school development and community involvement in
education in Japan: exploring the potential of the OECD-Tohoku School Project”.
Japan. 2013
- OECD examiner, ‘School Resources Review’, Slovak Republic. 2014-15 (see here)
-
Lead expert in the CEDEFOP funded project „The
application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe” CEDEFOP (Ecorys
Polska) 2014-15
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National coordinator - EDiTE („European Doctorate in Teacher Education”)
programme. 2015-2020
(see here)
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Lead expert in the European Commission funded project “Study on policy measures
to support, develop and incentivise teacher quality”, 2016-2017
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National coordinator of the MARIHE Erasmus Mundus program (see here)
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Lead expert in the program “The Belt and Road Dialogue on Education”
coordinated by the Chinese National Institute for Educational Sciences, 2017-
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Consultant in the EU funded project “UZDOC” aiming at modernizing doctoral
education in Uzbekistan, 2018-2019
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Keynote speaker at the “Belt and Road” Education and Regional Development
Seminar, Xining, China, July 13-14, 2019.
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Lead expert in the program “The Belt and Road Dialogue on Education”
coordinated by the Chinese National Institute for Educational Sciences, 2017-
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Lead expert in the research project “How can policy reform for broad competence development in school
education, and in particular a better achievement of basic skills, be
effectively designed and implemented?”
funded by the European Commission (EAC/32/2020) and led
by ECORYS UK and EIESP
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Invited speaker at the International Conference on “Globalisation of
Professional Legal Education: Constitutional Conspectus” organised by the
School of Law of Bennett University. India. April 2021
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Invited speaker at the Third International Science Forum on the Belt and Road
Initiative: Session 4: Fundamental Science and Higher Education - Alliance of
International Science Organizations (ANSO) 2021.05.27.
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Leading a series of online professional development workshop on the request of
the Ministry of Education of the National Unity Government of Myanmar
(2021-2022)
- Member of the advisory group of the OECD CERI project “Strengthening the Impact of Education Research” (2021-2022)
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Professional leader of the “Learning from Asia” project of the Learning
Institute of Mathias Corvinus Collegium (2022-)
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Professional leader and editor of the “Asia as Method” book project of
Professional leader of the “Learning from Asia” project of the Learning
Institute of Mathias Corvinus Collegium (2022-) in cooperation with Monash
University (2023-)
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Lecturing in various Chinese universities and research institutes in Beijing,
Shanghai and Hongkong (May, 2023)
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Invited speaker at the Belgian EU Presidency conference on Evidence-informed
Policymaking and Practice. Brussels, 6-7 February 2024,
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Lecturing in various Chinese universities and research institutes in Xi’an,
Wuhan, Sanya, Shenzhen and Guangzhou (October,
2024)
- Invited speaker at the Chinese national conference on “Global Innovation
Trends of Vocational Education and Training” hosted by CNAES, Beijing, 2025.01.20