| Name: CSABA PUSZTAI チャバプスタイ Say it like this: [chubba poos·thai] Date of birth: 1974 Nationality: Hungarian Current residence: Yokohama, Japan Family status: married with two children |
UNU-IAS 6F International Organizations Center, Pacifico Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-8502, Japan Tel: +81-45-221-2343; Fax: +81-45-221-2302 Email: pusztai (at) ias.unu.edu |
Current position
| United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies Yokohama, Japan 2012— |
Postdoctoral Fellow In the Sustainable Urban Futures research program at UNU-IAS, my research focuses on how innovations in policy at the city (local government) level help address environmental challenges more effectively. How do cities develop institutional capacity to address those challenges? What makes itt possible to mainstream environmental concerns into city-level policies? How are global concerns (e.g. climate stability) put on the local policy agenda? |
Education
| Central European University Budapest, Hungary 2011 |
Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Policy I completed my thesis under the supervison of Prof. Aleh Cherp, entitled ‘Organizational Aspects of Learning for Sustainability in Local Government: A Study on Hungarian Municipalities.’ It was a quantitative study on how formal and informal organizational arrangements influence knowledge sharing within and across the organizational boundaries of local governments and how this impacts developing capacity to govern local sustainability. Dissertation committee: Leon Hermans (TU Delft), Adam D. Henry (School of Government, University of Arizona), László Pintér (CEU, IISD), Aleh Cherp (CEU, Lund University). |
| University of Miskolc Miskolc, Hungary 2000 |
M.Sc. in Business Economics I completed my Master’s degree as a part-time student while already working as an instructor in the Department of Economics at Eszterházy Károly College. In this 5-semester program I covered coursework in applied aspects of economics, quantitative methods and business. |
| Eszterházy Károly College Eger, Hungary 1996 |
B.A. in Economics Education and American Studies I earned a dual Bachelor’s degree. My coursework included substantial coursework in psychology and education and I was also required to do a teaching practicum in high-school. |
NON-DEGREE EDUCATION
| IESE University of Navarra Barcelona, Spain June 2012 |
International Faculty Program (IFP) The IFP helps international faculty members develop professionally and personally in the following areas: communication skills, teaching methodologies and course design, career development and institution building. |
| Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax, Canada June—July 2000 |
Training the Trainers – Women’s Entrepreneurship Program This CIDA-funded joint program of MSVU and the Hungarian Ministry of Labor trained employment trainers to help them develop entrepreneurial training programs for women. The program focused on new venture creation with a special emphasis on learning tools and strategies for women’s entrepreneurial programs. |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Eszterházy Károly College Department of Economics & Law 1996—present |
Undergraduate and graduate teaching and thesis supervision I have taught various courses in economics and business in both bachelor’s and master’s programs. I am comfortable lecturing 150+ people, as well as facilitating small-group seminars (15-25 students). I predominantly teach in Hungarian, although some courses targeted at international courses are instructed in English. |
| KPMG-BME Academy Budapest, Hungary 2011—present |
Executive education I facilitate an intensive one-day workshop for executives on the strategic aspects of using social media inside the corporation. Participants typically represent some of the largest companies in Hungary from the telecommunications, banking and energy industry. |
| Open University Malaysia—EKC Budapest, Hungary 2011—present |
MBA teaching In this joint distance learning program of OUM and EKC, I am responsible for the Managerial Economics and Business Research Methods course. Instruction is in English, students participate in offline and online classes. |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| Eszterházy Károly College Department of Economics 1996—present (on leave) |
Assistant Professor After serving as an instructor for 4 years (1996-2000), upon completing my Master’s degree, I was appointed a lecturer. After 8 years in a lecturer position, I was appointed an Assistant Professor in 2008. Duties remained essentially the same with time divided between 40% teaching, 40% research, 20% administration. |
| Carpathian Foundation Eger, Hungary 2003—2004 |
Country Director Supervised the Hungarian operations of the CF, an international network of non-governmental foundations in the Carpathian euregion. As Country Director, I managed 4 staff in the Hungarian office and was responsible for grant programs and capacity building events targeted at other non-profits in the region to support their community development projects in rural areas. |
| Mountain Bike Action – Hungary Eger, Hungary 1995—1996 |
Editor Mountain Bike Action Hungary was the Hungarian edition of the leading US magazine. I served as the editor on the small team behind the magazine. My job included creating original content, migrating content from the mother magazine and also designing layout. |
Publications
- Cservenyák, T., Pusztai, Cs. & Tomka, J. (2012) How Conscious are Executives in Leading Their Colleagues? Results of the 2012 Conscious Leadership Survey. Budapest: KPMG Academy. [in Hungarian]
- Pusztai, Cs. (2011). Organizational Aspects of Learning for Sustainability in Local Government: A study on Hungarian municipalities. PhD thesis, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Budapest.
- Cservenyák, T. & Pusztai, Cs. (2010). Self-directed Learning Practices of Hungarian Executives: The Findings of the 2010 Survey. Budapest: KPMG-BME Academy.[in Hungarian]
Conferences
- Pusztai, Cs. (October 28-30, 2011). Organizational Aspect of Learning for Sustainability in Local Government: A Study on Hungarian Municipalities. Presented at the Urban Development in Europe and Russia Conference. European University at Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Pusztai, Cs. (November 17-19, 2010).The Role of Organizational Culture and Advice Networks in Learning for Sustainability. Poster presented at the ‘Sustainable Development Evaluations in Europe’ EASY-ECO Conference. Brussels, Belgium.
- Pusztai, Cs. (July 12-17, 2009). Learning for Sustainability: An Empirical Study on Local Governments in Hungary. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the ISSS. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
- Pusztai, Cs. (June 20-22, 2008). Sustainability, Systems, and Learning in Environmental Policy. Presented at the 4th Graduate Conference. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
- Pusztai, Cs. (March 11-14, 2008). Sustainability and Learning at the Local Level of Governance: A Network Approach in Assessment. Presented at the ‘Governance by Evaluation’ EASY-ECO Conference. Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Vienna, Austria.
- Pusztai, Cs. (August 5-10, 2007). Applying Complex Adaptive Systems Concepts to the Analysis of Local Environmental Policy. Presented at the 51th Annual Meeting of the ISSS. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
- Pusztai, Cs. (November 13, 2006). New Perspectives in Assessing Local Environmental Strategies. Presented at the ‘Regional Competitiveness—Social Responsibility’ Conference. Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary.
- Pusztai, Cs. (November 6-7, 2006). The Role of Internet Technologies in Designing Competitive Higher Education Training and Research Strategies: An International Overview. Presented at the AgriaMedia ICEM ICI-5 Conference. Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary.
- Pusztai, Cs. (October 11-14, 2006). Sustainability Planning and its Role in Creating Capacity for Learning: A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective. Presented at the ‘Improving the Quality of Sustainable Development Projects’ EASY-ECO Conference. CEval, Saarbrücken, Germany.
- Pusztai, Cs. (July 9-14, 2006). Sustainability Planning and its Role in Creating Capacity for Learning: A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the ISSS. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA.
- Pusztai, Cs. (December 5-7, 2005). The Emergence of Sustainable Communities: The Potential of a Complex Systems Approach in Planning for Local Sustainability. Presented at the 11th ANZSYS Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Pusztai, Cs. (July 19-24, 2005). Great Expectations? Sustainable Communities in Central Eastern Europe. Presented at the International Rural Network Conference. Abingdon, VA, USA.
- Pusztai, Cs. (November 21, 2002). The First Ten Years of Local Agenda 21. Presented at the ‘Globalization and Competitiveness’ Conference. Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary.
Invited talks
- November 9, 2011. Social Media inside the Corporate Firewall. Roundtable Conference on Social Media in Project Management, Budapest. Organized by the Project Management Institute’s Hungarian Chapter. [in Hungarian]
- November 3, 2010. Self-directed Learning Practices of Hungarian Executives: The Findings of the 2010 Survey. Business Breakfast Lecture Series at KPMG-BME Academy, Budapest. [in Hungarian]
Languages
| Hungarian | ★★★★★ | Native language |
| English | ★★★★★ | Full professional proficiency (Primary language for academic work) |
| Spanish | ★★★★★ | Fair, basic conversational |
| Japanese | ★★★★★ | Fair, basic conversational |
SKILLS
RESEARCH METHODS
| Multivariate statistics | ★★★★★ | I am confident in using statistical software packages for quantitative data analysis, SPSS in the first place. |
| Path modeling | ★★★★★ | In addition to traditional statistical techniques, I have substantial experience with popular path modeling software such as SPSS Amos and SmartPLS. |
| Social Network Analysis | ★★★★★ | Although I have not yet applied SNA formally in any of my research projects, I have taught myself some of its core techniques and used specialist software packages for experimentation and learning. I also regularly follow the academic literature on SNA. |